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Paula Moltzan

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Paula Moltzan
Moltzan in 2023
Personal information
Born (1994-04-07) April 7, 1994 (age 30)
Lakeville, Minnesota, U.S.
OccupationAlpine skier 
Skiing career
DisciplinesSlalom, giant slalom
ClubUniversity of Vermont
World Cup debutNovember 25, 2012 (age 18)
Olympics
Teams1 – (2022)
Medals0
World Championships
Teams4 – (2015, 20192023)
Medals1 (1 gold)
World Cup
Seasons11 – (20132016, 20182024)
Wins0
Podiums3 – (2 SL, 1 PG)
Overall titles0 – (15th in 2023)
Discipline titles0 – (7th in SL, 2023)
Medal record
Women's alpine skiing
Representing the
 United States
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Méribel Team event
Junior World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Hafjell Slalom

Paula Moltzan (born April 7, 1994) is an American World Cup alpine ski racer and specializes in slalom.

Biography

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Born to Robyn and Mark Moltzan and from Minnesota, Moltzan began racing at Buck Hill, south of Minneapolis. She competed at the World Championships in 2015 at Beaver Creek, finishing twentieth in the slalom.[1] A month later she won gold in the slalom at the Junior World Championships at Hafjell, Norway.

Moltzan raced collegiately for the University of Vermont in Burlington and won the NCAA title in slalom in 2017 at Cannon Mountain, New Hampshire. She rejoined the World Cup circuit for the 2018–19 season and finished eighteenth in slalom at the World Championships in 2019.

At the 2022 Winter Olympics,[2] Moltzan was eighth in the slalom, twelfth in the giant slalom, and fourth in the team event.

Her biggest influences are her cousin Allen and her uncle Scott.

World Cup results

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Season standings

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Season
Age Overall Slalom Giant
slalom
Super-G Downhill Combined Parallel
2015 20 no World Cup points
2016 21 118 54
2017 22 Collegiate racing
2018 23
2019 24 70 27
2020 25 102 37
2021 26 21 11 27 2
2022 27 39 19 22
2023 28 15 7 11
2024 29 17 12 11

Top five finishes

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  • 0 wins
  • 3 podiums – (2 SL, 1 PG), 27 top tens (16 SL, 10 GS, 1 PG)
Season
Date Location Discipline Place
2021 26 Nov 2020 Austria Lech/Zürs, Austria Parallel-G 2nd
13 Mar 2021 Sweden Åre, Sweden Slalom 5th
2023 11 Dec 2022 Italy Sestriere, Italy Slalom 5th
29 Dec 2022 Austria Semmering, Austria Slalom 2nd
10 Jan 2023 Austria Flachau, Austria Slalom 5th
28 Jan 2023 Czech Republic Špindlerův Mlýn, Czech Republic Slalom 5th
11 Mar 2023 Sweden Åre, Sweden Slalom 4th
2024 21 Dec 2023 France Courchevel, France Slalom 5th
7 Jan 2024 Slovenia Kranjska Gora, Slovenia Slalom 5th
11 Feb 2024 Andorra Soldeu, Andorra Slalom 3rd

World Championship results

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Year
Age Slalom Giant
slalom
Super-G Downhill Combined Parallel Team
event
2015 20 20
2017 22
2019 24 18 DNS2
2021 26 DNF1 DNF1 4 6
2023 28 DNF1 1

Olympic results

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Year
Age Slalom Giant
slalom
Super-G Downhill Combined Team Event
2022 27 8 12 4

References

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  1. ^ "Ladies' Slalom Official Results" (PDF). Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  2. ^ OlympicTalk (2022-01-22). "Team USA athlete roster for 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics". OlympicTalk | NBC Sports. Retrieved 2022-01-23.
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