Patty Boydstun


Patricia "Patty" Boydstun 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, which was later annexed by adjacent Sugarbush.
Raised in McCall, Boydstun learned to ski and race at the Little Ski Hill and Brundage Mountain, where her father Johnny was its first employee and mountain manager for
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.

World Cup results

Season standings

Points were only awarded for top ten finishes.

Race top tens

SeasonDateLocationDisciplinePlace
19686 Apr 1968 Heavenly Valley, USASlalom10th
19703 Jan 1970 Oberstaufen, West GermanySlalom7th
19702 Feb 1970 Abetone, ItalySlalom9th
197116 Dec 1970 Val-d'Isère, FranceSlalom8th
19719 Jan 1971 Oberstaufen, West GermanySlalom5th
197114 Jan 1971 Grindelwald, SwitzerlandSlalom10th
197124 Feb 1971 Heavenly Valley, USASlalom10th
197213 Jan 1972 Bad Gastein, AustriaSlalom7th
197219 Jan 1972 Grindelwald, SwitzerlandSlalom9th
19723 Mar 1972 Heavenly Valley, USASlalom5th

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