1. Shannon Bahrke won the bronze medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.
25 Facts About Shannon Bahrke
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Shannon Bahrke was the 2009 US National Champion in dual moguls.
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Shannon Bahrke has reached the podium twice at the FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships, winning bronze in 2003 and silver in 2007, both in dual moguls.
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Shannon Bahrke sold Silver Bean Coffee in 2015 and founded Team Empower Hour, a corporate team-building and inspiration company.
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Shannon Bahrke began skiing at the age of three and skied different resorts around Lake Tahoe while growing up.
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Besides skiing, Shannon Bahrke participated in soccer, softball and track and played trumpet in her high school bands.
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Shannon Bahrke joined the US Olympic Team for the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver on short notice, replacing teammate Dylan Ferguson who was recovering from an emergency appendectomy shortly before the Games began.
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Shannon Bahrke is married to longtime boyfriend Matt Happe, with whom she co-founded Silver Bean Coffee Company in 2013.
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Shannon Bahrke announced that following the 2010 Olympics, she would retire from competition, wed Happe on October 10,2010, and concentrate on their business.
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Shannon Bahrke went on to place fifth in dual moguls at the 1999 World Ski Championships.
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In 2002, Shannon Bahrke was selected to the US Olympic Team for the Salt Lake Olympic Games.
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Shannon Bahrke won the silver medal, and was the first of 34 American medalists at the 2002 Games.
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Shannon Bahrke's career was interrupted by injuries beginning in February 2004 when she suffered a broken jaw during a World Cup event in Japan, ending her season.
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Shannon Bahrke then returned to form during the 2007 season, winning dual moguls silver at the Madonna di Campiglio World Championships, and placing second in World Cup standings for the season.
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Shannon Bahrke came back from injury , and in March 2009 won the dual moguls title at the US National Freestyle Championships, her sixth US title.
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Shannon Bahrke dedicated the win to her longtime coach Clay Beck, who died in a 2008 plane accident.
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Shannon Bahrke was one of four women selected to the US Moguls Team for the Vancouver Games, along with Hannah Kearney, Heather McPhie, and Michelle Roark.
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Shannon Bahrke was the only past Olympic medalist on the 18-strong US Freestyle Team.
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Shannon Bahrke won the bronze medal in the women's moguls freestyle skiing event at the Vancouver Olympics.
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Shannon Bahrke was in first place after her run with a score of 25.43, with 5 skiers left.
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Shannon Bahrke has been a keynote speaker for companies and organizations all around the globe.
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Shannon Bahrke is the Chief Inspiration Olympian of the company that is based out of Salt Lake City and Park City.
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Shannon Bahrke holds a wheel-to-wheel racing license with NASA and Miller Motor Sports park.
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Shannon Bahrke is an avid off-road motorcyclist featured on the cover of American Motorcyclist Magazine in March 2010.
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In 2011, Shannon Bahrke appeared in the Visit California promotional film aimed at boosting tourism from the UK.