Susan Dunklee
{{Short description|American biathlete (born 1986)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2020}}
{{Infobox biathlete
| name = Susan Dunklee
| image = Susan Dunklee at Biathlon WC 2015 Nové Město.jpg
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| caption =Dunklee in 2015
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|2|13}}
| birth_place =Newport, Vermont, United States
| height = 5 ft 7 in
| website = [https://susandunklee.wordpress.com/ susandunklee.com]
| disciplines = Biathlon
| club = Craftsbury Green Racing Project
| wcdebut = December 1, 2011
| olympicteams = 3 (2014, 2018, 2022)
| olympicmedals = 0
| olympicgolds = 0
| worldsmedals = 2
| worldsgolds = 0
| wcseasons = 11 (2011/12–2021/22)
| wcraces =
| wcraceswithrelays =
| wcwins = 0
| wcrelayswins = 0
| wcpodiums = 6
| wcrelayspodiums = 7
| wcoveralls =
| wctitles =
| show-medals = no
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}
{{MedalSilver|2017 Hochfilzen|Biathlon World Championships 2017 – Women's mass start}}
{{MedalSilver|2020 Antholz|7.5 km sprint}}
}}
Susan Dunklee (born February 13, 1986, in Newport, Vermont) is a retired American biathlete.{{Cite web|title=Susan Dunklee|url=https://www.teamusa.org/us-biathlon/athletes/susan-dunklee|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141228043643/http://www.teamusa.org/us-biathlon/athletes/Susan-Dunklee|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 28, 2014|access-date=January 23, 2022|website=Team USA}}
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.{{cite web |url=http://www.teamusa.org/US-Biathlon/News/2014/February/08/Sochi-Spotlight-on-Susan-Dunklee |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140208222952/http://www.teamusa.org/US-Biathlon/News/2014/February/08/Sochi-Spotlight-on-Susan-Dunklee |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 8, 2014 |title=Sochi Spotlight on Susan Dunklee |last1=Jager |first1=Linda |date=February 8, 2014 |publisher=United States Olympic Committee |accessdate=March 20, 2014}} Her best World Cup finish was 2nd in a Sprint event in Presque Isle, ME in 2016.{{cite web |url=http://www.teamusa.org/US-Biathlon/News/2014/March/20/BREAKING-NEWS-Susan-Dunklee-Wins-Bronze-in-Oslo-Sprint |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140320190038/http://www.teamusa.org/US-Biathlon/News/2014/March/20/BREAKING-NEWS-Susan-Dunklee-Wins-Bronze-in-Oslo-Sprint |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 20, 2014 |title=BREAKING NEWS Susan Dunklee Wins Bronze in Oslo Sprint |last1=Jager |first1=Linda |date=March 20, 2014 |publisher=United States Olympic Committee |accessdate=March 20, 2014}}
At the 2012 Biathlon World Championships in Ruhpolding, Dunklee set a new World Championship best with a fifth place in the individual event.{{cite web |url=http://services.biathlonresults.com/results.aspx?RaceId=BT1112SWRLCH__SWIN |title=IBU WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS – Ruhpolding (GER) – Women 15 km Individual |publisher=IBU |accessdate=March 7, 2012}}
On November 22, 2013, Dunklee was named to the American team for the 2014 Winter Olympics.{{cite web |title=US Biathlon Announces Three Nominations to the 2014 U.S. Olympic Team |publisher=Team USA |url=http://www.teamusa.org/Road-to-Sochi-2014/Features/2013/November/22/US-Biathlon-Announces-Three-Nominations-to-the-2014-US-Olympic-Team |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202131946/http://www.teamusa.org/Road-to-Sochi-2014/Features/2013/November/22/US-Biathlon-Announces-Three-Nominations-to-the-2014-US-Olympic-Team |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 2, 2013 |accessdate=January 10, 2014}}
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.{{cite web |url=http://www.sochi2014.com/en/athlete-susan-dunklee |title=Athletes – Susan Dunklee |author= |website=Sochi2014.com |publisher=Organizing Committee of the XXII Olympic Winter Games and XI Paralympic Winter Games of 2014 in Sochi |accessdate=March 20, 2014 |archive-date=February 20, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140220195249/http://www.sochi2014.com/en/athlete-susan-dunklee |url-status=dead }}
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.{{cite web |last=Zaccardi |first=Nick |url=http://olympics.nbcsports.com/2017/02/19/susan-dunklee-biathlon-world-championships/ |title=Susan Dunklee's silver medal caps incredible biathlon worlds for U.S. | OlympicTalk |publisher=Olympics.nbcsports.com |date=February 19, 2017 |accessdate=February 23, 2017}} 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.{{Cite web|last=OlympicTalk|date=2022-01-22|title=Team USA athlete roster for 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics|url=https://olympics.nbcsports.com/2022/01/21/team-usa-athlete-roster-winter-olympics-2022-beijing/|access-date=2022-01-23|website=OlympicTalk {{!}} NBC Sports|language=en-US|archive-date=January 24, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220124074119/https://olympics.nbcsports.com/2022/01/21/team-usa-athlete-roster-winter-olympics-2022-beijing/|url-status=dead}}
Dunklee retired at the end of the 2021-22 season.{{Cite web |date=2022-03-20 |title=Goodbye to Biathlon: Susan Dunklee |url=https://www.biathlonworld.com/news/goodbye-to-biathlon-susan-dunklee-USA/2znGZa9lWwoObcWmFtGyoX |access-date=2024-03-30 |website=International Biathlon Union - IBU |language=en}}
Biathlon results
=Olympic Games=
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!Event !style="width:70px;"|Individual !style="width:70px;"|Sprint !style="width:70px;"|Pursuit !style="width:70px;"|{{nowrap|Mass start}} !style="width:70px;"|Relay !style="width:70px;"|{{nowrap|Mixed relay}} |
| align=left |{{flagicon|Russia}} 2014 Sochi
| 34th | 14th | 18th | 11th | 7th | 8th |
| align=left |{{flagicon|South Korea}} 2018 Pyeongchang
| 19th | 66th | – | – | 13th | 15th |
| align=left |{{flagicon|CHN}} 2022 Beijing
| 63rd | 27th | 40th | – | 11th | 7th |
=World Championships=
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!Event !style="width:70px;"|Individual !style="width:70px;"|Sprint !style="width:70px;"|Pursuit !style="width:70px;"|{{nowrap|Mass start}} !style="width:70px;"|Relay !style="width:70px;"|{{nowrap|Mixed relay}} !style="width:70px;"|{{nowrap|Single mixed relay}} |
| align=left |{{flagicon|GER}} 2012 Ruhpolding
| 5th | 55th | 36th | 16th | 11th | 12th | |
| align=left |{{flagicon|CZE}} 2013 Nové Město
| 15th | 49th | 47th | — | 11th | 8th | |
| align=left |{{flagicon|FIN}} 2015 Kontiolahti
| 12th | 42nd | 34th | 20th | 12th | 8th | |
| align=left |{{flagicon|NOR}} 2016 Oslo Holmenkollen
| 18th | 8th | 10th | 11th | 13th | 10th | |
| align=left |{{flagicon|AUT}} 2017 Hochfilzen
| 6th | 29nd | 22nd | style="background:silver;"|Silver | 14th | 16th | |
| align=left |{{flagicon|SWE}} 2019 Östersund
| 30th | 57th | 24th | – | 9th | 19th | 13th |
| align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} 2020 Antholz-Anterselva
| 55th | style="background:silver;"|Silver | 36th | 27th | 15th | 13th | 11th |
| align=left|{{flagicon|SLO}} 2021 Pokljuka
|77th |18th |27th |25th |13th | | |
:*During Olympic seasons, competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program.
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Category:Biathletes at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Category:Biathletes at the 2018 Winter Olympics
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