Steven Nyman


Steven Nyman 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.
As the fastest racer at the 2010–2011 NASTAR 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, all at Val Gardena. He injured his right knee in late January 2018 at Garmisch and missed the rest of the season, including the he had finished third at the pre-Olympic downhill at Jeongseon two years earlier.

World Cup results

Season standings

Podiums

SeasonDateLocationDisciplinePlace
20071 Dec 2006 Beaver Creek, USADownhill3rd
200716 Dec 2006 Val Gardena, ItalyDownhill1st
200830 Nov 2007 Beaver Creek, USADownhill2nd
201315 Dec 2012 Val Gardena, ItalyDownhill1st
20155 Dec 2014 Beaver Creek, USADownhill3rd
201519 Dec 2014 Val Gardena, ItalyDownhill1st
20166 Feb 2016 Jeongseon, South KoreaDownhill3rd
201620 Feb 2016 Chamonix, FranceDownhill2nd
201612 Mar 2016 Kvitfjell, NorwayDownhill3rd
201616 Mar 2016 St. Moritz, SwitzerlandDownhill2nd
201717 Dec 2016 Val Gardena, ItalyDownhill3rd

World Championships results

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Sponsors

Nyman's sponsors are Fischer POC, Spyder, VISA, Powerbar, Ski Salt Lake and Swix. In 2006 Nyman sold his helmet sponsor over eBay. The winning bidder was Ski Salt Lake.