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Deedra Irwin

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Deedra Irwin
Deedra Irwin during 2024 World Championships in Nové Město, Czechia
Personal information
NationalityUnited States
Born (1992-05-27) 27 May 1992 (age 32)
Pulaski, Wisconsin
Professional information
SportBiathlon
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]

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

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All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.

Olympic Games

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Event Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass start Relay Mixed relay
China 2022 Beijing 7th 37th 47th 23rd 11th

World Championships

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Event Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass start Relay Mixed relay Single mixed relay
Slovenia 2021 Pokljuka 51st 45th 13th
Germany 2023 Oberhof 20th 55th 57th 15th 13th 11th
Czech Republic 2024 Nové Město 11th 39th 46th 21st 11th 7th

References

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  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. 2022-02-09. Retrieved 2022-02-26.
  2. ^ "Deedra Irwin". olympics.com.
  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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