Susan Dunklee
Susan Dunklee is an American biathlete.Life and career
Dunklee was raised in the town of Barton, Vermont and started skiing at the age of two, first entering cross-country competitions at the age of seven. She attended St. Johnsbury Academy, in St. Johnsbury, Vermont for high school. She took up biathlon while she was a senior at Dartmouth College, where she studied ecology. Prior to this she had been a double All-American in cross-country skiing. Her best World Cup finish was 2nd in a Sprint event in Presque Isle, ME in 2016.
At the 2012 Biathlon World Championships in Ruhpolding Dunklee set a new World Championship best with a fifth place in the individual event.
On November 22, 2013, Dunklee was named to the American team for the 2014 Winter Olympics.
Susan's father Stan Dunklee was a former NCAA cross-country skiing champion and competed at the 1976 and 1980 Winter Olympics, while her uncle Everett Dunklee competed in cross-country skiing at the 1972 Winter Olympics.
On February 19, 2017, Dunklee finished 2nd in the Mass Start at Hochfilzen in the 2017 Biathlon World Championships, winning her first World Championship medal. This made her the first American woman to win an individual medal at an Olympics or World Championships in biathlon. It also made her the first woman and second person overall, after Lowell Bailey, to qualify for the next US Olympic team.Biathlon results
All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.Olympic Games
World Championships
