hometown : Lake Placid, NY
Age: 27
Team: US National Biathlon Team
Club: Lake Placid Ski Club, USBA
Website: haleykaralars.com
Major Results:
- 2008 Biathlon Europa Cup, Slovakia, 12th (Sprint)
- 2008 Biathlon Europa Cup, Slovakia, 17th (Pursuit)
- 2008 Biathlon World Championships, 52nd (Sprint)
- 2008 Biathlon World Championships, 53rd (Pursuit)
Growing up in Lake Placid, NY Johnson started skiing early and developed a passion for competitive alpine skiing. During high school she was encouraged to give Nordic skiing a try and was inspired her to spend her senior year at the National Sports Academy (Lake Placid) in Torsby, Sweden doing biathlon and going to school.
Taking a break from biathlon, Johnson went on to race for Bates College, ME and represented them twice at NCAA’s before returning to biathlon with the Maine Winter Sports Center for the next four years with the MWSC and the US Biathlon Development team. She also helped to make skiing more accessible to school children with events such as the IPC Paralympic Nordic Worlds and international Biathlon World Cups and Junior Championships.
Johnson is based back in Lake Placid and training with the National Biathlon Team and also working with the 6th grade at her old elementary school and while away connects via a blog. Motivation comes from the community and her siblings, Kara and Lars avid competitive freestyle mogul skiers.