Deedra Irwin

Deedra Irwin
Deedra Irwin during 2024 World Championships in Nové Město, Czechia
Personal information
NationalityUnited States
Born (1992-05-27) 27 May 1992
Pulaski, Wisconsin
Sport
Professional information
SportBiathlon
World Cup debut2021
Olympic Games
Teams2 (2022, 2026 )
World Championships
Teams3 (2021, 2023, 2024)

Deedra Irwin (born 27 May 1992 in Pulaski, Wisconsin) is an American biathlete.[1] She competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics in women's mass start, women's relay, women's pursuit, women's individual, and women's sprint.[2][3] She finished 7th in the women's individual event, which is the highest ever placing for a United States athlete in any international biathlon championship.[1]

She graduated from the Michigan Technological University.[4] She is a sergeant in the Vermont Army National Guard.

She competed at the Biathlon World Championships 2021 in the team relay. She competed at the Biathlon World Championships 2023 in the mixed relay, women's sprint, women's pursuit, women's individual, single mixed relay, and women's relay.[5]

Biathlon results

All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.

Olympic Games

Event Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass start Relay Mixed relay
2022 Beijing 7th 37th 47th 23rd 11th —
2026 Milano Cortina 34th 47th 35th — 18th 14th

World Championships

Event Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass start Relay Mixed relay Single mixed relay
2021 Pokljuka — 51st 45th — 13th — —
2023 Oberhof 20th 55th 57th — 15th 13th 11th
2024 Nové Město 11th 39th 46th — 21st 11th 7th
2025 Lenzerheide 29th 63rd — — 19th 19th 16th


References

  1. ^ a b "U.S. Olympic Biathlete Deedra Irwin Missed a Silver Medal by One Shot, but Her Seventh-Place Finish Was Still the Best Ever by an American". Outdoor Life. February 9, 2022. Archived from the original on March 17, 2024. Retrieved February 26, 2022.
  2. ^ "Deedra Irwin". Beijing 2022 Olympics. Archived from the original on February 26, 2022. Retrieved February 26, 2022.
  3. ^ "Deedra Irwin 2022 Olympics". NBC Olympics. Retrieved February 26, 2022.
  4. ^ "Deedra Irwin". .teamusa.org. Archived from the original on December 2, 2018.
  5. ^ "Irwin Dedra". Biathlon World. IBU. Retrieved September 8, 2023.


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