Lauren Macuga
_by_Sandro_Halank%E2%80%93103.jpg) At the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics | |||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | July 4, 2002 | ||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Alpine skier ♀ | ||||||||||||||
| Skiing career | |||||||||||||||
| Disciplines | Downhill, Super-G | ||||||||||||||
| World Cup debut | December 3, 2021 (age 19) | ||||||||||||||
| Olympics | |||||||||||||||
| Teams | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| World Championships | |||||||||||||||
| Teams | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| World Cup | |||||||||||||||
| Wins | 1 – (1 SG) | ||||||||||||||
| Podiums | 1 – (1 SG) | ||||||||||||||
| Overall titles | 0 – (43rd in 2024) | ||||||||||||||
| Discipline titles | 0 – (13th in SG, 2024) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Lauren Macuga (born July 4, 2002) is an American World Cup alpine ski racer on the U.S. Ski Team, and specializes in the speed events of downhill and super-G.
Macuga competed in the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics and made her World Cup debut in December 2021.[1]
Early life
[edit]Born and raised in Park City, Utah,[1] Macuga began competing in ski racing at seven years old.
Career
[edit]In 2011, Macuga joined the Park City Ski and Snowboard's club team at the age of 8. In the same year, she was invited to participate in NASTAR nationals and championed her age group.[2] Macuga attends Park City Winter Sports School and participates in the Park City Ski & Snowboard Club.[1] Macuga joined the Park City Ski & Snowboard FIS women's team for the first time in 2019, trained by Jay Hey.[2] Because she had no previous racing experience, Macuga had to work her way up from 990th place by participating and placing in various FIS events.[2] Macuga placed 3rd in the last race of the FIS season, giving her enough points to qualify to be a US Team nominee at 445th place.[2] Her place on the Team was confirmed a month later by U.S. Ski and Snowboard Alpine development director Chip Knight,[2] and she is one of two women from Utah on the team.[3]
On March 18, 2019, Macuga made her debut in the Nor-Am Cup in Downhill skiing at the Sugarloaf ski resort.[4]
She has been on the U.S. Ski & Snowboard Alpine D Team for 3 years after first joining the team in 2020.[1] Alongside Zoe Zimmerman, Macuga was one of the first two mentees of Alice Merryweather.[5]
World Cup results
[edit]Season standings
[edit]| Season | Age | Overall | Slalom | Giant slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 20 | 122 | — | — | — | 49 | — |
| 2024 | 21 | 43 | — | — | 13 | 33 | |
| 2025 | 22 | 14 | — | — | 3 | 7 |
- Standings through January 12, 2025
Top ten results
[edit]| Season | Date | Location | Discipline | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | January 14, 2024 |  Zauchensee, Austria |
Super-G | 10th |
| March 2, 2024 |  Kvitfjell, Norway |
Super-G | 7th | |
| March 3, 2024 | Super-G | 5th | ||
| 2025 | December 14, 2024 |  Beaver Creek, USA |
Downhill | 4th |
| December 21, 2024 |  St. Moritz, Switzerland |
Super-G | 7th | |
| January 11, 2025 | St. Anton, Austria |
Downhill | 9th | |
| January 12, 2025 | Super-G | 1st |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Lauren Macuga". U.S. Ski & Snowboard. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
- ^ a b c d e Ramsey, Ben. "Lauren Macuga, 16, makes US Alpine team". parkrecord.com. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
- ^ "Steven Nyman, Ted Ligety headline Utahns named to U.S. Alpine Ski Team for 2020-21". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved February 16, 2022.
- ^ "MACUGA Lauren - Athlete Information". fis-ski.com. Retrieved February 18, 2022.
- ^ Schwartznau, Karina (November 13, 2020). "Alice Merryweather embraces mentorship on U.S. Ski Team". Ski Racing Media. Retrieved February 18, 2022.
External links
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- Lauren Macuga at FIS (alpine)
- Lauren Macuga at Olympedia
- Lauren Macuga at Ski-DB Alpine Ski Database
- Lauren Macuga at U.S. Ski Team
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