Clare
Egan

Olympian 2018, 2022

Athlete Bio#

Height

5' 8"

Age

Hometown

Cape Elizabeth, ME

Education

UNH

Quick Facts

Hobbies & interests: traveling, learning languages, dancing, guitar, going to the spa, gardening, food and wine

Career Highlights

2018 Olympian
6x World Championship Teams
3rd place, Mass Start, 2019 World Cup Final, @ Oslo, Norway
6th place, Pursuit, 2018 World Cup @ Pokljuka, Solvenia
6th Place, Individual, 2020 World Cup @ Pokljuka, Slovenia
18th Overall, 2018-2019 World Cup season

Olympic Experience

2-time Olympian
- Olympic Games Beijing 2022, 7th (4 x 6km Relay - Mixed), 11th (4 x 6km Relay - Women), 38th (10km Pursuit - Women), 39th (15km Individual - Women), 46th (7.5km Sprint - Women)
- Olympic Games Pyeongchang 2018, 13th (4 x 6km Relay - Women), 61th (7.5km Sprint - Women), 62th (15km Individual - Women)

World Championships Experience

Most recent: 2021 – 12th (4 x 7.5km Relay - Mixed), 13th (4 x 6km Relay - Women), 22th (Single Mixed Relay - Mixed), 39th (15km Individual - Women), 44th (10km Pursuit - Women), 54th (7.5km Sprint - Women)
Years of participation: 10km Pursuit - Women 2015, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021; 15km Individual - Women 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021; 4 x 6km Relay - Women 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021; 4 x 7.5km Relay - Mixed 2021; 7.5km Sprint - Women 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021; Single Mixed Relay - Mixed 2021; 4 x 6km Relay - Mixed 2020; 12.5km Mass Start - Women 2017, 2019; 2 x 6 + 2 x 7.5km Relay - Mixed 2017, 2019
Top finish: 9th – 2019 (4 x 6km Relay - Women)

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Did you know...?
My dream vacation spot is… Big Major Cay ("Pig Island"), Bahamas
When traveling, the thing I miss the most is… my stuffed animal pig, Hilda
My favorite meal is… (vegetarian) risotto
I never leave my house without… my lucky pigs
If I were not an athlete, I would... have a pet miniature piglet

More on Clare:

Clare started skiing in middle school for Cape Nordic and was a Maine high school state champion and two-time member of the New England Junior National team. As an undergraduate student at Wellesley College, she ran cross-country and track and started the Wellesley Ski Team. After graduating in 2010, Clare spent a year at the University of New Hampshire, where she competed in Division I cross-country, track, and Nordic skiing while pursuing a master's degree in linguistics. She joined the Craftsbury Green Racing Project cross-country ski team in June of 2011 and competed in her first biathlon race in 2013. In January of 2015 she made her Biathlon World Cup debut and since then she has represented the US Biathlon Team at six World Championships as well as the 2018 Winter Olympic Games. In March of 2019, Clare reached the World Cup podium for the first time, taking bronze in the mass start at the Word Cup final in Oslo, Norway.

Clare speaks five languages and was elected in 2018 to Chair the International Biathlon Union Athletes’ Committee until 2022. She lives in Lake Placid, New York.

SPORT DATA

Biathlon Since: 2013, cross-country ski racing since: 2002
Member of National Team since: 2015
Skis: Salomon
Boots: Salomon
Club: Craftsbury Green Racing Project
Coach:  Armin Auchentaller

WORLD CUP TOTAL FINAL RANK

2021/22	- 45
2020/21	- 36
2019/20	- 42
2018/19	- 18
2017/18	- 63
2016/17	- 55
2015/16	- 67
2014/15	- 94

WORLD CUP TOP RESULTS (INCL. OWG AND WCH.)

POS	COMP.	SEASON	EVENT
3	MS	2018/19	Oslo (NOR) WC
4	IN	2021/22	Antholz (ITA) WC
6	IN	2019/20	Pokljuka (SLO) WC
6	PU	2018/19	Pokljuka (SLO) WC
9	SP	2020/21	Hochfilzen (AUT) WC
9	PU	2018/19	Oslo (NOR) WC
10	SP	2020/21	Hochfilzen (AUT) WC
11	SP	2018/19	Ostersund (SWE) WCH
11	PU	2018/19	Antholz (ITA) WC