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 .

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Jul 4, 2002 · Macuga is the 2022 World Juniors bronze medalist. She spent her first full World Cup season on the speed tour in the 2022-23 season where she scored her first World Cup points in St. Moritz in downhill.

Jan 12, 2025 · From sporting her trademark bucket hat to chasing a spot at Milano Cortina 2026 alongside her two siblings in three different sports, learn more about the 22-year-old who scored her first World Cup victory on Sunday (12 January) in St. Anton.

Feb 6, 2025 · United States’ Lauren Macuga, top, celebrates on the podium with the team, including United States’ Lindsey Vonn, bottom right, after taking joint third place in a women’s Super-G, at the Alpine Ski World Championships, in …

Dec 12, 2024 · Lauren Macuga knows overcoming fear is a huge part of racing downhill. She still remembers her 16-year-old self shaking at the top of Sugarloaf Mountain before her first try at the discipline in an actual race.

Jan 12, 2025 · American Lauren Macuga claimed her first World Cup victory on Sunday in a super-G race in St. Anton, Austria as her compatriot Lindsey Vonn finished fourth on her comeback to the sport.

Jan 12, 2025 · After a strong start to her sixth season on the U. S. Ski Team, Park City native Lauren Macuga finally put down the run of her dreams and won Sunday’s Super G World Cup in St. Anton, Austria – her first World Cup win ever.

Jan 12, 2025 · Stifel U.S. Ski Team athlete Lauren Macuga won her first ever World Cup in the St. Anton super-G, marking her first podium and the first time any U.S. woman has won a super-G in St. Anton. Lindsey Vonn also continued her impressive comeback with a fourth-place finish -- …

4 days ago · Lauren Macuga just can’t get enough.. Less than a month after winning her first World Cup event, the 22-year-old breakout alpine skier followed it up with a bronze medal at her maiden World Championships in Saalbach-Hinterglemm, Austria.. And she loves the additional pressure that comes with it. “My God, it just keeps going up and up.