Linnea Ousdigian

About Linnea

Linnea Ousdigian skis for Mounds View High School and Loppet Nordic Racing. She won the Minnesota state title as a freshman in 2024 and defended it in 2025. At U.S. Junior Nationals she has won a national title three years running: the U16 classic mass start in 2024, the U16 skate sprint and skate mass start in 2025, and the U18 classic sprint and classic mass start in 2026, where she posted the fastest sprint qualifying time of all 190 women and won the mass start by nearly a minute. At 16 she reached the SuperTour podium, placing third in the 10K freestyle in Minneapolis in 2026. At the 2026 U.S. Cross Country Championships in Lake Placid, she placed second in the junior mass start. At 15 she was the youngest skier named to the U.S. U18 team for the 2025 Scandinavian Cup. She returned in 2026 and won the 7.5K in Trondheim, Norway, with two more podiums in Norway and Sweden. She is also an all-state distance runner and plans to ski in college.