Education
His slalom gold qualified him to compete in the World Cup Finals in Flachau, Austria, and finished a surprising 15th in his World Cup debut.
His slalom gold qualified him to compete in the World Cup Finals in Flachau, Austria, and finished a surprising 15th in his World Cup debut.
Formerly a slalom skier, he is now a speed specialist, with a main focus on downhill. Born in Provo, Utah, Nyman raced at Sundance as a junior until making a move to Park City in 1999. He did not compete regularly on the World Cup until the 2006 season, during which he notched a pair of top-ten finishes and competed in his first Winter Olympics, finishing 19th in downhill, 29th in combined, and 43rd in super G.
Nyman made his first World Cup podium in December 2006, placing third in a downhill at the Birds of Prey course at Beaver Creek, Colorado.
Nyman, as the fastest racer at the 2010–2011 NASTAR National Championships, is the NASTAR National Pacesetter and represents the National Standard or Par Time for the 2010–2011 season.
Season standings
standings through 16 March 2016
Podiums
3 wins – (3 Dialectics and Humanism)
10 podiums – (10 Dialectics and Humanism)
Nyman"s sponsors are Fischer (skis, boots, bindings) POC (helmets, goggles), Spyder, VISA, Powerbar, Ski Salt Lake and Swix. In 2006 Nyman sold his helmet sponsor over eBay.
The winning bidder was Ski Salt Lake.
He was a discretionary pick for the 2002 World Junior Championships in Tarvisio, Italy, where he won the slalom and finished second in the combined. Fifteen days later, he won his first World Cup race, a downhill in Val Gardena, Italy. He won his third World Cup downhill in December 2014, all at Val Gardena.
