{{short description|American freestyle skier}} {{use mdy dates|date=August 2022}} {{Infobox alpine ski racer | name = Hannah Kearney | image = FIS Moguls World Cup 2015 Finals - Megève - 20150315 - Hannah Kearney 9.jpg | image_size = 200 | caption = Kearney in March 2015 | disciplines = Moguls, Dual Moguls | country = {{USA}} | club = Waterville Valley BBTS<ref name= MissMogul /> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|02|26}} | birth_place = Hanover, New Hampshire, U.S.<ref name= MissMogul /> | height = 5 ft 6 in | wcdebut = January 11, 2003<ref name= Winter-AP /> (age 16) | retired = | website = | olympicteams = 3 (2006, 2010, 2014) | olympicmedals = 2 | olympicgolds = 1 | worldsteams = 4 | worldsmedals = 6 | worldsgolds = 2 | wcseasons = 10 | wcwins = 46 | wcpodiums = 71 | wcoveralls = 4 (2011, 2012, 2014, 2015) | wctitles = 6 moguls (2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015) | show-medals = yes | medals = {{MedalSport|Women's freestyle skiing}} {{MedalCountry|the {{USA}}}} {{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games }} {{MedalGold | 2010 Vancouver | Moguls }} {{MedalBronze | 2014 Sochi | Moguls }} {{MedalCompetition | World Championships }} {{MedalGold | 2005 Ruka | Moguls }} {{MedalGold | 2013 Voss | Moguls }} {{MedalGold | 2015 Kreischberg | Dual moguls }} {{MedalSilver | 2011 Deer Valley | Moguls }} {{MedalSilver | 2015 Kreischberg | Moguls }} {{MedalBronze | 2009 Inawashiro | Dual moguls }} {{MedalBronze | 2011 Deer Valley | Dual moguls }} {{MedalBronze | 2013 Voss | Dual moguls }} }}
'''Hannah Angela Kearney''' (born February 26, 1986) is an American mogul skier who won a gold medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics and a bronze medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics.<ref>{{cite news |title=Day 1: Ohno, Kearney win; slower luge track debuts |url= https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5igTrZaKJJ13m07bgBp1ixJ4espyQD9DRT8IG0 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100217041126/http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5igTrZaKJJ13m07bgBp1ixJ4espyQD9DRT8IG0 |url-status=dead |archive-date= February 17, 2010 |agency=Associated Press |date=February 13, 2010 |access-date=February 14, 2010}}</ref>
==Early life, family and education== Kearney was born in Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center<ref name= MissMogul>{{cite web| url= https://www.nhmagazine.com/miss-mogul-an-interview-with-hannah-kearney-2/| title= Miss Mogul: An Interview With Hannah Kearney | website= New Hampshire Magazine |author= Staff | publisher= | date= October 1, 2011| access-date= 2025-10-21}}</ref> in Hanover, New Hampshire, to Jill (née Gass) and Tom Kearney.<ref>{{cite press release| url= https://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/channels/news/babcock-wins-gold-mcgill-tie-115135 |title=Babcock wins gold with McGill tie | website= mcgill.ca| publisher= McGill University |date=March 1, 2010 |access-date=February 8, 2014}}</ref> They met while attending McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1166074/index.htm |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100220092838/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1166074/index.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date= February 20, 2010 |title=Playing Spoiler |date=February 22, 2010 |last= Farber| first= Michael |magazine= Sports Illustrated| via= sportsillustrated.cnn.com |access-date=February 8, 2014}}</ref> She was raised in Norwich, Vermont<ref>{{cite web| url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDuj4tXCS4I| title= Vancouver 2010: Hannah Kearney Saves Best for Last| publisher= NBC Sports| date= 2014| location= Vancouver| via= YouTube| access-date= 2025-10-21}}</ref> (and continues to live there). Her mother is active in promoting youth sports as the director of the Town of Norwich Recreation Department.<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.norwich.vt.us/town_departments/recreation |title= Recreation Department| website= norwich.vt.us| publisher= Town of Norwich, Vermont | date= | access-date= 2025-10-21}}</ref> Hannah began skiing at age two.<ref name= Vancouver2010>{{cite web| url= http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-freestyle-skiing/athletes/hannah-kearney_ath1023764tA.html |publisher= Vancouver Olympic Games|title= Hannah Kearney| website= vancouver2010.com |date= | archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100216133029/http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-freestyle-skiing/athletes/hannah-kearney_ath1023764tA.html| archivedate= 2010-02-16 | accessdate= }}</ref> She considers herself "half-Canadian" because her mother grew up in Montreal and she has relatives living in Vancouver and Montreal.<ref>{{cite news |title=Kearney, Bahrke of U.S. medal in moguls |url= https://www.espn.com/olympics/winter/2010/freestyleskiing/news/story?id=4912943 | website= ESPN.com | publisher= |agency=Associated Press |date=February 14, 2010 |access-date=February 14, 2010}}</ref>
Kearney skied for Waterville Valley BBTS and graduated from Hanover High School.<ref>{{cite web| url= https://www.nhmagazine.com/miss-mogul-an-interview-with-hannah-kearney-2/| title= Miss Mogul: An Interview With Hannah Kearney | website= New Hampshire Magazine |author= Staff | publisher= | date= October 1, 2011| access-date= 2025-10-21}}</ref> She studied at Dartmouth College as a member of the class of 2015.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Barry |first=Dan |title= For a Moment of Glory, Mastering a Million Details |newspaper= The New York Times |page=17 |date=February 27, 2010 |url =https://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/28/us/28land.html |access-date=March 5, 2010}}</ref>
==Career== Kearney was the national junior moguls champion in 2002.<ref name= Winter-AP>{{cite web| title= Hannah Kearney | publisher= Associated Press| website= wintergames.ap.org| url= http://wintergames.ap.org/hannah-kearney?key=968b00d2-0e7f-41d7-80fa-120603d5f6e0| date= | url-status= dead |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100227164729/http://wintergames.ap.org/hannah-kearney?key=968b00d2-0e7f-41d7-80fa-120603d5f6e0 |archivedate= 2010-02-27 |access-date= 2025-10-21}}</ref> She made her first World Cup appearance on January 11, 2003, finishing 26th.<ref name= Winter-AP />
===2006 Winter Olympics=== {{See also|Freestyle skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics|2006 Winter Olympics}}
A gold medal favorite entering her first Olympics, Kearney had a poor first run and did not make it out of the qualification round. She stumbled after landing her first jump. Her score of 20.80 points put her in 10th at that point, with 20 skiers left to compete. After the second-to-last skier, she was officially bumped out of the top 20, the ranking she would have needed to advance to the final, placing 22nd.<ref name= strikes>{{cite news| url= http://wintergames.ap.org/story.aspx?st=id&id=p683393abc407437797159a0d60545e20 |title=Kearney strikes gold for US in women's moguls | date= February 14, 2010 | first= Will| last= Graves| publisher= Associated Press | archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100512041615/http://wintergames.ap.org/story.aspx?st=id&id=p683393abc407437797159a0d60545e20 |archivedate= 2010-05-12 | access-date= 2025-10-21}}</ref>
===2010 Winter Olympics=== {{See also|Freestyle skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics|2010 Winter Olympics}}
In December 2009, Kearney won the US Olympic trial event at Steamboat, earning a spot on the US Team.<ref name="USSA1223">{{cite web |url=http://www.usskiteam.com/freestyle/news?storyId=2211 |title=Deneen, Kearney Take Oly Trial Wins |date=December 23, 2009 |publisher=United States Ski and Snowboard Association |access-date=18 January 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100131222041/http://usskiteam.com/freestyle/news?storyId=2211 |archive-date=2010-01-31 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
At the 2010 Winter Olympics, Kearney entered the final round with a qualification score of 25.96.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.2010.nbcolympics.com/freestyle-skiing/resultsandschedules/event=FRW020000/phase=FRW020901/index.html |title=Freestyle Skiing > Women's Moguls > Qualification |website=NBCOlympics.com |date=2010-02-13 |access-date=2010-02-14 }}{{Dead link|date=November 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> As a result of having the best qualifying score, Kearney would be the last skier to ski in the final round. Fellow teammate Shannon Bahrke was in second place, and Canadian Jennifer Heil was in first, with scores of 25.43 and 25.69 respectively. Kearney skied a clean run, earning a score of 26.63 and winning the gold medal.<ref>{{Cite news |last=McGrath |first=Charles |title=American Wins Gold in Women's Moguls |newspaper=New York Times |date=February 14, 2010 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/14/sports/olympics/14moguls.html?pagewanted=print |access-date=March 5, 2010}}</ref>
===2014 Winter Olympics=== {{See also|Freestyle skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics<!--|Freestyle skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Women's moguls-->|2014 Winter Olympics}}
At the 2014 Winter Olympics, Kearney entered the final round with a qualification score of 21.93<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.sochi2014.com/en/freestyle-skiing-ladies-moguls-final-2 |title=2014 > Freestyle Skiing > Women's Moguls > Qualification |website= Sochi2014.com| publisher= |date=2014-02-08 |access-date=2014-02-08 |archive-date=2014-02-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140211095914/http://www.sochi2014.com/en/freestyle-skiing-ladies-moguls-final-2 |url-status=dead }}</ref> As a result of having the best qualifying score, Kearney would be the last skier to ski in the final round. Kearney faltered slightly after the first jump, earning a score of 21.49 to win the bronze medal.
==World Cup results==
===Season titles=== 10 titles (4 overall freestyle, 6 moguls) {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |- ! Season ! Discipline |- | '''2009''' || Moguls |- | rowspan=2 | '''2011''' || '''Overall''' |- | Moguls |- | rowspan=2 | '''2012''' || '''Overall''' |- | Moguls |- | '''2013''' || Moguls |- | rowspan=2 | '''2014''' || '''Overall''' |- | Moguls |- | rowspan=2 | '''2015''' || '''Overall''' |- | Moguls |}
==Personal life== In her free time, Kearney enjoys riding horses, knitting, playing soccer, reading, and watching her brother Denny play hockey.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.usskiteam.com/freestyle/athletes/athlete?athleteId=1063 |title= Hannah Kearney| website= usskiteam.com| publisher= |access-date=2010-02-14 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100217224440/http://www.usskiteam.com/freestyle/athletes/athlete?athleteId=1063 |archive-date=2010-02-17 }}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{FIS freestyle skier}} * {{Team USA|new_id=hannah-kearney|old_id=KE/Hannah-Kearney|archive=20230326054829}} * {{Olympics.com profile}} * {{Olympedia}} * {{Facebook}}
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