Alexa Brabec (born October 8, 2004) 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. +YearCompetitionEventLocationRankCitation2020Youth OlympicsGirls' Normal hill/4 kmLausanne, Switzerland142020Youth Olympicscross countryLausanne, Switzerland152020Youth Olympicsmixed teamLausanne, Switzerland112021FIS Nordic World Ski Championshipsski jumpingOberstdorf, Germany27Ski jumping results2021FIS Nordic World Ski Championshipscross countryOberstdorf, Germany262021/22World CupHs106/5 kmVal di Fiemme, Italy202022/23Continental CupHS109/7.5 km Rena, Norway62023FIS Nordic World Ski Championshipsski jumpingPlanica, Slovenia312023FIS Nordic World Ski Championshipscross countryPlanica, Slovenia282024Nordic Junior World Ski ChampionshipsHS102/5 kmPlanica, Sloveniateam sprint HS102/2×4,5 km2025FIS Nordic World Ski Championships5 km mass start/individual normal hillTrondheim, Norway 4Individual normal hill/5 km11
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