Hannah Teter
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| Olympic medalist | |||
 Hannah Teter |
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Hannah Teter (born January 27, 1987) is a female snowboarder from Belmont, Vermont, in the United States, known for her consistent and technical riding in the halfpipe. She won a gold medal in the women's halfpipe competition at the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Turin, Italy.
Teter hails from a famous snowboarding family. Her older brother Amen is a professional snowboarder and full-time manager and agent for Team Teter. Her brothers Abe and Elijah currently compete with the U.S. snowboarding team. Hannah has another brother, Josh, who is mildly autistic and does not snowboard. Both of the Teter parents, Jeff and Pat, were skiers, but have since been converted to snowboarding by their children.
Teter started snowboarding at the age of 8 in an attempt to follow in her older brothers' footsteps. She enjoyed hanging out with her brothers, but felt left out when they were snowboarding and she wasn't. Teter took her first lesson at her home mountain of Okemo.
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[edit] Short Facts
- Age: 20
- Hometown: Mount Holly, Vermont
- Height: 5′-6″ / 1.60 m
- Weight: 140 lb / 63.5 kg
- Stance: Goofy (Right foot forward on the board). Eighteen degrees front, nine degrees rear, and twenty-one inches wide.
- Hook-ups: Burton, Anon Optics, Mountain Dew, Clif Bar, Nixon
[edit] Media and Business ventures
Teter is considered one of the world's best competition snowboarders and is well known for her excellent amplitude and progressive riding in the halfpipe. Hannah has been featured in many competitions, including the X Games, Grand Prix, US Open, Worlds, Winter Olympics 2006 and the Winter Gravity Games.
Before she went to Turin, Italy to compete in the 2006 Olympics, Teter was featured on a documentary based upon the amazing, and sometimes controversial evolution and growth of snowboarding, "First Descent". The movie was filmed in the snowy mountains of Alaska. Teter starred in this film alongside snowboarding legends including Shaun White, the men's gold medalist at the halfpipe in the 2006 Olympics, and Terje Håkonsen.
Teter is often compared to her competition rival, good friend and team mate, Gretchen Bleiler who has competed against her in many competitions including the olympics and the Winter Gravity Games, where they were both on the top of the leader board both hoping for the gold medal.
Teter also appears on many entertainment shows such as ManiaTV! and The David Letterman Show, where she has been interviewed.
[edit] Awards, Wins and Titles
- 2006 Winter Gravity Games Silver medalist, women's halfpipe
- 2006 Olympic Champion, women's halfpipe
- 2005 Nokia Snowboard Fis World Cup champion on halfpipe
- 2005 Vans Cup champion
- 2005 World Snowboard Championships bronze medalist
- 2005 US Open bronze medalist
- 2005 Nippon Open silver medalist
- 2005 Winter Gravity Games silver medalist
- 2005 Winter X Games superpipe bronze medalist
- 2004 Finalist for the ESPY Awards for Best Female Action Sport Athlete
- 2004 U.S. Snowboard Overall Grand Prix halfpipe champion
- 2004 X Games superpipe champion
- 2004 NASJA "Competitor of the Year" title and award
- 2003 Vans Triple Crown halfpipe title + silver in slopestyle
- 2003 Winter X Games halfpipe silver medalist
- 2003 Became youngest member of the US Snowboarding Team
- 2002 First Female Snowboarder to land a 900 in Competition
Hannah has been nominated for three ESPY awards.
[edit] See Also
- Snow Blind (film) - Documentary film about snowboarding featuring Hannah Teter and family members
