Patty Boydstun

Patty Boydstun
Personal information
Born (1951-12-22) December 22, 1951 (age 72)
Council, Idaho, U.S.
OccupationAlpine skier
Height5 ft 0 in (1.52 m)
Skiing career
DisciplinesSlalom
World Cup debutApril 1968 (age 16)
RetiredMarch 1974 (age 22)
Olympics
Teams1 – (1972)
Medals0
World Championships
Teams1 – (1972),
includes Olympics
Medals0
World Cup
Seasons5 – (197074)
Podiums0   (10 top tens)
Overall titles0 – (24th in 1972)
Discipline titles0 – (14th in SL, 1972)
Medal record
Women's alpine skiing
Representing the
 United States
U.S. Alpine Championships
Gold medal – first place 1970 Glen Ellen Slalom

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

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Season standings

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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

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  • 10 top tens - (all in slalom)
Season Date Location Discipline Place
1968 6 Apr 1968 United States Heavenly Valley, USA Slalom 10th
1970 3 Jan 1970 West Germany Oberstaufen, West Germany Slalom 7th
2 Feb 1970 Italy Abetone, Italy Slalom 9th
1971 16 Dec 1970 France Val-d'Isère, France Slalom 8th
9 Jan 1971 West Germany Oberstaufen, West Germany Slalom 5th
14 Jan 1971  Switzerland  Grindelwald, Switzerland Slalom 10th
24 Feb 1971 United States Heavenly Valley, USA Slalom 10th
1972 13 Jan 1972 Austria Bad Gastein, Austria Slalom 7th
19 Jan 1972  Switzerland  Grindelwald, Switzerland Slalom 9th
3 Mar 1972 United States Heavenly Valley, USA Slalom 5th

Olympic results

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  Year    Age   Slalom  Giant
 Slalom 
Super-G Downhill Combined
1972 20 8 not run not run

References

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  1. ^ Strauss, Michael (March 15, 1970). "Palmer and Miss Boydstun take titles in National Skiing Championships". New York Times. p. 198.
  2. ^ "National alpine ski titles to Palmer, Patty Boydstun". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. 3, sports.
  3. ^ "Hometown Hills: Little Ski Hill". Idaho Public Television. Archived from the original on June 4, 2012. Retrieved December 10, 2014.
  4. ^ Seeds, George. "The History of Brundage Mountain Resort" (PDF). McCall. pp. 90–101. Retrieved December 10, 2014 – via (Winter/Spring 2007).
  5. ^ "Former Lewiston girl will compete for U.S. ski team". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). November 27, 1969. p. 18.
  6. ^ "Home Town Sports". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). November 24, 1985. p. 4C.
  7. ^ "About Us". (McCall, Idaho): Home Town Sports. Retrieved September 19, 2019.
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