Background
Kearney was born in Norwich, Vermont to Jill (née Gass) and Tom Kearney. She grew up and still lives in Norwich, Vermont. Her mother is active in promoting youth sports as the director of the Town of Norwich Recreation Department.
Kearney was born in Norwich, Vermont to Jill (née Gass) and Tom Kearney. She grew up and still lives in Norwich, Vermont. Her mother is active in promoting youth sports as the director of the Town of Norwich Recreation Department.
Kearney graduated from Hanover High School.
2006 Winter Olympics
A gold medal favorite entering her first Olympics, Kearney had a poor first run and did not make it out of the qualification round. She stumbled after landing her first jump. Her score of 20.80 points put her in 10th at that point, with 20 skiers left to compete.
After the second-to-last skier, she was officially bumped out of the top 20, the ranking she would have needed to advance to the final.
2010 Winter Olympics
At the 2010 Winter Olympics, Kearney entered the final round with a qualification score of 25.96. As a result of having the best qualifying score, Kearney would be the last skier to ski in the final round.
Fellow teammate Shannon Bahrke was in second place, and Canadian Jennifer Heil was in first, with scores of 25.43 and 25.69 respectively. Kearney skied a clean run, earning a score of 26.63 and winning the gold medal.
2014 Winter Olympics
At the 2014 Winter Olympics, Kearney entered the final round with a qualification score of 21.93 As a result of having the best qualifying score, Kearney would be the last skier to ski in the final round.
Canadian sisters Chloé Dufour-Lapointe was in second place and Justine Dufour-Lapointe was in third, with scores of 21.70 and 21.64 respectively. Season titles
10 titles (4 overall freestyle, 6 moguls).