Biathlon - Women's 4x6km Relay - 2014 Winter Olympics

Gold Medal

Ukraine

 Vita Semerenko 

(Віта Олександрівна Семеренко)

Vita Oleksandrivna Semerenko (Ukrainian: Віта Олександрівна Семеренко), known also as Vita Semerenko (born 18 January 1986) is a Ukrainian biathlete. She represented Ukraine at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. She won the silver medal in 4×6 km relay event at the Biathlon World Championships 2008.

Biathlete Valentyna is her twin sister.

 Juliya Dzhyma

Juliya Dzhyma (born 19 September 1990) is a Ukrainian World Cup level biathlete.

 Valj Semerenko

(Валентина Олександрівна Семеренко)

Valentyna Oleksandrivna Semerenko (Ukrainian: Валентина Олександрівна Семеренко), known also as Valya Semerenko  and featuring in statistics as Valj Semerenko (born 18 January 1986) is a Ukrainian biathlete. She represented Ukraine at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. She won the silver medal in 4×6 km relay event at the Biathlon World Championships 2008.

Biathlete Vita is her twin sister.

 Olena Pidhrushna

(Валентина Олександрівна Семеренко)

Olena Pidhrushna (Ukrainian: Валентина Олександрівна Семеренко); born 9 January 1987) is a Ukrainian biathlete. She represented Ukraine at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. She lives in Ternopil.

7th Place

USA

 Susan Dunklee

Susan Dunklee (born February 13, 1986) is an American biathlete who has competed since 2008. Her best World Cup finish was 4th in a Sprint event in Antholz, Italy in 2014.

Dunklee's best finish at the Biathlon World Championships was 5th in the individual event at Ruhpolding in 2012.

On November 22, 2013, Dunklee was named to the American team for the 2014 Winter Olympics.

 Hannah Dreissigacker 

Hannah Dreissigacker will make her Olympic debut for the US Biathlon team in Sochi. While this will be her first time competing on the grandest stage, she has the Games in her blood as both of her parents were Olympic rowers for the U.S.

Career highlights:

2013: World Championships – 11th (relay), 56th (individual), 71st (sprint)

2012: Continental Championships – 26th (individual), 33rd (sprint, pursuit)

2010: Continental Championships – 9th (relay), 38th (sprint), 41st (pursuit), 52nd (individual)

Things to know:

1. Dreissigacker started cross-country skiing at an early age, but took up biathlon in 2009 at age 23 after graduating from Dartmouth College. This is only her second season as a member of the US Biathlon national team and admits that she still struggles with nerves on the shooting range.

2. Both of Dreissigacker’s parents competed in the Summer Olympics for the U.S., in rowing. Her father, Dick, competed in the coxless fours event at the 1972 Munich Games, and her mother, Judy Geer, competed in the coxed fours at the 1976 Montreal Games and double sculls at the 1984 Los Angeles Games. She also qualified for the 1980 U.S. Olympic team which boycotted the Moscow Games. In Montreal, Judy rowed in the same boat with Catherine Menges, the mother of two-time Olympic fencing champion Mariel Zagunis.

3. Dreissigacker is a member of the Craftsbury Green Racing Team, based in Craftsbury, VT, a team of elite athletes pursuing national team and Olympic aspirations, while keeping with an environmentally-conscious lifestyle.

 Sara Studebaker

Sara Studebaker (born October 7, 1984) is a biathlete from the United States who has competed on the World Cup circuit since 2009. Born and raised in Boise, Idaho, she has had multiple top 20 results and her best World Cup finishes are 14th in the sprint event at Presque Isle, Maine in February 2011 and 15th in the sprint at Kontiolahti, Finland in February 2012. She placed 17th in the individual race at the 2011 World Championships in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia. She was ranked 34th in the World Cup in the 2010–11 season and 55th for 2011–12.

Studebaker, a member of the 2010 Winter Olympic team, placed 34th in the 15 km individual at Whistler Olympic Park, Canada. She has been a member of the U.S. Biathlon Team since 2007, after her graduation from Dartmouth College, where she captained the NCAA champion cross country ski team. Studebaker is a 2003 graduate of Boise High School and learned to ski at Bogus Basin.

Annelies Cook

Annelies Cook (born August 1, 1984) is an American biathlete who has been a member of the national team since 2009.

Cook is originally from Saranac Lake, New York She raced for the Maine Winter Sports Center. She then earned a bachelor's degree in international studies at the University of Utah.

At the 2013 Biathlon World Championships, Cook finished 38th in the women's 15km individual race, tied for 45th in the 7.5km sprint, and 51st in the 10km pursuit. She was also on the American mixed relay team that placed 8th at the 2013 World Championships. She has been named to the 2014 Winter Olympics team.