Susan Dunklee

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.^[2] Prior to this she had been a double All-American in cross-country skiing.^[3] Her best World Cup finish was 2nd in a Sprint event in Presque Isle, ME in 2016.^[4]

At the 2012 Biathlon World Championships in Ruhpolding, Dunklee set a new World Championship best with a fifth place in the individual event.^[5]

On November 22, 2013, Dunklee was named to the American team for the 2014 Winter Olympics.^[6]

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.^[2]

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.^[7] It also made her the first woman and second person overall, after Lowell Bailey, to qualify for the next U.S. Olympic team.^[7]

She qualified to represent the United States at the 2022 Winter Olympics.^[8]

Dunklee retired at the end of the 2021-22 season.^[9]

All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.^[10]

Event	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit	Mass start	Relay	Mixed relay
2014 Sochi	34th	14th	18th	11th	7th	8th
2018 Pyeongchang	19th	66th	–	–	13th	15th
2022 Beijing	63rd	27th	40th	–	11th	7th

Event	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit	Mass start	Relay	Mixed relay	Single mixed relay
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	22nd	Silver	14th	16th
2019 Östersund	30th	57th	24th	–	9th	19th	13th
2020 Antholz-Anterselva	55th	Silver	36th	27th	15th	13th	11th
2021 Pokljuka	77th	18th	27th	25th	13th

*During Olympic seasons, competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program.

• Susan Dunklee at IBU
• Susan Dunklee at FIS (cross-country)
• Susan Dunklee at Olympics.com
• Susan Dunklee at Olympedia
• Susan Dunklee at the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee (archived)