Nina O'Brien

Nina O'Brien

Personal information
Born	(1997-11-29) November 29, 1997 (age 27) San Francisco, California, U.S.
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 2023 Méribel Team event

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] O’Brien rehabbed from this devastating injury, and has since found her way back into competition again, teaming up with Paula Moltzan, Tommy Ford and River Radamus to win gold at the team event in the 2023 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships.^[3]

Standings through 2 December 2024

• 0 podiums; 4 top tens (3 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
2025	26 Oct 2024	Sölden, Austria	Giant slalom	7th

• Nina O'Brien at FIS (alpine)
• Nina O'Brien at Olympedia
• Nina O'Brien at Ski-DB Alpine Ski Database
• Nina O'Brien at U.S. Ski Team