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Shannon Bahrke’s career has been hampered by serious injuries. In 2003, she broke her jaw while competing in Japan. She was attempting a back flip, caught her skis awkwardly and landed with the lower part of her face directly on her ski pole. She was out for nearly a month with her jaw wired shut. She returned to ski in the 2003-4 season, but tore several ligaments in her right knee during the second event and her year was over.
There are different blends of coffees available through the store and on its Web site, silverbeancoffee.com. Each blend is named for an athlete, like Bahrke, the moguls skier Patrick Deneen, the cross-country skier Andy Newell, and the aerialist Emily Cook. For each coffee purchased, a donation is made to the athlete and the athlete’s designated charity.
The favorite in the women’s moguls is Canadian Jennifer Heil, but all three Americans in the event are legitimate contenders to make the podium. Heather Mcphie will be making her Olympic debut, while Hannah Kearney returns after failing to advance through the qualification rounds despite being a gold-medal favorite in Torino in 2006, and Shannon Bahrke returns for her third Olympics looking to add her to her medal haul after winning silver in 2002.
Shannon Bahrke (born November 7, 1980) is an American Olympic freestyle skier and entrepreneur. Bahrke was the silver medalist in moguls at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, the bronze medalist at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, and in 2003 was the World Cup Champion. With her bronze medal in 2010, she became the first US women's freestyle skier to win multiple Olympic medals.[1] Bahrke was also the 2009 US National Champion in dual moguls. She has reached the podium twice at the FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships, winning bronze in 2003 and silver in 2007, both in dual moguls.[2] In 2008 she founded Silver Bean Coffee, a Salt Lake City based coffee roasting company.[3]
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