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Grew up… in Bloomington, Minnesota
Lived in... Minnesota, Norway, Maine, Vermont, and Utah (as well as considerable time in Europe training and competing)
Born… in October 1983
Now live... in Salt Lake City, Utah near 9th and 9th
Attended… Norgestoppidrettsgymnaset in Geilo, Norway
Received… B.A. in Geography from The University of Vermont ‘08 (Magna Cum Laude)
Favorite food is… fish tacos with lots of guacamole, good bread with olive oil
Favorite movie is… 500 Days of Summer, Definitely Maybe, Whatever Works, Lola Rennt, We Were Soldiers, Leben der Anderen, Живой (Alive), Возвращение (The Return), The English Patient, Shrek, Thirty Days of Night, Lonesome Dove, The Good The Bad and The Ugly, American Beauty, Definitely Maybe, In Bruges, Butterfly Effect, Love Actually, Y Tu Mama Tambien
Favorite book is… Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse and Master & Margarita by Bulgakov
Favorite music is… Mando Diao, Silversun Pickups, The Bravery, Black Kids, Infadels, Empire of the Sun, Port O'Brien, Massive Attack, Kent, Christina Stürmer, Röyksopp, Guster, Eric Clapton, James Blunt, Van Morrison, Ryan Adams, Sarah Harmer, Rolling Stones, Sondre Lerche, Dar Williams, Dr. Dre, Coldplay, Alkaline Trio, Kings of Leon
Speak… Norwegian, German, and some Russian, besides English with a slight Minnesota accent
Enjoy… back-country/tele skiing, fly-fishing, cycling, adventuring, writing, traveling
Political views... are pragmatic
Soldier… in the Utah Army National Guard (SGT E-5)
Crafted… my own biathlon rifle stocks in a friend’s string instrument shop
Member of… the 2006 U.S. Olympic Biathlon Team, now an Athlete Representative to the U.S. Biathlon Board of Directors
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