Nina O'Brien explained

Nina O'Brien
Disciplines:Giant slalom, slalom
Club:Burke Mountain Academy
Birth Date:29 November 1997
Birth Place:San Francisco, California, United States
Height:1.70 m
Wcdebut:November 2016 (age 18)
Olympicteams:1 – (2022)
Olympicmedals:0
Worldsteams:3 – (2019, 2021, 2023)
Worldsmedals:1
Worldsgolds:1
Wcseasons:5 – (20182022)
Wcpodiums:0
Wcoveralls:0 – (43rd in 2021)
Wctitles:0 – (17th in GS, 2021)
Show-Medals:yes

Nina O'Brien (born November 29, 1997) is an American World Cup alpine ski racer and specializes in the technical events of giant slalom and slalom.[1]

O'Brien competed for the United States at the 2022 Winter Olympics, and was in sixth place in the giant slalom after the first run. She crashed near the finish of the second run, suffering multiple leg fractures.[2]

World Cup results

Season standings

Season Age  Overall   Slalom  Giant
 slalom 
Super-G Downhill CombinedParallel
20rowspan=2
2111053
22745019
234331rowspan=3
246842
257026

Top ten finishes

SeasonDateLocationDisciplinePlace
2021 29 Dec 2020 Semmering, Austria 9th
202223 Oct 2021 Sölden, Austria 9th
202325 Jan 2023 Kronplatz, Italy Giant slalom 10th

World Championship results

  Year    Age   Slalom   Giant 
 slalom 
Super-G Downhill Combined Parallel Team
event
2128
236
251

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Nina O'Brien - Athlete Information. fis-ski.com. 18 February 2021.
  2. Web site: American skier Nina O’Brien suffers multiple leg fractures in scary crash at Olympics. 2022-02-09. sports.yahoo.com. en-US.