American biathlete (born 1986)
Hannah Dreissigacker (born December 2, 1986, in Morrisville, Vermont ) is a former American biathlete . She competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi .[ 1] [ 2]
Career
Dreissigacker comes from a family of Olympic rowers. Her father Richard "Dick" Dreissigacker competed in 1972,[ 3] Julia "Judy" Geer in 1976 and 1984,[ 4] Charlotte "Carlie" Geer won a silver medal in single sculls in the 1984 Olympics.[ 5] [ 6] Emily Dreissigacker also competed in Biathlon at the 2018 Winter Olympics .[ 7]
She competed in cross-country skiing for Dartmouth College , where she graduated in 2009 with a degree in engineering and studio art, following in the footsteps of her parents, who were both engineers.[ 8]
Dreissigacker retired from biathlon in the spring of 2016, although she did subsequently compete in the 2017 edition of the Merino Muster marathon cross-country ski race in New Zealand, where she finished second among the women, behind winner Jessie Diggins .[ 9]
References
^ "Hannah Dreissigacker – United States" . Sochi 2014 Olympics. Archived from the original on February 9, 2014. Retrieved February 10, 2014 .^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill ; et al. "Hannah Dreissigacker" . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com . Sports Reference LLC . Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved August 9, 2014 . ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill ; et al. "Dick Dreissigacker" . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com . Sports Reference LLC . Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved August 9, 2014 . ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill ; et al. "Judy Geer" . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com . Sports Reference LLC . Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved August 9, 2014 . ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill ; et al. "Carlie Geer" . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com . Sports Reference LLC . Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved August 9, 2014 . ^ Williams, Doug (January 22, 2014). "In Olympic Family, Hannah Dreissigacker Takes Her Own Course" . TeamUSA.org. Archived from the original on January 25, 2014. ^ "Vermont Olympian Emily Dreissigacker: 'More About the Process, Less About the Result' . February 12, 2018.^ Fiorentino, Anna (January 2014). "Dartmouth Engineer Makes US Olympic Biathlon Team" . Thayer School of Engineering . Retrieved February 26, 2018 . ^ Naranja, Gabby (June 9, 2017). "Americans Dominate 2017 Merino Muster and Half Marathon" . Ski Classics . Retrieved February 26, 2018 .
