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Hannah Teter (born January 27, 1987) is an American snowboarder from Belmont, Vermont. She is an Olympic champion, having won the gold medal in halfpipe at the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Torino, Italy. She also won bronze at the 2005 FIS World Championships at Whistler, British Columbia, and has six World Cup victories in her career. Teter is an Olympic hopeful for the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver[1]
Teter is also noted for her charitable work; in 2008 she founded a charity called Hannah's Gold which raises money through the sales of Vermont maple syrup.[2] The charity, in partnership with World Vision, helps to support the village of Kirindon, Kenya through building schools, digging fresh water wells, and providing water filtration. In 2009 Teter donated all of her prize money to the Kirindon program.[2][3] She has also worked to raise money for Darfur and other causes, and is a spokesperson for Boarding for Breast Cancer.[1]
Born into a snowboarding family, Teter is the youngest of five siblings. Two of her four older brothers, Abe and Elijah, have competed for the US Snowboard team, and her eldest brother Amen is their agent and manager.[2] Both of the Teter parents, Jeff and Pat, were skiers, but have since been converted to snowboarding by their children.[1]
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Teter started snowboarding at the age of 8, taking her first lesson at her home mountain of Okemo.[3] By 2002 at the age of 15, she was the World Junior Halfpipe Champion, and had begun riding on the FIS Snowboard World Cup circuit. Teter achieved a 4th place finish in her first WC halfpipe event at Valle Nevado, Chile in September of that year.[4]
From 2002-2004 Teter competed in seven World Cup events with four victories, at Sapporo in 2003 and 2004, Valle Nevado in 2003, and at Saas-Fee in 2004.[5] Competing at the Winter X Games, Teter won bronze in 2003,[6] and gold in 2004.[2]
In 2005, Teter reached the podium with a third place finish at her first FIS World Championships, and added two more World Cup victories at Valle Nevado.[5] Teter also earned another Winter X Games bronze in 2005.[7] During 2005 Teter was hampered by a knee injury which required two surgeries; in her words: "there was a chunk of bone that had separated and it was kind of dangling around."[2]
At the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Turin, Teter was unsure how well she would be able to perform because of that injury. However, she went on to win the Olympic gold medal in halfpipe, beating out US teammate and friend Gretchen Bleiler, who won silver.[2] Teter's accomplishment was rewarded further by the United States Olympic Committee who named her the USOC SportsWoman of the Year.[8] She also won the ESPY Award for Best Action Sports Female in 2006.[1]
After the 2006 Winter Games, Teter spent time focusing on humanitarian causes, but returned to the World Cup circuit in 2009. Since returning from hiatus she has taken the podium at two World Cup events and the 2009 Winter X Games, as well as a victory at the 2009 Lake Tahoe Grand Prix, all in preparation for another Olympic appearance at the 2010 Vancouver Games.[1]
Before going to Turin for the 2006 Olympics, Teter was featured in the 2005 documentary film about the growth of snowboarding, First Descent. The movie, which was filmed in the mountains of Alaska, starred Teter alongside snowboarding legends including Shaun White and Terje Håkonsen.[1] A short behind the scenes documentary titled AK and Beyond was made at the same time, also featuring Teter.[9]
Teter and her brother Abe were also featured in the 2006 documentary Snow Blind about the history of snowboarding and its evolution into an Olympic sport.[10]
In 2009, Vermont based ice cream company Ben & Jerry's created a new flavor in honor of their fellow Vermonter; Hannah Teter's Maple Blondie, a creamy maple ice cream with blonde brownie pieces and a maple caramel swirl. The new flavor went on sale in December 2009, and a portion of proceeds will go to Teter's charity. Company spokesman Sean Greenwood said: "...maple is an easy tie for Vermont but we thought it would be great to do it with a Vermonter that makes a difference."[11]
Hannah has been nominated for three ESPY awards.
   | Hannah's U.S. Olympic Team bio - teamusa.org - The page you were looking for doesn't exist (404) |
| | Official site - GO211 Snowboarder HannaH tEter's Action Sports Profile |
| | Hannah Teter on Go211.com - GO211 Snowboarder HannaH tEter's Action Sports Profile |
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