Deedra Irwin represents USA in the Army and at the Olympics

By NBC Olympics

Published February 12, 2026 9:04 am

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Two-time Olympian Deedra Irwin played three sports in college, but she didn’t discover the biathlon until she was 25 years old. Naoko Funayama discovers the winding path that led Irwin from small-town Wisconsin to Milan.

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