Joan Guetschow, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
TweetJoan Guetschow
American biathlete
Date of Birth: 06-Sep-1966
Place of Birth: Akron, Ohio, United States
Profession: biathlete
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Virgo 
About Joan Guetschow
- Joan Guetschow (born September 6, 1966) is an Olympic biathlete [1].
- She competed at the Olympic Games in 1992 in Albertville and 1994 in Lillehammer, representing the United States.
- Her best result was 17th in Lillehammer in the 15 km distance event, hitting 19/20 targets.
- She also competed for her country in the World Championships in Lahti in 1991 and Borovetz in 1993.
- She was the overall winner of the first-ever Olympic Trials for the U.S.
- Women's Olympic Biathlon Team in 1992.
- In 1994 she also won Olympic Trials. She has also been talented in other sports.
- She earned an All-American Honorable Mention in High School for swimming while at Hopkins High School in Minnesota.
- In triathlon she participated 1986 in Finland Championships Games and became second, right after Marjo Matikainen, Olympic gold medalist in cross country skiing.
- In 1988, she placed first in the 10 km skate National Collegiate Ski Association Cross Country Ski Championships. After competing, Guetschow was a U.S.
- National Development Coach for U.S.
- Biathlon from 1995-1999.
- In 1996 she received the U.S.
- Olympic Committee's, "Developmental Coach of the Year" award for biathlon.
- She also served as an athlete representative on the Board of Trustees Executive Committee for the 2002 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Salt Lake City, Utah. Guetschow is a lesbian, and was one of the earliest female athletes to come out publicly.
- She stated that she had been up front with her team mates about her sexuality.
- She stated in an interview about lesbian athletes that her team mates were extremely supportive when she first came out to them.
- She further stated that "there were members of management that didn't go out of their way to make me their poster biathlete", but that overall she was treated fairly.
- She also was quoted as saying that her team, at the time, spent a lot of time in Europe, and that Europeans seemed to be less invasive, and couldn't care less about her sexuality.Guetschow is married to Tricia Stumpf, World Championship Medalist in Skeleton.
- She has a twin brother, Dave Guetschow, who played professional soccer for the Portland Firebirds and was the goalkeeper for the United States national bandy team.
- Dave and Joan are dual U.S.-Canadian citizens since their mother, Janet Wallis Guetschow, was born and grew up in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
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