Kristina Lyn Koznick (born November 24, 1975) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from the United States. She raced in the technical events and specialized in slalom.
Racing career Born in Apple Valley, Minnesota, Koznick learned to ski and race at the modest Buck Hill ski area in her hometown of Burnsville, a suburb south of Minneapolis.
Koznick has six World Cup victories, 20 podiums (all in slalom), and 55 top ten finishes (4 in giant slalom, 51 in slalom). She was the runner-up in the slalom season standings twice (1998, 2002), and her best overall World Cup placing was 8th in the 2002 season.
Koznick competed in three Winter Olympics (1998–2006) Her last World Cup race was in February 2006, prior to the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino, her last international event.
Following the 2000 World Cup season, a 24-year-old Koznick left the U.S. Ski Team and raced for the United States as an independent for the next six seasons, until her retirement. This set a precedent, as Bode Miller would later follow in her footsteps as an independent for two seasons in 2008 and 2009. In 2015, she was inducted into the National Polish-American Sports Hall of Fame.
After racing After retiring from international competition in July 2006, Koznick started her ski business in Vail and became a broadcaster for NBC Sports. She made her debut that December, handling post-race interviews for alpine skiing events. Her most recent appearance on the network was in December 2008, covering the men's World Cup races in Beaver Creek, Colorado. Kozlack is also a certified massage therapist, focused on neuromuscular programming.
Media Kristina Kozlack is present in photoshoots for Vail resorts and other freelance photographers. She can be seen in some Volkl Ski and Marker helmet advertisements. Koznac once starred in a spotlight article for the Vail Luxury magazine.
Koznick now has a family and plays for the Vail Breakaways, a women's hockey team in Vail, Colorado.
World Cup results
Race victories 6 wins (6 SL) 20 podiums (20 SL) SeasonDateLocationDiscipline1998 29 Jan 1998 Åre, Sweden Slalom 1999 28 Dec 1998 Semmering, Austria Slalom 2000 10 Mar 2000 Sestriere, Italy Slalom 19 Mar 2000 Bormio, Italy Slalom 2002 20 Jan 2002 Berchtesgaden, Germany Slalom 2003 15 Mar 2003 Lillehammer, Norway Slalom
Season standings Season Age Overall Slalom Giantslalom Super G Downhill Combined 1993 17 87 41 — — — — 1994 18 1995 19 75 26 — — — — 1996 20 80 40 — — — — 1997 21 80 35 — — — — 1998 22 11 2 — — — — 1999 23 36 6 — — — — 2000 24 19 5 29 — — — 2001 25 7 7 26 — — — 2002 26 8 2 22 — — — 2003 27 27 11 30 — — — 2004 28 21 8 27 — — — 2005 29 15 4 23 — — — 2006 30 31 13 28 — — —
References
External links
Kristina Koznick World Cup standings at the International Ski Federation
Koznick announces retirement - 12 July 2006 at SkiNet.com