Susan Dunklee

Susan Dunklee (born 13 February 1986) is an American biathlete.

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 took up biathlon whilst a senior at Dartmouth College where she studied ecology. Prior to this she had been a double All-American in cross-country skiing. Her best World Cup finish was 2nd in a Sprint event in Presque Isle, ME in 2016.

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

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

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.

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. It also made her the first woman and second person overall, after Lowell Bailey, to qualify for the next US Olympic team.

All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.

Olympic Games

Event	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit	Mass start	Relay	Mixed relay
2014 Sochi	34th	14th	18th	11th	7th	8th

World Championships

Event	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit	Mass start	Relay	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		29nd	22nd	2nd		16th