Rosie BRENNAN

Historical Results

Best performances per season in World Cup events from 2018/2019 - Individual events until 15km

Best performances per season in World Cup events from 2018/2019 - Individual events longer than 15km

Best performances in World Cup races from 2018/2019 - Team events

Cooking, baking, camping, spending time with friends, all outdoor activities. (Athlete, May 2021)

Athlete. Would like to become a teacher before pursuing a more advanced geography degree to eventually work in dam removal. (teamusa.org)

Bachelor of Arts (Geography) - Dartmouth College (Hanover, NH)
Master of Arts (Liberal Arts, Education) - Alaska Pacific University (Anchorage, AK)

Father, Tom (passed away in 2014). Mother, Wiggy. Twin brother, Charlie.

English

Alaska Pacific University Nordic Ski Center (Anchorage, AK, USA)

Personal: Erik Flora (USA)

2009 World Cup in Vancouver-Whistler Park (Sprint - 34th)

April 2018: Diagnosed with mononucleosis, after struggling throughout the season. Was cut from the US national team. “My symptoms weren’t awful, but my body wasn’t interested in racing.” (parkrecord.com, 11 Jan 2019)

While at university: Fractured vertebrae and torn disk freshman year. Torn ligament in her knee junior year, after crashing her bike in Moab, UT. Concussion from a car crash senior year. (teamusa.org, 29 Dec 2020)

2007

Started in eighth grade. Within three years, she won the junior national championships and was named to Team USA her senior year in high school. (teamusa.org, 29 Dec 2020)

Her Olympic interest began after watching the 1996 USA gymnastics team win gold in Atlanta. “I was really into gymnastics at the time, and I was watching at my grandparents' house. It was a huge thing. That was the moment when I thought, ‘Wow, I want to go to the Olympics.’ But even at that age, I knew it wasn’t going to be in gymnastics.”

Participated in a number of sports growing up, but nothing really captivated her. When Salt Lake City hosted the Olympic Winter Games in 2002, her family went to watch cross-country skiing, and with her mother’s encouragement, who had taken up the sport later in life, she finally landed on cross-country skiing when she was 14. "My mom convinced me to try skiing in 8th grade as I found myself with no out of school activities that winter and way too much energy." (Athlete, May 2021)

Medal at Olympics, podium in a classic World Cup race, race every event at Olympics.
To help grow the sport by being as competitive as possible on an international level and to challenge myself to see what is possible. (Athlete, May 2021)

All Relay Podiums
First individual World Cup victories in Davos, SUI on 12th and 13th December 2020

Marit Bjoergen, the most humble champion who always raced with grit and respect. (Athlete, May 2021)

Erik Flora - he has always had so much belief and optimism, especially when I was lacking it, that has allowed me to actually reach my goals and still be improving at this point in my career. (Athlete, May 2021)

"I value showing up and being there for yourself and your team, being gritty and making the best of what you have on any given day." (Athlete, May 2021)

First recipient of USA Nordic Olympic Women's Inga Award. At the 2019 World Cup Finals in Quebec City, Canada, a group of Team USA women Olympic cross-country skiers - a group called U.S. NOW (U.S. Nordic Olympic Women) - presented her with the Inga Award for her perseverance. (usskiandsnowboard.org, 27 Mar 2019)