| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born | December 22, 1951 Council, Idaho, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Alpine skier | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 0 in (1.52 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Skiing career | |||||||||||||||
| Disciplines | Slalom | ||||||||||||||
| World Cup debut | April 1968 (age 16) | ||||||||||||||
| Retired | March 1974 (age 22) | ||||||||||||||
| Olympics | |||||||||||||||
| Teams | 1 – (1972) | ||||||||||||||
| Medals | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| World Championships | |||||||||||||||
| Teams | 1 – (1972), includes Olympics | ||||||||||||||
| Medals | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| World Cup | |||||||||||||||
| Seasons | 5 – (1970–74) | ||||||||||||||
| Podiums | 0 (10 top tens) | ||||||||||||||
| Overall titles | 0 – (24th in 1972) | ||||||||||||||
| Discipline titles | 0 – (14th in SL, 1972) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Patricia "Patty" Boydstun (-Hovdey) (born December 22, 1951) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from the United States.
Born in Council, Idaho, she competed on the World Cup circuit in the early 1970s, and finished eighth in the slalom at the 1972 Winter Olympics. She had ten top ten finishes in World Cup slaloms; the first came at age 16 in April 1968 at Heavenly Valley, California.
In March 1970, Boydstun won the U.S. national title in slalom in Vermont at Glen Ellen,[1][2] which was later annexed by adjacent Sugarbush.
Raised in McCall, Boydstun learned to ski and race at the Little Ski Hill[3] and Brundage Mountain, where her father Johnny was its first employee and mountain manager for 27 years.[4][5]
She married Dean Hovdey in the 1970s and they founded a sporting goods store in McCall in 1979 which they continue to own and operate.[6][7]
World Cup results
Season standings
| Season | Age | Overall | Slalom | Giant Slalom | Downhill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 16 | 55 | 42 | — | — |
| 1970 | 18 | 30 | 21 | — | — |
| 1971 | 19 | 26 | 18 | — | — |
| 1972 | 20 | 24 | 14 | — | — |
| 1973 | 21 | — | — | — | — |
| 1974 | 22 | — | — | — | — |
Points were only awarded for top ten finishes (see scoring system).
Race top tens
- 10 top tens - (all in slalom)
| Season | Date | Location | Discipline | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 6 Apr 1968 |  Heavenly Valley, USA |
Slalom | 10th |
| 1970 | 3 Jan 1970 |  Oberstaufen, West Germany |
Slalom | 7th |
| 2 Feb 1970 |  Abetone, Italy |
Slalom | 9th | |
| 1971 | 16 Dec 1970 |  Val-d'Isère, France |
Slalom | 8th |
| 9 Jan 1971 | Oberstaufen, West Germany |
Slalom | 5th | |
| 14 Jan 1971 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Grindelwald, Switzerland |
Slalom | 10th | |
| 24 Feb 1971 | Heavenly Valley, USA |
Slalom | 10th | |
| 1972 | 13 Jan 1972 |  Bad Gastein, Austria |
Slalom | 7th |
| 19 Jan 1972 | Grindelwald, Switzerland |
Slalom | 9th | |
| 3 Mar 1972 | Heavenly Valley, USA |
Slalom | 5th |
Olympic results 
| Year | Age | Slalom | Giant Slalom | Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 20 | 8 | — | not run | — | not run |
- From 1948 through 1980, the Winter Olympics were also the World Championships for alpine skiing.
References
- ↑ Strauss, Michael (March 15, 1970). "Palmer and Miss Boydstun take titles in National Skiing Championships". New York Times. p. 198.
- ↑ "National alpine ski titles to Palmer, Patty Boydstun". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. p. 3, sports.
- ↑ "Hometown Hills: Little Ski Hill". Idaho Public Television. Archived from the original on June 4, 2012. Retrieved December 10, 2014.
- ↑ Seeds, George. "The History of Brundage Mountain Resort" (PDF). McCall. (Winter/Spring 2007). pp. 90–101. Retrieved December 10, 2014.
- ↑ "Former Lewiston girl will compete for U.S. ski team". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). November 27, 1969. p. 18.
- ↑ "Home Town Sports". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). (advertisement). November 24, 1985. p. 4C.
- ↑ "About Us". (McCall, Idaho): Home Town Sports. Retrieved September 19, 2019.
External links
- Patty Boydstun at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
- Patty Boydstun World Cup standings at the International Ski Federation
- Patty Boydstun at Ski-DB Alpine Ski Database
- Patty Boydstun at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Patricia Boydstun at Olympics.com