Trina Hosmer (born March 28, 1945) is an American

cross-country skier Cross-country skiing is a form of skiing where skiers rely on their own locomotion to move across snow-covered terrain, rather than using ski lifts or other forms of assistance. Cross-country skiing is widely practiced as a sport and recreation ...

. She competed in the women's 10 kilometre at the

1972 Winter Olympics The 1972 Winter Olympics, officially the and commonly known as Sapporo 1972 ( ja, 札幌1972), was a winter multi-sport event held from February 3 to 13, 1972, in Sapporo, Japan. It was the first Winter Olympic Games to take place outside Europe ...

. Hosmer is a graduate of the

University of Vermont The University of Vermont (UVM), officially the University of Vermont and State Agricultural College, is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Burlington, Vermont. It was founded in 1791 and is amon ...

, where she was a member of the school's cross-country ski team.

Personal life

Hosmer was introduced to cross-country skiing at the University of Vermont by her boyfriend, and future husband, Dave Hosmer. Hosmer graduated from SUNY Potsdam in 1966 and earned her masters at Vermont in 1968. She and her husband later became faculty members at the University of Massachusetts, where she was a statistical software consultant. Hosmer was also a nationally caliber 1,500 meter runner, in addition to her cross-country skiing. She later became an active masters racer and Nordic ski instructor. Into her 70s, she had won over 30 gold medals at the Masters World Championships. Hosmer won three gold medals in the 2019 Masters World Cup competition in Beitostølen, Norway.

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* 1945 births Living people American female cross-country skiers Olympic cross-country skiers of the United States Cross-country skiers at the 1972 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Watertown, New York University of Vermont alumni Vermont Catamounts skiers 21st-century American women {{US-crosscountry-skiing-bio-stub