Alexa Brabec
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| Nationality |  United States | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 October 2004 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Skiing | |||||||||||||||||
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Alexa Brabec (born October 8, 2004) is an American skier who competes in Nordic combined.[1]
Biography
[edit]Brabec was born on October 8, 2004. She is from Steamboat Springs, Colorado.[1] She grew up skiing for the Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club.[2]
Brabec was named to the first team of women to represent the United States in Nordic Combined at a World Championship event,[1]
In 2020, Brabec competed at the Youth Olympic Games, which was the first time women's Nordic Combined was included in the competition.[1][3][4]
Brabec was a member of the U.S. World Championship team in 2021 and 2023.[1]
In 2024, Brabec placed second overall in the HS102/5 km event at the Nordic Junior World Ski Championships, winning the first-ever medal in Women's Nordic Combined for the United States at the Junior World Championships. She also placed second over all in the Team Sprint HS102/2×4.5 event with Kai McKinnon, similarly winning the United States's first medal in a Women's Nordic Combined team event.[1]
As Nordic combined is the only Winter Olympic sport without a women's competition, Brabec's family, particularly her mother, who is a lawyer, advocates for gender equity in the sport.[2][5]
Personal life
[edit]Brabec is a student at the University of Utah.[2]
Competitive history
[edit]This is an incomplete list of Brabec's competitive history.
| Year | Competition | Event | Location | Rank | Citation |
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| 2020 | Youth Olympics | Girls' Normal hill/4 km | Lausanne, Switzerland | 14 | [4] |
| 2020 | Youth Olympics | cross country | Lausanne, Switzerland | 15 | [4] |
| 2020 | Youth Olympics | mixed team | Lausanne, Switzerland | 11 | |
| 2021 | FIS Nordic World Ski Championships | ski jumping | Oberstdorf, Germany | 27 | [6] |
| 2021 | FIS Nordic World Ski Championships | cross country | Oberstdorf, Germany | 26 | [6] |
| 2021/22 | World Cup | Hs106/5 km | Val di Fiemme, Italy | 20 | [1] |
| 2022/23 | Continental Cup | HS109/7.5 km | Rena, Norway | 6 | [1] |
| 2023 | FIS Nordic World Ski Championships | ski jumping | Planica, Slovenia | 31 | [7] |
| 2023 | FIS Nordic World Ski Championships | cross country | Planica, Slovenia | 28 | [7] |
| 2024 | Nordic Junior World Ski Championships | HS102/5 km | Planica, Slovenia |  |
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| team sprint HS102/2×4,5 km | | ||||
| 2025 | FIS Nordic World Ski Championships | 5 km mass start/individual normal hill | Trondheim, Norway | 4 | |
| Individual normal hill/5 km | 11 |
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Alexa Brabec". USA Nordic Sport. 2021-11-10. Archived from the original on 2024-05-29. Retrieved 2024-08-04.
- 1 2 3 Roepke, Michele (2024-02-11). "A. Brabec of the U of U and K. McKinnon get historic 2nd in Jr. World's Nordic Combined in Slovenia". TownLift, Park City News. Retrieved 2024-08-04.
- ↑ Reardon, Shelby (2020-12-18). "Steamboat skiers compete in first-ever women's Nordic combined World Cup as US teammate wins". www.steamboatpilot.com. Retrieved 2024-08-04.
- 1 2 3 Reardon, Shelby (2020-02-06). "5 Steamboat Springs athletes make USA proud at Youth Olympic Games". www.steamboatpilot.com. Retrieved 2024-08-04.
- ↑ Hatzfeld, Katie (2024-04-07). "Nordic combined may get cut from the 2030 Olympic lineup; decision likely in two years". Park Record. Retrieved 2024-08-04.
- 1 2 Ski jumping results
- 1 2 "Women Individual Gundersen NH/5.0km – Intermediate Results Ski Jumping" (PDF). fis-ski.com. 24 February 2023. Retrieved 24 February 2023.