Steven Nyman (born February 12, 1982) is a
World Cup
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alpine ski racer on the
U.S. Ski Team. Formerly a
slalom skier, he is now a speed specialist, with a main focus on
downhill
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.
Born in
Provo,
Utah
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, Nyman raced at
Sundance as a junior until making a move to
Park City
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Places
* National Park City, London, England, UK; see parks and open spaces in London
in the United States
* Park City, Illinois
* Park City, Kansas
* Park City, Kentucky
* Park City, Montana
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in 1999. He was a discretionary pick for the 2002 World Junior Championships in
Tarvisio
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Geography
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, Italy, where he won the slalom and finished second in the combined. His slalom gold qualified him to compete in the World Cup Finals in
Flachau, Austria, and finished a surprising 15th in his World Cup debut. He did not compete regularly on the World Cup until the
2006 season, during which he notched a pair of top-ten finishes and competed in his first
Winter Olympics
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, finishing 19th in downhill, 29th in combined, and 43rd in super G.
Nyman made his first World Cup podium in December
2006, placing third in a downhill at the ''
Birds of Prey
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'' course at
Beaver Creek,
Colorado
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. Fifteen days later, he won his first World Cup race, a downhill in
Val Gardena
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The valley's main river is the Derjon, a ...
, Italy.
As the fastest racer at the 2010–2011
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National Championships, Nyman was the NASTAR National Pacesetter and represented the National Standard or Par Time for the 2010–2011 season.
Nyman won his third World Cup downhill in December
2014
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, all at Val Gardena.
He injured his right knee (
ACL) in late January
2018
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at
Garmisch
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and missed the rest of the season, including the he had finished third at the pre-Olympic downhill at
Jeongseon
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H ...
two years earlier.
World Cup results
Season standings
:
Podiums
* 3 wins – (3
DH)
* 11 podiums – (11 DH)
World Championships results
Olympic results
Sponsors
Nyman's sponsors are
Fischer
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(skis, boots, bindings) POC (helmets, goggles), Spyder, VISA, Powerbar, Ski Salt Lake and Swix. In 2006 Nyman sold his helmet sponsor over eBay. The winning bidder was Ski Salt Lake.
References
External links
*
Steven NymanWorld Cup standings at the International Ski Federation
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U.S. Ski Team– Steven Nyman
Fischer Skis– athletes – Steven Nyman
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American male alpine skiers
Olympic alpine skiers of the United States
Alpine skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Alpine skiers at the 2010 Winter Olympics
Sportspeople from Provo, Utah
American Latter Day Saints
1982 births
Living people
Alpine skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics