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 .

9 hours ago · SAALBACH-HINTERGLEMM, Austria (AP) — First major championship. First event. First medal. Lauren Macuga certainly didn’t waste any time making an impact at the Alpine skiing world championships.. The 22-year-old American earned bronze in super-G on Thursday and quickly celebrated with a little dance in the finish area, rocking her arms up and down before bowing to the Austrian crowd.

9 hours ago · 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 ...

9 hours ago · 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 ...

9 hours ago · 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 ...

11 hours ago · Lauren Macuga made quite the impression at her first world championships. Macuga tied for third in the super-G on Thursday at worlds in Saalbach, Austria. That makes her the first American since ...

13 hours ago · In Thursday’s first World Championships speed race in Saalbach, Austria, 22-year-old Stifel U.S. Ski Team athlete Lauren Macuga won the bronze medal in the super-G. It was her first World Championships start and makes her the youngest skier to win a World Champs medal in a speed event in 13 years. “It was all about […]

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.

14 hours ago · (Top photo of Lauren Macuga celebrating her run in Thursday’s super-G: Alain Grosclaude / Agence Zoom / Getty Images) Zack Pierce is the national managing editor for The Athletic. Before that ...

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 -- …