Hannah Teter

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Hannah Teter (born January 27 1987) is a female snowboarder from Belmont, 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. <p>Teter 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. Both of the Teter parents, Jeff and Pat, were skiers, but have since been converted to snowboarding by their children. <p>Teter started snowboarding at the age of 8 in an attempt to follow in her older brothers' footsteps. She enjoyed hanging out with her brothers, but felt left out when they were snowboarding and she wasn't. Teter took her first lesson at her home mountain of Okemo. <p>Teter is considered one of...