Emily Dreissigacker (born November 29, 1988) is a former biathlete from

Vermont Vermont () is a state in the northeast New England region of the United States. Vermont is bordered by the states of Massachusetts to the south, New Hampshire to the east, and New York to the west, and the Canadian province of Quebec to ...

Life and career

She competed for the

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. As a teenager, Dreissigacker competed in cross-country skiing before taking up competitive rowing, going on to become a two-time

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whilst a student at

Dartmouth College Dartmouth College (; ) is a private research university in Hanover, New Hampshire. Established in 1769 by Eleazar Wheelock, it is one of the nine colonial colleges chartered before the American Revolution. Although founded to educate Native A ...

, where she graduated with a degree in economics in 2011. Her switch to biathlon came about in 2014, when she injured her finger in an accident, leaving her unable to row for three months. As a result, she took up cross-country skiing again as

cross-training Cross-training is athletic training in sports other than the athlete's usual sport. The goal is improving overall performance. It takes advantage of the particular effectiveness of one training method to negate the shortcomings of another. In gen ...

. She retired from biathlon after the 2019/20 season. Her father,

Dick Dreissigacker Richard Alan Dreissigacker (born March 26, 1947 in New Haven, Connecticut) is a former American Olympic rower and a founder of Concept2, a manufacturer of rowing equipment. While studying engineering at Brown University he took up rowing and wen ...

, is an Olympic rower; her mother, Judy Geer, is a three time Olympian in rowing; and her maternal aunt, Charlotte Geer, is a two time Olympian and 1984 Olympic silver medalist in single sculling. She is the sister of fellow Olympic biathlete

Hannah Dreissigacker Hannah Dreissigacker (born December 2, 1986, in Morrisville, Vermont) is a former American biathlete. She competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. Career Dreissigacker comes from a family of Olympic rowers. Her father Richard "Dick" Drei ...

Biathlon results

Olympic Games

World Championships

References

External links

Dartmouth Big Green bio
1988 births Living people Sportspeople from Vermont American female biathletes Biathletes at the 2018 Winter Olympics Olympic biathletes of the United States Dartmouth Big Green women's rowers Dartmouth College alumni People from Morristown, Vermont {{US-biathlon-bio-stub