Hannah Angela Kearney (born February 26, 1986) is an American mogul skier who won a gold medal at the

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and a bronze medal at the

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Personal life

Kearney was born in

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to Jill (née Gass) and Tom Kearney. They met while attending

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. She grew up and still lives in

. Kearney graduated from Hanover High School. Her mother is active in promoting youth sports as the director of the Town of Norwich Recreation Department. Kearney studied at

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as a member of the class of 2015. In her free time, Kearney likes to ride horses, knit, play soccer, read, and watch her brother Denny play hockey. She considers herself "half-Canadian" because her mother grew up in Montreal and she has relatives living in

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and

Career

2006 Winter Olympics

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favorite entering her first Olympics, Kearney had a poor first run and did not make it out of the qualification round. She stumbled after landing her first jump. Her score of 20.80 points put her in 10th at that point, with 20 skiers left to compete. After the second-to-last skier, she was officially bumped out of the top 20, the ranking she would have needed to advance to the final.

2010 Winter Olympics

In December 2009, Kearney won the US Olympic trial event at

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, earning a spot on the US Team. At the 2010 Winter Olympics, Kearney entered the final round with a qualification score of 25.96. As a result of having the best qualifying score, Kearney would be the last skier to ski in the final round. Fellow teammate

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was in second place, and Canadian

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was in first, with scores of 25.43 and 25.69 respectively. Kearney skied a clean run, earning a score of 26.63 and winning the gold medal.

2014 Winter Olympics

At the 2014 Winter Olympics, Kearney entered the final round with a qualification score of 21.93 As a result of having the best qualifying score, Kearney would be the last skier to ski in the final round. Canadian sisters

Chloé Dufour-Lapointe Chloé Dufour-Lapointe (born 2 December 1991) is a Canadian freestyle skier. She was the 2013 FIS World Champion in dual moguls with her winning run at the 2013 World Championships. Dufour-Lapointe was the runner-up and silver medallist at the ...

was in second place and

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was in third, with scores of 21.70 and 21.64 respectively. Kearney faltered slightly after the first jump, earning a score of 21.49 to win the bronze medal.

World Cup results

Season titles

10 titles (4 overall freestyle, 6 moguls)

References

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Vancouver Olympic Games profile: Hannah Kearney
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External links

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