Lauren Macuga

Lauren Macuga (born July 4, 2002) is an American World Cup alpine ski racer on the US Ski Team who 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. She achieved her first World Cup victory in January 2025 and won the bronze medal in the super-G at the 2025 World Championships.

Early life Born in Detroit and raised in Park City, Utah, Macuga is the second-born of four children, all of whom are active in competitive skiing. Her younger sister, Alli is a mogul skier on the Freestyle World Cup. Their brother Daniel, the youngest of the siblings, is also an alpine skier and raced on the Nor-Am Cup for the 2025–26 season.

Macuga began competing in ski racing at seven years old. Macuga attended Park City Winter Sports School and participates in the Park City Ski & Snowboard Club. Alongside Zoe Zimmerman, Macuga was one of the first two mentees of Alice Merryweather.

On March 19, 2019, Macuga made her debut in the Nor-Am Cup in the downhill at the Sugarloaf ski resort. She continued racing on the Nor-Am circuit for the 2019–20 season, and was named to the US team for the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics in Lausanne, Switzerland. She broke her leg there in a crash during the super-G portion of the alpine combined and did not race again that season.

The 2022–23 season saw several more starts on the Nor-Am Cup, Europa Cup, and World Cup, including her first World Cup point in the downhill at St. Moritz and another appearance at the Junior World Championships. In February she competed in her first senior World Championships in Saalbach-Hinterglemm, Austria, and won the bronze in the super-G. This was followed a few weeks later by a second World Cup podium with a second-place finish in the downhill at Kvitfjell, Norway. Due to her breakout season in 2025, Macuga was given 2025 Stifel's Most Improved (Women) and Athlete of the Year (Women) awards at the US Alpine Championships in April.

In November 2025, during pre-season training at Copper Mountain, Macuga injured the ACL of her right knee and missed the World Cup season and 2026 Winter Olympics.

World Cup results Season standings Season Age Overall Slalom Giantslalom Super-G Downhill 2023 20 122 — — — 49 2024 21 43 — — 13 33 2025 22 17 — 43 6 4 2026 23

Race podiums 1 win – (1 SG) 2 podiums – (1 SG, 1 DH), 10 top tens

World Championship results YearAgeSlalomGiantslalomSuper-GDownhillTeamcombinedTeam event 2025 22 — —3 5 4 —