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Nina O'Brien
Personal information
Born	November 29, 1997 (age 26); San Francisco, California, United States
Occupation	Alpine skier
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Skiing career
Disciplines	Giant slalom, slalom
Club	Burke Mountain Academy
World Cup debut	November 2016 (age 18)
Olympics
Teams	1 – (2022)
Medals	0
World Championships
Teams	3 – (2019, 2021, 2023)
Medals	1 (1 gold)
World Cup
Seasons	5 – (2018–2022)
Podiums	0
Overall titles	0 – (43rd in 2021)
Discipline titles	0 – (17th in GS, 2021)
Medal record
Women's alpine skiing
Representing the United States
World Championships

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,^[1] 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 edit

Season standings edit

Season	Age	Overall	Slalom	Giant slalom	Super-G	Downhill	Combined	Parallel
2018	20							—
2019	21	110	52	53	—	—	—	—
2020	22	74	50	37	—	—	—	19
2021	23	43	31	17	—	—	—	—
2022	24	68	42	29	—	—		30
2023	25	70	—	26	—	—		—

Top ten finishes edit

0 podiums; 3 top tens (2 GS, 1 SL)

Season	Date	Location	Discipline	Place
2021	29 Dec 2020	Semmering, Austria	Slalom	9th
2022	23 Oct 2021	Sölden, Austria	Giant slalom	9th
2023	25 Jan 2023	Kronplatz, Italy	Giant slalom	10th

World Championship results edit

Year	Age	Slalom	Giant slalom	Super-G	Downhill	Combined	Parallel	Team event
2019	21	34	28	—	—	—	—	—
2021	23	DNF2	10	—	—	—	10	6
2023	25	DNF1	11	—	—	—	9	1

Olympic results edit

Year	Age	Slalom	Giant slalom	Super-G	Downhill	Combined
2022	24	—	DSQ2	—	—	—

References edit

^ ^a ^b "Nina O'Brien - Athlete Information". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
^ "American skier Nina O'Brien suffers multiple leg fractures in scary crash at Olympics". sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2022-02-09.