{{Short description|American biathlete (born 1987)}}
{{Infobox sportsperson | name = Clare Egan | image = 2018-01-04 IBU Biathlon World Cup Oberhof 2018 - Sprint Women 115.jpg | caption = Egan during World Cup competitions in Oberhof, Thuringia, Germany, in January 2018 | native_name = Lauren Clare Egan | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|11|19}} | birth_place = Cape Elizabeth, Maine | years_active = 2013–2022 | country = {{USA}} | nationality = | national_team = | sport = Biathlon | club = Craftsbury green racing project | coaching = U.S. Biathlon Team Personal coach: }} '''Laurent Clare Egan''' (born November 19, 1987) is an American retired biathlete. She has represented the United States in World Cup Biathlon from 2015 through the 2018–2019 season and at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://services.biathlonresults.com/athletes.aspx?IbuId=BTUSA21911198701 |title=Clare Egan |publisher=International Biathlon Union |accessdate=8 March 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-12-26 |title=Clare Egan |url=http://www.teamusa.org/us-biathlon/athletes/Clare-Egan |access-date=2023-10-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141226063512/http://www.teamusa.org/us-biathlon/athletes/Clare-Egan |archive-date=2014-12-26 }}</ref> She was elected in 2018 to chair the International Biathlon Union Athletes’ Committee until 2022.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://clareegan.wordpress.com/clare/|title = Clare|date = 9 September 2016}}</ref>
Egan represented the United States at the 2022 Winter Olympics.<ref>{{Cite web|last=OlympicTalk|date=2022-01-22|title=Team USA athlete roster for 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics|url=https://olympics.nbcsports.com/2022/01/21/team-usa-athlete-roster-winter-olympics-2022-beijing/|access-date=2022-01-23|website=OlympicTalk {{!}} NBC Sports|language=en-US|archive-date=2022-01-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220124074119/https://olympics.nbcsports.com/2022/01/21/team-usa-athlete-roster-winter-olympics-2022-beijing/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Life== Egan is originally from Cape Elizabeth, Maine. She was a stand-out runner and skier at Cape Elizabeth High School, from which she graduated in 2006. Egan attended Wellesley College and received a master's degree from the University of New Hampshire; she speaks six languages.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.biathlonworld.com/news/detail/clare-egan-a-biathlete-who-speaks-six-languages|title = International Biathlon Union - IBU}}</ref>
Egan was an NCAA Division III All-American runner for the Wellesley Blue track and field team, placing 6th in the 1500 meters at the 2010 NCAA Division III women's outdoor track and field championships. She also competed in cross country running for the team.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://wellesleyblue.com/news/2021/3/22/3_22_2021_3841.aspx|title=Clare Egan '10 Qualifies for 2022 U.S. Olympic Team|website=wellesleyblue.com}}</ref>
==Biathlon results== All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.
===Olympic Games=== ''0 medals'' {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- " !Event !style="width:70px;"|Individual !style="width:70px;"|Sprint !style="width:70px;"|Pursuit !style="width:70px;"|Mass Start !style="width:70px;"|Relay !style="width:70px;"|Mixed Relay |- | align=left |{{flagicon|KOR}} 2018 Pyeongchang | 62nd | 61st | — | — | 13th | — |- |align=left |{{flagicon|CHN}} 2022 Beijing |39th |46th |38th |— |11th |7th |}
===World Championships=== ''0 medals'' {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- " !style="width:190px;"|Event !style="width:70px;"|Individual !style="width:70px;"|Sprint !style="width:70px;"|Pursuit !style="width:70px;"|{{nowrap|Mass start}} !style="width:70px;"|Relay !style="width:70px;"|{{nowrap|Mixed relay}} !style="width:70px;"|{{nowrap|Single mixed relay}} |- | align=left |{{flagicon|FIN}} 2015 Kontiolahti | 51st | 40th | 52nd | — | 12th | — | rowspan="3" {{n/a}} |- | align=left |{{flagicon|NOR}} 2016 Oslo | 66th | 84th | — | — | 13th | — |- | align=left |{{flagicon|AUT}} 2017 Hochfilzen | 22nd | 20th | 41st | 24th | 14th | 16th |- | align=left |{{flagicon|SWE}} 2019 Östersund | 53rd | 11th | 12th | 26th | 9th | 19th | — |- |align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} 2020 Antholz |58th |28th |46th | — |15th |13th | — |- |align=left|{{flagicon|SLO}} 2021 Pokljuka |39th |54th |44th |— |13th |22nd |12th |} :''*During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program.'' :''**The single mixed relay was added as an event in 2019.''
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Egan, Clare}} Category:1987 births Category:Living people Category:American female biathletes Category:Olympic biathletes for the United States Category:Biathletes at the 2018 Winter Olympics Category:Biathletes at the 2022 Winter Olympics Category:Sportspeople from Maine Category:21st-century American sportswomen Category:People from Cape Elizabeth, Maine Category:Sportspeople from Cumberland County, Maine Category:American women middle-distance runners Category:Wellesley Blue track and field athletes Category:College women's cross country runners in the United States