Alexa Brabec

Alexa Brabec
Personal information
Nationality United States
Born (2004-10-08) 8 October 2004 (age 22)
Steamboat Springs, Colorado, U.S.
Sport
SportSkiing
Medal record
Women's Nordic combined
Representing  United States
Junior World Championship
Silver medal – second place2024 PlanicaIndividual normal hill
Silver medal – second place2024 PlanicaTeam sprint normal hill
Updated on 14 February 2025

Alexa Brabec (born October 8, 2004) is an American skier who competes in Nordic combined.

Biography

Brabec was born on October 8, 2004. She is from Steamboat Springs, Colorado. She grew up skiing for the Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club.

Brabec was named to the first team of women to represent the United States in Nordic Combined at a World Championship event,

In 2020, Brabec competed at the Youth Olympic Games, which was the first time women's Nordic Combined was included in the competition.

Brabec was a member of the U.S. World Championship team in 2021 and 2023.

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.

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.

Personal life

Brabec is a student at the University of Utah.

Competitive history

This is an incomplete list of Brabec's competitive history.

Year Competition Event Location Rank Citation
2020 Youth Olympics Girls' Normal hill/4 km Lausanne, Switzerland 14
2020 Youth Olympics cross country Lausanne, Switzerland 15
2020 Youth Olympics mixed team Lausanne, Switzerland 11
2021 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships ski jumping Oberstdorf, Germany 27
2021 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships cross country Oberstdorf, Germany 26
2021/22 World Cup Hs106/5 km Val di Fiemme, Italy 20
2022/23 Continental Cup HS109/7.5 km Rena, Norway 6
2023 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships ski jumping Planica, Slovenia 31
2023 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships cross country Planica, Slovenia 28
2024 Nordic Junior World Ski Championships HS102/5 km Planica, Slovenia 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
team sprint HS102/2×4,5 km 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2025 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 5 km mass start/individual normal hill Trondheim, Norway 4
Individual normal hill/5 km 11

References

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. 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.
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. 1 2 Ski jumping results
  7. 1 2 "Women Individual Gundersen NH/5.0km – Intermediate Results Ski Jumping" (PDF). fis-ski.com. 24 February 2023. Retrieved 24 February 2023.