Susan Dunklee

Olympian 2014, 2018, 2022

Athlete Bio

Susan Dunklee skis downhill with rifle on back

Height

5' 7"

Age

Hometown

Craftsbury, VT

Education

Dartmouth

Quick Facts

Hobbies include hiking, unicycling, reading, jigsaw puzzles, gardening, camping
Member of the Craftsbury Green Racing Project, a group of professional post-collegiate athletes (cross country skiers, biathletes and rowers) who promote sustainability and endurance sports in their local community

Career Highlights

2019 US Biathlon National Championships (Jericho, Vt.) - 1st in sprint / 1st in pursuit / 1st in super sprint
2018 US Biathlon National Championships (Park City, Utah) - 1st in sprint / 1st in pursuit / 1st in mass start
2018 Open European Championships (Ridnaun-Val Ridanna, ITA) - 3rd in single mixed relay w/ Lowell Bailey

Olympic Experience

3-time Olympian

Olympic Games Beijing 2022, 7th (4 x 6km Relay - Mixed), 11th (4 x 6km Relay - Women), 27th (7.5km Sprint - Women), 40th (10km Pursuit - Women), 63th (15km Individual - Women)
Olympic Games Pyeongchang 2018, 13th (4 x 6km Relay - Women), 15th (2 x 6 + 2 x 7.5km Relay - Mixed), 19th (15km Individual - Women), 66th (7.5km Sprint - Women)
Olympic Games Sochi 2014, 6th (4 x 6km Relay - Women), 7th (2 x 6 + 2 x 7.5km Relay - Mixed), 11th (12.5km Mass Start - Women), 14th (7.5km Sprint - Women), 17th (10km Pursuit - Women), 33th (15km Individual - Women)

World Championships Experience

Most recent: 2021 – 13th (4 x 6km Relay - Women), 18th (7.5km Sprint - Women), 25th (12.5km Mass Start - Women), 27th (10km Pursuit - Women), 77th (15km Individual - Women)
Years of participation: 10km Pursuit - Women 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021; 12.5km Mass Start - Women 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2020, 2021; 15km Individual - Women 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021; 4 x 6km Relay - Women 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021; 7.5km Sprint - Women 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021; 4 x 6km Relay - Mixed 2020; Single Mixed Relay - Mixed 2019, 2020; 2 x 6 + 2 x 7.5km Relay - Mixed 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019
Medals: 2 (2 silver)

Silver – 2020 (7.5km Sprint - Women); 2017 (12.5km Mass Start - Women)

Athlete News

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More on Susan:

Susan learned how to ski at age 2 with her family. She learned how to shoot at age 22 when she moved to Lake Placid, NY to join US Biathlon's development program. Her father, Stan Dunklee, competed in the 1976 and 1980 Olympics as a cross country skier.

During her rookie season on the World Cup in 2011-12 Susan placed 5th in the World Championship's Individual race in Ruhpolding, Germany, tying the best ever result by an American woman.

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