Deedra Irwin

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Deedra Irwin
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Deedra Irwin during 2024 World Championships in Nové Město, Czechia
Personal information
NationalityUnited States
Born (1992-05-27) 27 May 1992 (age 33)
Pulaski, Wisconsin
Sport
Professional information
Sport Biathlon
World Cup debut2021
Olympic Games
Teams1 (2022)
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]

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She graduated from the Michigan Technological University. [4] She is a specialist 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

EventIndividualSprintPursuitMass startRelayMixed relay
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg 2022 Beijing 7th37th47th23rd11th—

World Championships

EventIndividualSprintPursuitMass startRelayMixed relaySingle mixed relay
Flag of Slovenia.svg 2021 Pokljuka —51st45th—13th——
Flag of Germany.svg 2023 Oberhof 20th55th57th—15th13th11th
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg 2024 Nové Město 11th39th46th—21st11th7th

References

  1. 1 2 "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. 2022-02-09. Archived from the original on 2024-03-17. Retrieved 2022-02-26.
  2. ↑ "Deedra Irwin". Beijing 2022 Olympics . Archived from the original on 2022-02-26. Retrieved 2022-02-26.
  3. ↑ "Deedra Irwin 2022 Olympics". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 2022-02-26.
  4. ↑ "Deedra Irwin". .teamusa.org. Archived from the original on December 2, 2018.
  5. ↑ "Irwin Dedra". Biathlon World. IBU. Retrieved 8 September 2023.


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