Paula Moltzan (born April 7, 1994) is an American World Cup alpine ski racer and specializes in slalom and giant slalom.
Biography Born to Robyn and Mark Moltzan and from Minnesota, Moltzan began racing at Buck Hill, south of Minneapolis. She competed at the World Championships in 2015 at Beaver Creek, finishing twentieth in the slalom. A month later she won gold in the slalom at the Junior World Championships at Hafjell, Norway.
Moltzan raced collegiately for the University of Vermont in Burlington and won the NCAA title in slalom in 2017 at Cannon Mountain, New Hampshire. She rejoined the World Cup circuit for the 2018–19 season and finished eighteenth in slalom at the World Championships in 2019.
At the 2022 Winter Olympics, Moltzan was eighth in the slalom, twelfth in the giant slalom, and fourth in the team event.
Her biggest influences are her cousin Allen and her uncle Scott.
At the 2025 World Championships in Saalbach-Hinterglemm, Austria, Moltzan placed fourth in three events (team event, team combined, slalom), and grabbed a bronze medal in the giant slalom, her first individual medal at a major event.
At the 2026 Winter Olympics, Moltzan won a bronze medal skiing the slalom portion of the team combined with Jacqueline Wiles skiing the downhill. She also placed eighth in the slalom and fifteenth in the giant slalom.
World Cup results Season standings SeasonAgeOverallSlalomGiantslalomDownhillCombinedParallel 2015 20No World Cup points rowspan=5 2016 21 118 54 — — — — 2017 22Collegiate racing 2018 23 2019 24 70 27 — — — — 2020 25 102 37 — — — — — 2021 26 21 11 27 — — rowspan=6 2022 27 39 19 22 — — — 2023 28 15 7 11 — — rowspan=4 2024 29 17 12 11 — — 2025 30 12 11 7 — —202631656——
Race podiums 0 wins 10 podiums – (4 SL, 5 GS, 1 PG), 53 top tens Season Date Location Discipline Place2021November 26, 2020 Lech/Zürs, Austria Parallel-G 2nd2023December 29, 2022 Semmering, Austria Slalom 2nd2024February 11, 2024 Soldeu, Andorra Slalom 3rd2025January 21, 2025 Kronplatz, Italy Giant slalom 3rdFebruary 23, 2025 Sestriere, Italy Slalom 3rd2026October 25, 2025 Sölden, Austria Giant slalom 2ndJanuary 3, 2026 Kranjska Gora, Slovenia Giant slalom 3rdJanuary 13, 2026 Flachau, Austria Slalom 2ndJanuary 24, 2026 Špindlerův Mlýn, Czech Republic Giant slalom 2ndMarch 14, 2026 Åre, Sweden Giant slalom 2nd
World Championship results YearAgeSlalomGiantslalomDownhillCombinedTeam combinedParallelTeam event 2015 20 20 — — — — rowspan=4 rowspan=2 — 2019 24 18 DNS2 — — — — 2021 26 DNF1 DNF1 — — — 4 6 2023 28 — DNF1 — — — — 1 2025 30 4 3 — — 4 4
Olympic results YearAgeSlalomGiantslalomDownhillCombinedTeamcombinedTeam event 2022 27 8 12 — — — 4 2026 31 8 15 — — 3
References
External links
Paula Moltzan at University of Vermont Athletics