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AJ Hurt
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AJ Hurt

Two-Time National Alpine Champion
  • Hometown
    Carnelian Bay, Calif.
  • Team
    2022 U.S. Olympic Alpine Team , Alpine B
  • Years on Team
    8 (since 2018)
  • Born
    12/05/2000
  • Club(s)
    Team Palisades Tahoe
  • School:
    Dartmouth College
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BIO

AJ Hurt's passion for skiing and ski racing began at a very early age. Growing up in North Lake Tahoe, Palisades Tahoe was her winter playground. At four years old, she entered the Team Palisades Tahoe and fell in love with the sport. With a father who has been a member of the Squaw Valley Ski Patrol for the past 30 years, Hurt was raised a true member of the Palisades Tahoe (formerly Squaw Valley) family.

At 14, Hurt was invited to be a part of the National Training Group. As a first-year FIS racer in the 2016-17 season, she was the top junior for birth year 2000 in NorAm qualifying race points—not only in the speed disciplines but also the technical disciplines. Hurt scored her first World Cup points in 2020 placing 18th in the Courchevel giant slalom. 

The 2023-24 season was a major breakout year for Hurt. Each World Cup race she improved upon the last scoring personal best after personal best. In Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, Hurt had a major slalom result scoring third place, her first ever World Cup podium. Then later in the season she did it again! This time in giant slalom, a third place in Soldeu, Andorra.

Hurt is sure to keep rising as a clear force on the circuit. 

World Cup
3rd, GS, Soldeu, AND, 2024 • 3rd, SL, Kranjska Gora, SLO, 2024 • 7th, GS, Jasna, SVK, 2024 • 9th, GS, Tremblant, CAN, 2023 • 26th, SG, St. Anton, AUT, 2021 • First World Cup Start - GS, Killington, Vt., Nov. 25, 2017 • First World Cup Points, 25th, Parallel, Lech Zuers, AUT, 2020 •
Junior World Championships
Teams: 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 • 6 top-10 career finishes • Best finish: 2nd, TE, Val di Fassa, ITA, 2019
U.S. Championships
Two time U.S. Alpine Champion • Six top-5 career finishes
Other
U.S. Junior Alpine Champion in GS, Sun Valley, Idaho, 2018 • Two career 2nd place finishes

"If you're in control, you're not going fast enough."

7 Things You Didn't Know About Aj Hurt

  • 1. AJ is establishing herself as quite the multi-event skier, having scored points in four disciplines so far in 2020-21 (parallel, slalom, giant slalom, and downhill), and getting a bronze medal at World Juniors in Bansko, Bulgaria (SL, 2021).
  • 2. AJ has been a skier her whole life. At only age four, she entered the Squaw Valley Ski Team and fell in love with the sport. "I liked the adrenaline rush of going fast, no other sport gave that rush. I loved free skiing and just spending time outdoors on the mountains."
  • 3. As a first-year FIS racer in the 2016-17 season, she was the top junior for birth year 2000 in NorAm qualifying race points—not only in the speed disciplines but also the technical disciplines.
  • 4. She has two national titles: one each in alpine combined and giant slalom (Sun Valley, Idaho, 2018).
  • 5. She traveled with the C and D Team during the 2018 season, starting in her first World Cup in Killington on U.S. home soil as a 16-year-old, just shy of her 17th birthday.
  • 6. "AJ" stands for Amelia Josephine
  • 7. When AJ is not skiing, you can find her hanging out at the beach!

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