Nolan Kasper is a World Cup alpine ski racer

Alpine skiing

Alpine skiing is the sport of sliding down snow-covered hills on skis with fixed-heel bindings. Alpine skiing can be contrasted with skiing using free-heel bindings: Ski mountaineering and nordic skiing – such as cross-country; ski jumping; and Telemark. In competitive alpine skiing races four...

 from the United States

United States

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He began skiing at age three at Hidden Valley

Hidden Valley (New Jersey)

Hidden Valley is a ski area located in Vernon Township, New Jersey, in Sussex County off of County Route 515, near the intersection with Route 94...

 ski area in northern New Jersey

New Jersey

New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...

, where his father was a ski instructor. Kasper is a graduate of the Burke Mountain

Burke Mountain Ski Area

Burke Mountain Ski Area is a mid-size ski resort open to skiing and snowboarding in northeast Vermont . It is located on Burke Mountain...

 Academy in Vermont

Vermont

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 and attends Dartmouth College

Dartmouth College

Dartmouth College is a private, Ivy League university in Hanover, New Hampshire, United States. The institution comprises a liberal arts college, Dartmouth Medical School, Thayer School of Engineering, and the Tuck School of Business, as well as 19 graduate programs in the arts and sciences...

 in the off-season.

Kasper was named to the U.S. Olympic team for the 2010 Winter Olympics

Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics was held at Whistler Creekside in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada. The ten events were scheduled for February 13–27, 2010; weather delayed the first event, the men's downhill, two days until Monday, February 15....

 in late 2009, and placed 24th in the Olympic slalom

Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's slalom

The men's slalom competition of the Vancouver 2010 Olympics was held at Whistler Creekside in Whistler, British Columbia, on February 27, 2010....

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His best result to date is his first World Cup podium, a tie for second in the slalom at Kranjska Gora

Kranjska Gora

Kranjska Gora is a town and a municipality on the Sava Dolinka River in the Upper Carniola region of northwest Slovenia, close to the Austrian and Italian borders.Kranjska Gora is best known as a winter sports town, being situated in the Julian Alps...

, Slovenia

Slovenia

Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...

, on March 6, 2011.

World Cup Top Ten Finishes

Season	Date	Location	Race	Place
2011 2011 Alpine Skiing World Cup The 45th FIS Alpine Ski World Cup season began on 23 October 2010, in Sölden, Austria, and concluded on 20 March 2011, at the World Cup finals in Lenzerheide, Switzerland.Being an odd-numbered year, the biennial World Championships took place in February...	27-Feb-2011	Bansko Bansko Bansko is a town and a popular ski resort in southwestern Bulgaria, located at the foot of the Pirin Mountains at an elevation of 925 m above sea level.... , Bulgaria	Slalom Slalom skiing Slalom is an alpine skiing discipline, involving skiing between poles spaced much closer together than in Giant Slalom, Super-G or Downhill, thereby causing quicker and shorter turns.- Origins :...	10th
	06-Mar-2011	Kranjska Gora Kranjska Gora Kranjska Gora is a town and a municipality on the Sava Dolinka River in the Upper Carniola region of northwest Slovenia, close to the Austrian and Italian borders.Kranjska Gora is best known as a winter sports town, being situated in the Julian Alps... , Slovenia	Slalom	2nd

External links

• FIS-ski.com - World Cup season standings – Nolan Kasper
• Ski-db.com – results – Nolan Kasper
• US Ski Team.com – bio – Nolan Kasper
• Nolan Kasper.blogspot.com – personal blog