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5'8"
33
Pulaski, WI
Michigan Technological University '15 B.S. Exercise Science, Minor and Certificate in Coaching
Army World Class Athlete Program (WCAP)
Deedra grew up running competitively in Northeast Wisconsin. She started skiing at 16 years old to help stay in shape for running during the winter. She decided to be a 3 sport athlete at Michigan Tech and while there competed in 2 Nordic Skiing NCAA championships and U23 Worlds for Team USA in 2015. She then skied professional with the Sun Valley Ski Education Gold Team for 2 seasons after college. In 2017 she attended a US Biathlon Talent ID camp and decided to take a chance on Biathlon. Short after she made the X-team and joined the Vermint National Guard in 2019. Working her way up in the US Biathlon Team, Deedra started racing consistently on the World Cup in 2020 and qualified for her first Olympics in 2022. In her debut race at the 2022 Beijing Olympics she raced to a historic 7th place in the Women's 15km Individual shooting 19/20. This is the best Olympic finish in US Biathlon history. Since the 2022 Olympics Deedra has been the top female athlete for the US Biathlon Team and in the 24/25 season was ranked top-40 in the the IBU World Cup standings.
Outside of biathlon, Deedra enjoys knitting, baking, puzzles, and music.
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| Skis | Salomon |
| Boots | Salomon |
| Poles | Swix |
Julbo Eyewear NA, USANA
2024/25 | 53 |
| 2023/24 | 38 |
| 2022/23 | 58 |
| 2021/22 | 58 |
| POS | COMP | SEASON | EVENT |
| 7 | IN | 2021/22 | Beijing (CHN) OLY |
| 8 | SP | 2023/24 | Lenzerheide (SUI) WC |
| 11 | IN | 2023/24 | Nove Mesto na Morave (CZE) WCH |
| 12 | PU | 2023/24 | Canmore (CAN) WC |
| 13 | MS | 2023/24 | Lenzerheide (SUI) WC |
| 14 | SP | 2021/22 | Otepaeae (EST) WC |
| 15 | SI | 2024/25 | Kontiolahti (FIN) WC |
| 20 | IN | 2022/23 | Oberhof (GER) WCH |
| 21 | PU | 2023/24 | Lenzerheide (SUI) WC |
| 22 | SP | 2022/23 | Pokljuka (SLO) WC |
| 23 | MS | 2021/22 | Beijing (CHN) OLY |
| 25 | IN | 2022/23 | Kontiolahti (FIN) WC |
| 25 | MS | 2021/22 | Otepaeae (EST) WC |
Deedra Irwin (Pulaski, WI/Army World Class Athlete Program) delivered a top-15 finish in the women’s 12.5km short individual in the frigid darkness of Kontiolahti, FIN. The result marked her fifth-best World Cup finish and seventh-best career finish, w...
Deedra Irwin (Pulaski, WI/Army World Class Athlete Program) rounds out this season’s pursuit races with a stellar 12th place finish, just one of two athletes in the pool of 60 to shoot a perfect 20 for 20 in Canmore, Alberta, Canada. Irwin, jumping 14 ...
Deedra Irwin (Pulaski, WI/Army World Class Athlete Program) and Campbell Wright (Wanaka, NZL/U.S. Biathlon) teamed up for the second time this season to race in the 2024 World Championships single mixed relay event. The duo claimed an historic seventh ...
Deedra Irwin (Pulaski, WI/Army World Class Athlete Program) and Chloe Levins (Rutland, VT/Team Crosscut) led the U.S. Biathlon women with top performances in the women’s 15km individual, kicking off the second week of the 2024 IBU World Championships i...
