Disciplines Moguls, Dual Moguls Teams 4 Weight 66 kg Name Hannah Kearney | Teams 3 (2006, 2010, 2014) Role Freestyle skier Siblings Denny Kearney Medals 2 (1 gold) Height 1.65 m | |
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Born February 26, 1986 (age 38) Hanover, New Hampshire ( 1986-02-26 ) World Cup debut January 11, 2003 (age 16) Similar People Justine Dufour‑Lapointe, Chloe Dufour‑Lapointe, Shannon Bahrke, Jennifer Heil Profiles | ||
Parents Tom Kearney, Jill Kearney | ||
Hannah Kearney Olympic Freestyle Skiing Gold Medalist
Hannah Angela Kearney (born February 26, 1986) is an American mogul skier who won a gold medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics and a bronze medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics.
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- Hannah Kearney Olympic Freestyle Skiing Gold Medalist
- Dfs presents 2010 us olympic gold medalist mogul skier hannah kearney
- Personal life
- 2006 Winter Olympics
- 2010 Winter Olympics
- 2014 Winter Olympics
- Season titles
- References
Dfs presents 2010 us olympic gold medalist mogul skier hannah kearney
Personal life
Kearney was born in Norwich, Vermont to Jill (née Gass) and Tom Kearney. They met while attending McGill University in Montreal, Quebec. She grew up and still lives in Norwich, Vermont. Kearney graduated from Hanover High School. Her mother is active in promoting youth sports as the director of the Town of Norwich Recreation Department. Kearney is studying at Dartmouth College as a member of the class of 2015.
In her free time, Kearney likes to ride horses, knit, play soccer, read, and watch her brother Denny play hockey. She considers herself "half-Canadian" because her mother grew up in Montreal and she has relatives living in Vancouver and Montreal.
2006 Winter Olympics
A gold medal favorite entering her first Olympics, Kearney had a poor first run and did not make it out of the qualification round. She stumbled after landing her first jump. Her score of 20.80 points put her in 10th at that point, with 20 skiers left to compete. After the second-to-last skier, she was officially bumped out of the top 20, the ranking she would have needed to advance to the final.
2010 Winter Olympics
In December 2009, Kearney won the US Olympic trial event at Steamboat, earning a spot on the US Team.
At the 2010 Winter Olympics, Kearney entered the final round with a qualification score of 25.96. As a result of having the best qualifying score, Kearney would be the last skier to ski in the final round. Fellow teammate Shannon Bahrke was in second place, and Canadian Jennifer Heil was in first, with scores of 25.43 and 25.69 respectively. Kearney skied a clean run, earning a score of 26.63 and winning the gold medal.
2014 Winter Olympics
At the 2014 Winter Olympics, Kearney entered the final round with a qualification score of 21.93 As a result of having the best qualifying score, Kearney would be the last skier to ski in the final round. Canadian sisters Chloé Dufour-Lapointe was in second place and Justine Dufour-Lapointe was in third, with scores of 21.70 and 21.64 respectively. Kearney faltered slightly after the first jump, earning a score of 21.49 to win the bronze medal.
Season titles
10 titles (4 overall freestyle, 6 moguls)