Patty Boydstun

Patty Boydstun
Personal information
Born	December 22, 1951 (age 72); Council, Idaho, U.S.
Occupation	Alpine skier
Height	5 ft 0 in (1.52 m)
Skiing career
Disciplines	Slalom
World Cup debut	April 1968 (age 16)
Retired	March 1974 (age 22)
Olympics
Teams	1 – (1972)
Medals	0
World Championships
Teams	1 – (1972), ; includes Olympics
Medals	0
World Cup
Seasons	5 – (1970–74)
Podiums	0 (10 top tens)
Overall titles	0 – (24th in 1972)
Discipline titles	0 – (14th in SL, 1972)
Medal record
Women's alpine skiing
Representing the; United States
U.S. Alpine Championships

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

Season standings

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

10 top tens - (all in slalom)

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

Olympic results

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

From 1948 through 1980, the Winter Olympics were also the World Championships for alpine skiing.

References

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