Steven Nyman

Steven Nyman
— Alpine skier —

Disciplines Downhill, Super-G
Club Park City Ski Team
Born (1982-02-12) February 12, 1982
Provo, Utah, U.S.
Height 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
World Cup debut March 9, 2002 (age 20)
Website nymansworld.com
Olympics
Teams 3 – (2006, 2010, 2014)
Medals 0
World Championships
Teams 3 – (2007, 2011, 2013)
Medals 0
World Cup
Seasons 11th – (2006–16)
Wins 3 – (3 DH)
Podiums 10 – (10 DH)
Overall titles 0 – (206th in 2016, 2015)
Discipline titles 0 – (6th in DH, 2015, 2016)
Medal record
Men’s alpine skiing
Competitor for the
 United States
Junior World Ski Championships
2002 Tarvisio Slalom
2002 Tarvisio Combined

Steven Nyman (born February 12, 1982) is a World Cup 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.

Born in Provo, Utah, Nyman raced at Sundance as a junior until making a move to Park City in 1999. He was a discretionary pick for the 2002 World Junior Championships in Tarvisio, 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, 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 course at Beaver Creek, Colorado. Fifteen days later, he won his first World Cup race, a downhill in Val Gardena, Italy.

Nyman, as the fastest racer at the 2010–2011 NASTAR National Championships, is the NASTAR National Pacesetter and represents the National Standard or Par Time for the 2010–2011 season.[1]

He won his third World Cup downhill in December 2014, all at Val Gardena.[2]

World Cup results

Season standings

Season Age Overall Slalom Giant
Slalom 		Super G Downhill Combined
2002 20 119 50 — — — —
2003 21
2004 22
2005 23
2006 24 46 — — 33 24 13
2007 25 26 — — 25 10 21
2008 26 49 — — 32 19 —
2009 27 78 — — 46 27 —
2010 28 89 — — — 32 —
2011 29 90 — — 52 32 —
2012 30
2013 31 59 — — 45 20 —
2014 32 83 — — 43 35 —
2015 33 26 — — 40 6 —
2016 34 20 — — 28 6 —

Podiums

SeasonDateLocationDisciplinePlace
20071 Dec 2006 United States Beaver Creek, USA Downhill 3rd
16 Dec 2006 Italy Val Gardena, Italy Downhill 1st
2008 30 Nov 2007 United States Beaver Creek, USA Downhill 2nd
2013 15 Dec 2012 Italy Val Gardena, Italy Downhill 1st
2015 5 Dec 2014 United States Beaver Creek, USA Downhill 3rd
19 Dec 2014 Italy Val Gardena, Italy Downhill 1st
20166 Feb 2016 South Korea Jeongseon, South Korea Downhill 3rd
20 Feb 2016 France Chamonix, France Downhill 2nd
12 Mar 2016 Norway Kvitfjell, Norway Downhill 3rd
16 Mar 2016  Switzerland  St. Moritz, Switzerland Downhill 2nd

World Championships results

  Year    Age   Slalom   Giant 
 slalom  		Super-G Downhill Combined
2007 25 — — 12 21 9
2009 27 Injured, did not compete.[3]
2011 29 — — — 13 —
2013 31 — — — 25 —
2015 33 — — 20 4 —

Olympic results

  Year    Age   Slalom   Giant 
 slalom  		Super-G Downhill Combined
2006 24 — — 43 19 29
2010 28 — — — 20 —
2014 32 — — — 27 —

Sponsors

Nyman's sponsors are Fischer (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

  1. ↑ "Pacesetting Rules". Nastar.com. Retrieved 2011-01-24.
  2. ↑ Mintz, Geoff (December 19, 2014). "Nyman shows Saslong 'who's boss'". Ski Racing. Retrieved December 20, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Nyman's knees on the mend". Ski Racing. August 4, 2009. Retrieved December 20, 2014.

External links

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