Shannon Bahrke

Shannon Bahrke
Personal information
Born (1980-11-07) November 7, 1980 (age 44)
Reno, Nevada, U.S.
OccupationAlpine skier
Skiing career
DisciplinesMoguls, Dual Moguls
ClubOlympic Valley Freestyle
World Cup debutJanuary 9, 1999
RetiredJuly 27, 2010[1]
Websitewww.shannonbahrke.com
Olympics
Teams3 (2002, 2006, 2010)
Medals2 (2002 Silver, 2010 Bronze) (0 gold)
World Championships
Teams9
Medals2 (2003 Bronze, 2007 Silver) (0 gold)
World Cup
Seasons12
Wins7
Podiums24
Overall titlesN/A
Discipline titles1 (2003)
Medal record
Women's freestyle skiing
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2002 Salt Lake City Moguls
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Vancouver Moguls
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2007 Madonna di Campiglio Dual Moguls
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Deer Valley Dual Moguls

Shannon Bahrke (born November 7, 1980) is an American Olympic freestyle skier and entrepreneur. Bahrke was the silver medalist in Moguls at the 2002 Winter Olympics held in Salt Lake City and went on to become the 2003 World Cup Champion. She also won the bronze medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. With her bronze medal in 2010, she became the first US women's freestyle skier to win multiple Olympic medals.[2] Bahrke was also the 2009 US National Champion in dual moguls. She has reached the podium twice at the FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships, winning bronze in 2003 and silver in 2007, both in dual moguls.[3]

In 2008, she founded Silver Bean Coffee, a Salt Lake City based coffee roasting company.[4] She sold Silver Bean Coffee in 2015[5] and founded Team Empower Hour, a corporate team-building and inspiration company.

  1. ^ "U.S. skier, Olympic medalist Bahrke will retire". ESPN.com. 27 July 2010.
  2. ^ Peterson, Nate (February 14, 2010). "2010 Olympics: Tahoe City's Shannon Bahrke saves bronze for last". Sierra Sun. Archived from the original on 3 July 2023. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
  3. ^ "Biography". International Ski Federation. Archived from the original on October 19, 2012. Retrieved January 1, 2010.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference teamusa0709 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "Enterprising Athletes: Shannon Bahrke". olympic.org. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved July 12, 2019.

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