Kristina Koznick
| — Alpine skier — | |
| Disciplines | Slalom, Giant Slalom |
|---|---|
| Club | Buck Hill Ski Racing |
| Born |
November 24, 1975 Apple Valley, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) |
| World Cup debut | January 24, 1993 (age 17) |
| Retired | July 2006 (age 30) |
| Website | koznick.com |
| Olympics | |
| Teams | 3 - (1998, 2002, 2006) |
| Medals | 0 |
| World Championships | |
| Teams | 6 - (1996–2005) |
| Medals | 0 |
| World Cup | |
| Seasons | 12 - (1995–2006) |
| Wins | 6 - (6 SL) |
| Podiums | 20 - (20 SL) |
| Overall titles | 0 - (8th in 2002) |
| Discipline titles | 0 - (2nd in SL, 1998, 2002) |
Kristina Lyn Koznick (born November 24, 1975) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from the United States. She raced in the technical events and specialized in slalom.
Born in Apple Valley, Minnesota, Koznick learned to ski and race at the modest Buck Hill ski area in her hometown of Burnsville, a suburb south of Minneapolis.
Koznick has six World Cup victories, 20 podiums (all in slalom), and 55 top ten finishes (4 in giant slalom, 51 in slalom). She was the runner-up in the slalom season standings twice (1998, 2002), and her best overall World Cup placing was 8th in the 2002 season.
Koznick competed in three Winter Olympics (1998–2006) Her last World Cup race was in February 2006, prior to the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino, her last international event.
Following the 2000 World Cup season, a 24-year-old Koznick left the U.S. Ski Team and raced for the United States as an independent for the next six seasons, until her retirement. This set a precedent, as Bode Miller would later follow in her footsteps as an independent for two seasons in 2008 and 2009.
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