20 Facts About Hannah Teter

Hannah Teter was born on January 27,1987 and is an American snowboarder.

Hannah Teter won the gold medal in the halfpipe at the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Torino and silver at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver.

Hannah Teter has won bronze at the 2005 FIS World Championships at Whistler, British Columbia, and has a total of six World Cup victories in her career.

Hannah Teter started snowboarding at the age of 8, taking her first lesson at her home mountain of Okemo.

Hannah Teter became vegetarian after watching the film Earthlings, and credits her plant-based diet as taking her to a "whole other level" as an athlete.

In 2005, Hannah 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.

At the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Turin, Hannah Teter was unsure how well she would be able to perform because of that injury.

Hannah Teter's accomplishment was rewarded further by the United States Olympic Committee who named her the USOC SportsWoman of the Year.

Hannah Teter won the ESPY Award for Best Action Sports Female in 2006.

At the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, Hannah Teter scored 45.4 in the qualification round for the women's halfpipe, the second place score, earning her a bye to the finals.

Hannah Teter finished fourth at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics in the Halfpipe event.

Hannah Teter was fifth among US athletes in qualifying for the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang and did not make the Olympic team.

Hannah Teter was one of four Winter Olympic athletes chosen to model for the 2010 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, in an "Olympic Stars" section of the popular annual magazine.

Hannah Teter joined fellow snowboarder Clair Bidez, and skiers Lacy Schnoor and Lindsey Vonn who modeled for the issue.

In 2013, Hannah Teter published an instructional snowboarding book entitled, Mastering Snowboarding, along with co-author Tawnya Schultz.

In February 2020, Hannah Teter became Global Ambassador for British snow apparel brand Oneskee.

In 2008 Teter founded a charity called Hannah's Gold which raises money through the sales of Vermont maple syrup.

In 2009 Hannah Teter donated all of her prize money to the Kirindon program.

In 2014, Hannah Teter was named a Global Ambassador for Special Olympics.

Hannah Teter says she is inspired by her brother, Josh, who has intellectual disabilities.