Name: Dan Cnossen
Sport: Nordic Skiing
Discipline(s):
Biathlon, Cross Country Skiing
Event(s): Sprint Cross-Country, Middle-Distance Cross-Country, Long-Distance Cross-Country, Individual Biathlon, Middle-Distance Biathlon, Sprint Biathlon, Mixed Relay Cross-Country
Classification: LW12
Height: 5-10
DOB: 5/17/1980
Birthplace: Topeka, Kan.
Hometown: Topeka, Kan.
High School: Shawnee Heights High School (Tecumseh, Kan.) ‘98
College: United States Naval Academy, English ‘02; Harvard University, Master's in Public Administration, Theological Studies '18
Paralympic Experience
- Three-time Paralympian (2014, 2019, 2022); seven-time Paralympic medalist (2 golds, 4 silvers, 1 bronze)
- Paralympic Winter Games Beijing 2022, gold (mixed relay cross-country), 4th (sprint biathlon), 6th (long-distance cross-country), 7th (individual biathlon), 12th (middle-distance biathlon), 13th (sprint cross-country)
- Paralympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018, gold (7.5-kilometer biathlon), silver (12.5K biathlon, 15K cross-country, 15K biathlon, 7.5K cross-country), bronze (cross-country sprint)
- Paralympic Winter Games Sochi 2014, 6th (cross-country sprint), 10th (biathlon individual, 10K cross-country), 11th (biathlon middle-distance), 13th (15K cross-country), 14th (biathlon sprint)
World Championship Experience
- Most recent: 2023 (7th, middle distance cross-country; no result, cross-country sprint; 9th, open cross-country relay)
- Years of Participation: 2011, 2013, 2015, 2019, 2021, 2023
- Medals: 2 (2 silver)
- Silver: 2019 (cross-country sprint, middle-distance cross-country)
Personal:
Lt. Cmdr. Dan Cnossen was serving as the platoon commander for SEAL Team One in Afghanistan in September 2009 when he stepped on an IED (improvised explosive device) and was wounded in the explosion. The accident caused Cnossen to lose both his legs just above the knee....Cnossen went through rehabilitation first at the Bethesda National Naval Medical Center and later at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, where he learned to walk with his new prosthetics...Cnossen was awarded both a Purple Heart and a Bronze Star with Valor from the Secretary of the Navy for his service in combat...Hobbies include running, reading, traveling and surfing...Grew up on a fifth-generation family farm in Kansas.
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