Alexa Brabec


Alexa Brabec 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.
YearCompetitionEventLocationRankCitation
2020Youth OlympicsGirls' Normal hill/4 kmLausanne, Switzerland14
2020Youth Olympicscross countryLausanne, Switzerland15
2020Youth Olympicsmixed teamLausanne, Switzerland11
2021FIS Nordic World Ski Championshipsski jumpingOberstdorf, Germany27
2021FIS Nordic World Ski Championshipscross countryOberstdorf, Germany26
2021/22World CupHs106/5 kmVal di Fiemme, Italy20
2022/23Continental CupHS109/7.5 kmRena, Norway6
2023FIS Nordic World Ski Championshipsski jumpingPlanica, Slovenia31
2023FIS Nordic World Ski Championshipscross countryPlanica, Slovenia28
2024Nordic Junior World Ski ChampionshipsHS102/5 kmPlanica, Slovenia
2024Nordic Junior World Ski Championshipsteam sprint HS102/2×4,5 kmPlanica, Slovenia
2025FIS Nordic World Ski Championships5 km mass start/individual normal hillTrondheim, Norway4
2025FIS Nordic World Ski ChampionshipsIndividual normal hill/5 kmTrondheim, Norway11