Sydney Peterson
Sydney Peterson (born February 17, 2002) is an American para cross-country skier. Career
Peterson began skiing at the age of 5. She skied for Stillwater Area High School in Minnesota. Peterson won the silver medal in the women's 10km standing cross-country skiing event and the woman's standing cross country sprint event at the 2021 World Para Snow Sports Championships held in Lillehammer, Norway. She also won the bronze medal in the women's long-distance standing cross-country skiing event. Peterson competed at the 2022 Winter Paralympics and created history in her first Paralympic appearance after claiming a silver medal in the women's 15km classic standing event. In doing so she became the first standing American female to earn a medal. In addition to her silver medal achievement, Peterson also clinched bronze in the skate sprint and gold in the team mixed relay. In the 2023 season, Peterson earned two bronze medals, in the Skate sprint and Skate 10km, in the FIS 2023 Para Nordic World Championships in Östersund Sweden. At the championships, Peterson raced her debut race in biathlon earning 4th. Additionally, Peterson skis on the Division 1 NCAA ski team at St. Lawrence University, where she attends, studying neuroscience. References

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2002 births
Living people
People from Lake Elmo, Minnesota
Sportspeople from Washington County, Minnesota
American female cross-country skiers
Paralympic cross-country skiers for the United States
Cross-country skiers at the 2022 Winter Paralympics
Medalists at the 2022 Winter Paralympics
Paralympic medalists in cross-country skiing
Paralympic gold medalists for the United States
Paralympic silver medalists for the United States
Paralympic bronze medalists for the United States
21st-century American women