Cynthia Lee Nelson (born August 19, 1955) is former World Cup alpine ski racer from the United States.

[1] She was expected to make the U.S. Olympic team, but dislocated a hip in a downhill at Grindelwald on January 18, two weeks before the games began.

Nelson's only victory in a World Cup giant slalom was also her only win in North America, in the rain at Whistler, British Columbia.

[10] She retired from international competition after the 1985 season with six World Cup wins, 26 podiums, and 123 top ten finishes.

At the World Championships from 1954 through 1980, the combined was a "paper race" using the results of the three events (DH, GS, SL).