Susan Dunklee (born February 13, 1986, in Newport, Vermont) is a retired 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. While at Dartmouth, Dunklee was also a member of Dartmouth's 2007 National Championship Ski team and was active in the Dartmouth Outing Club. 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 U.S. Olympic team.
She qualified to represent the United States at the 2022 Winter Olympics.
Dunklee retired at the end of the 2021–22 season.
Biathlon results All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.
Olympic Games EventIndividualSprintPursuitRelay 2014 Sochi 34th 14th 18th 11th 7th 8th 2018 Pyeongchang 19th 66th – – 13th 15th 2022 Beijing 63rd 27th 40th – 11th 7th
World Championships EventIndividualSprintPursuitRelay 2012 Ruhpolding 5th 55th 36th 16th 11th 12th 2013 Nové Město 15th 49th 47th — 11th 8th 2015 Kontiolahti 12th 42nd 34th 20th 12th 8th 2016 Oslo Holmenkollen 18th 8th 10th 11th 13th 10th 2017 Hochfilzen 6th 29nd 22ndSilver 14th 16th 2019 Östersund 30th 57th 24th – 9th 19th 13th 2020 Antholz-Anterselva 55thSilver 36th 27th 15th 13th 11th 2021 Pokljuka77th18th27th25th13th *During Olympic seasons, competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program.
Individual podiums No. Season Date Location Race LevelPlacement 1 2013–14 20 March 2014 Oslo Holmenkollen 7.5 km Sprint World Cup 3rd 2 2015–16 11 February 2016 Presque Isle 7.5 km Sprint World Cup 2nd 3 2016–17 16 December 2016 Nové Město 7.5 km Sprint World Cup 3rd 4 19 February 2017 Hochfilzen 12.5 km Mass start World Championships 2nd 5 2018–19 18 March 2018 Oslo Holmenkollen 10 km Pursuit World Cup 3rd 6 2019–20 14 February 2020 Antholz-Anterselva 7.5 km Sprint World Championships 2nd
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