| Patty Boydstun | |
| Country: | United States --> |
| Disciplines: | Slalom |
| Birth Date: | 22 December 1951 |
| Birth Place: | Council, Idaho, U.S. |
| Wcdebut: | April 1968 (age 16) |
| Retired: | March 1974 (age 22) |
| Olympicteams: | 1 – (1972) |
| Olympicmedals: | 0 |
| Worldsteams: | 1 – (1972), includes Olympics |
| Worldsmedals: | 0 |
| Wcseasons: | 5 – (1970 - 74) |
| Wcpodiums: | 0 (10 top tens) |
| Wcoveralls: | 0 – (24th in 1972) |
| Wctitles: | 0 – (14th in SL, 1972) |
| Show-Medals: | yes |
Patricia "Patty" Boydstun (-Hovdey) (born December 22, 1951) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from the United States.
Born in Council, Idaho, she competed on the World Cup circuit in the early 1970s, and finished eighth in the slalom at the 1972 Winter Olympics. She had ten top ten finishes in World Cup slaloms; the first came at age 16 in April 1968 at Heavenly Valley, California.
In March 1970, Boydstun won the U.S. national title in slalom in Vermont at Glen Ellen,[1] [2] which was later annexed by adjacent Sugarbush.
Raised in McCall, Boydstun learned to ski and race at the Little Ski Hill[3] and Brundage Mountain, where her father Johnny was its first employee and mountain manager for
She married Dean Hovdey in the 1970s and they founded a sporting goods store in McCall in 1979 which they continue to own and operate.[4] [5]
| Season | Age | Overall | Slalom | Giant Slalom | Downhill | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | 55 | 42 | — | — | ||
| 18 | 30 | 21 | — | — | ||
| 19 | 26 | 18 | — | — | ||
| 20 | 24 | 14 | — | — | ||
| 21 | — | — | — | — | ||
| 22 | — | — | — | — |
| Season | Date | Location | Discipline | Place | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 6 Apr 1968 |  Heavenly Valley, USA | Slalom | 10th | |
| align=center rowspan=2 | 1970 | 3 Jan 1970 | Oberstaufen, West Germany | Slalom | 7th |
| 2 Feb 1970 |  Abetone, Italy | Slalom | 9th | ||
| align=center rowspan=4 | 1971 | 16 Dec 1970 |  Val-d'Isère, France | Slalom | 8th |
| 9 Jan 1971 | Oberstaufen, West Germany | Slalom | 5th | ||
| 14 Jan 1971 | Grindelwald, Switzerland | Slalom | 10th | ||
| 24 Feb 1971 | Heavenly Valley, USA | Slalom | 10th | ||
| align=center rowspan=3 | 1972 | 13 Jan 1972 |  Bad Gastein, Austria | Slalom | 7th |
| 19 Jan 1972 | Grindelwald, Switzerland | Slalom | 9th | ||
| 3 Mar 1972 | Heavenly Valley, USA | Slalom | 5th |