Hannah Teter

Hannah Teter, born on January 27, 1987, in Belmont, Vermont, is an accomplished American snowboarder. Her early career began at the age of 8, with her first lesson at Okemo Mountain. By 2002, at 15, she earned the title of World Junior Halfpipe Champion and started competing on the FIS Snowboard World Cup circuit, achieving a fourth-place finish in her debut World Cup halfpipe event in Valle Nevado, Chile, that same year. Her family, including her parents, Jeff and Pat, and her four older brothers, two of whom competed for the US Snowboard team, supported her snowboarding aspirations.

Throughout her professional career from 2002 to 2004, Teter secured four World Cup victories, including wins at Sapporo in 2003 and 2004, Valle Nevado in 2003, and Saas-Fee in 2004. She also earned a bronze medal at the Winter X Games in 2003 and a gold medal in 2004. Despite a significant knee injury in 2005 that required two surgeries, which she described as having “a chunk of bone that had separated and it was kind of dangling around,” Teter persevered. Her resilience led her to an Olympic gold medal in the halfpipe at the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Turin, overcoming US teammate Gretchen Bleiler. This achievement was further recognized when she was named the USOC SportsWoman of the Year and received the ESPY Award for Best Action Sports Female in 2006.

After a period focusing on humanitarian causes, Teter returned to the World Cup circuit in 2009, continuing to demonstrate her athletic prowess. She earned a silver medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver and competed in the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, finishing fourth. Beyond her athletic achievements, Teter is also an author, having published an instructional snowboarding book, “Mastering Snowboarding,” in 2013, co-authored with Tawnya Schultz.