Hannah Teter (born January 27, 1987) is a female snowboarder from Mount Holly, Vermont, in the United States, known for her consistent and technical riding in the halfpipe. She won a gold medal in the women’s halfpipe competition at the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Turin, Italy.
Hannah hails from a famous snowboarding family. Her older brother Amen is a professional snowboarder and full-time manager and agent for Team Teter. Her brothers Abe and Elijah currently compete with the U.S. snowboarding team. Hannah has another brother, Josh, who is mildly autistic and does not snowboard but he sometimes ski blades for fun. Both of the Teter parents, Jeff and Pat, were skiers, but have since been converted to snowboarding by their children. Hannah dates Eli Lieberman, the lead guitarist from a little known reggae group, Strive Roots.
Hannah started snowboarding at the age of 8 in an attempt to follow in her older brothers footsteps, who had taken up the sports themselves. She enjoyed hanging out with her brothers, but felt left out when her brothers were snowboarding and she wasn’t. Teter took her first lesson at her home mountain of Okemo.
Teter is considered one of the world’s best competition snowboarders and is well known for her excellent amplitude and progressive riding in the halfpipe. Hannah has been featured in many competitions, including the X Games, Grand Prix, US Open, Worlds, Winter Olympics 2006 and the Winter Gravity Games.
Before she went to Turin, Italy to compete in the 2006 Olympics, Hannah featured on a documentary based upon the amazing, and sometimes controversial evolution and growth of snowboarding, “First Descent”. The movie was filmed in the snowy mountains of Alaska. Hannah starred in this film alongside snowboarding legends including Shaun White, the men’s gold medalist at the halfpipe in the 2006 Olympics, and Terje Haakonsen.
Hannah is often compared to her competition rival, good friend and team mate, Grechen Bleiler who has competed against her in many competitions including the olympics and the Winter Gravity Games, where they were both on the top of the leader board both hoping for the gold medal.
Hannah also appears on many entertainment shows such as ManiaTV! and The David Lettermen Show, where she has been interviewed and has shown her true self to the world. Many people consider her to be a fun-loving and down-to-earth girl.
Off the Pipe
Hannah has other interests when not snowboarding, such as skateboarding, surfing, soccer and jumping on the trampoline. Amongst Hannah’s competitive, daring and rather affable attitude she also enjoys to relax with candles and read spiritual books. She loves to spend time to reflect on how “super-blessed” she is to be a well known, world champion snowboarder and says “To have a passion for something, put so much into it, and then receive it back is so great”.
When Hannah is asked what music she has on her iPod, she says, “Everything comes up from like Pocahontis to just like hardcore rap”. She also explains, “I’ve been listening to music for ever you know, I just like tapping to the music and being like ‘alright I’m ready!'”
Hannah also loves to use the internet, and she is driven by fan mail which she checks on a regular basis. She says that it pushes her even farther.
Source: Wikipedia contributors (2006). Hannah Teter. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia.
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