Lauren
Macuga
Lauren Macuga is a Park City alpine skier on the U.S. Alpine Ski Team's A team. She won her first World Cup race, a super-G at St. Anton, on Jan. 12, 2025, and took super-G bronze at the 2025 World Championships, then tore the ACL in her right knee in training in November 2025, which ruled her out of the Milano Cortina Games. She is back on snow and aiming at the 2026-27 season.
Who is Lauren Macuga?
Lauren Macuga from Park City, Utah competes in alpine skiing (downhill and super-G) for the U.S. Alpine Ski Team. World Cup super-G win, St. Anton, 2025; 2025 world super-G bronze; fourth in the 2024-25 World Cup downhill standings
A Park City Ski & Snowboard skier
U.S. Ski & Snowboard lists Macuga's hometown as Park City, Utah, and her club as Park City Ski & Snowboard, and she has been on the national team since 2020. Her sister Alli is on the U.S. moguls team and lists the University of Utah as her school, and her sister Sam is a ski jumper, by U.S. Ski & Snowboard and FIS.
The 2024-25 breakthrough
On Jan. 12, 2025, she won the super-G at St. Anton, Austria, in 1:17.51, 0.68 seconds clear of second place by FIS timing, for her first World Cup win. U.S. Ski & Snowboard says she was the first U.S. woman to win a super-G there. At the World Championships in Saalbach on Feb. 6, 2025, she tied Norway's Kajsa Vickhoff Lie for super-G bronze, and on March 1, 2025, she was second in the downhill at Kvitfjell, 0.03 behind Germany's Emma Aicher. She finished the season fourth in the World Cup downhill standings and sixth in super-G. Read the full profile story.
The injury and the comeback
She tore the ACL in her right knee in training at Copper Mountain in November 2025, ending her season before it started and ruling her out of the Milano Cortina Games, U.S. Ski & Snowboard said. U.S. Ski & Snowboard named her to the A team of the 2026-27 U.S. Alpine Ski Team on Oct. 7, 2026, and Ski Racing reported the same day that she had returned to snow. The women's World Cup races at Beaver Creek, Colorado, are Dec. 11-13, 2026. She is one of the Utah athletes followed on the Utah 2034 Olympics hub.
At a glance
Event
alpine skiing (downhill and super-G)
Hometown
Park City, Utah
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Key achievements
- World Cup super-G win, St. Anton, Austria, Jan. 12, 2025 (1:17.51), per FIS
- Super-G bronze at the 2025 World Championships, Saalbach (Feb. 6, 2025), tied with Kajsa Vickhoff Lie
- World Cup downhill second place, Kvitfjell, March 1, 2025
- Fourth in the 2024-25 World Cup downhill standings and sixth in super-G, per FIS
- Junior World Championships downhill bronze, Panorama, Canada, 2022
- Named to the 2026-27 U.S. Alpine Ski Team A team (Oct. 7, 2026)
Official sources
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- U.S. Ski & Snowboard: 2026-27 Stifel U.S. Alpine Ski Team announced (Oct. 7, 2026)usskiandsnowboard.org
- U.S. Ski & Snowboard: Lauren Macuga athlete pageusskiandsnowboard.org
- FIS: Lauren Macuga biography and resultsfis-ski.com
- FIS: Women's World Cup super-G results, St. Anton (Jan. 12, 2025)fis-ski.com
- FIS: 2025 World Championships women's super-G results, Saalbach (Feb. 6, 2025)fis-ski.com
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What each source confirms
- U.S. Ski & Snowboard: 2026-27 Stifel U.S. Alpine Ski Team announced (Oct. 7, 2026)
- Read 2026-10-31 in a browser: A Team, women: 'Lauren Macuga (Park City, UT; Park City Ski & Snowboard; 7/4/2002)'; women race at Beaver Creek Dec. 11-13.
- U.S. Ski & Snowboard: Lauren Macuga athlete page
- Read 2026-10-31 in a browser: hometown Park City, Utah; club Park City Ski & Snowboard; on the team since 2020; first U.S. woman to win a super-G at St. Anton; a torn ACL in her right knee during training at Copper Mountain in November 2025 ended her season and ruled her out of the Milan Cortina Games; 2024-25 U.S. Alpine Championships Athlete of the Year and Most Improved.
- FIS: Lauren Macuga biography and results
- Read 2026-10-31: status 'Active (injured, 28-11-2025)'; two World Cup podiums; 2024-25 standings downhill 4th, super-G 6th, overall 17th; Junior Worlds downhill bronze, Panorama, March 3, 2022; no 2025-26 World Cup starts.
- FIS: Women's World Cup super-G results, St. Anton (Jan. 12, 2025)
- Macuga first in 1:17.51; second +0.68.
- FIS: 2025 World Championships women's super-G results, Saalbach (Feb. 6, 2025)
- Tied for third with Kajsa Vickhoff Lie (NOR), 1:20.71.
- FIS: Women's World Cup downhill results, Kvitfjell (March 1, 2025)
- Second, 0.03 behind Emma Aicher (GER).
- U.S. Ski & Snowboard: Alli Macuga athlete page
- Read 2026-10-31 in a browser: moguls, Moguls B team; hometown Park City; school University of Utah.
- FIS: Sam Macuga biography (ski jumping)
- Ski jumper; residence Park City, Utah.
- Ski Racing: 2026-27 Stifel U.S. Ski Team announced (Oct. 7, 2026)
- 'Lauren Macuga has returned to snow after missing the entire 2025-26 racing season.'
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