Olympic biathlete Maddie Phaneuf, who lives in Lake Placid, spoke to the state Adirondack Park Agency board on Friday with a message about climate change.

October 12, 2019

In advance of Friday’s international climate strike where people from around the world will take to the streets in support of slowing climate warming, students at the University of New Hampshire heard Monday night from an Olympic athlete who sees the impacts first-hand.

September 17, 2019

This season I am revisiting some of the biathletes I have interviewed in the past to see what has changed for them. The first ever interview on this blog was with US biathlete Maddie Phaneuf so she was the obvious choice to start with!

July 25, 2019

Maddie Phaneuf and mental health among endurance athletes: In a recent blog post, American biathlete Maddie Phaneuf writes candidly and publicly about her struggles with mental health after an untimely illness left her unable to race at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang.

May 30, 2019

Just in time for the first snowflakes of the season, Boulder Nordic Sport is excited to announce that 2018 Olympic Biathlete, Maddie Phaneuf, has joined its sales staff team in Boulder, Colorado. An East Coast native, Phaneuf moved to Boulder earlier this summer where she is taking a mini-break from the racing circuit in her first year post-Olympics. We caught up with Maddie to talk a bit about her plans for the year as well as what she is most looking forward to in her new role...

November 01, 2018

During a dramatic day on Capitol Hill, professional athletes and outdoor industry leaders laid tracks through congressional hallways using strong economic figures to rally bipartisan support for clean energy and other climate-friendly policies. Organized by Protect Our Winters, the advocacy effort directly connected powerful constituents from the outdoor world with their representatives on both sides of the aisle...

October 02, 2018

Five Winter Olympians have traded in the slopes for briefing rooms to urge Congress to take action on climate change. As global temperatures continue to rise, snowboarder Arielle Gold, along with skiers David Wise, Jessie Diggins, Stacey Cook and biathlete Maddie Phaneuf, traveled to Capitol Hill this week to brief lawmakers on how climate change is a growing threat to winter sports and outdoor recreation...

April 27, 2018

When Joe and Janine Phaneuf moved their family from South Carolina to Old Forge, their four children were swimmers, not skiers. In no time, word spread of the Polar Bear Ski Club and a star was born...

February 08, 2018

Maddie Phaneuf, graduate of the Town of Webb School and member of the Polar Bear Ski Team, will be on the US Biathlon Team in the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in Pyeong-Chang, South Korea...

January 15, 2018

US Biathlon has named the final three women for the US Olympic Biathlon Team following their performances at recent IBU Cup races. Joanne Reid (Boulder, Colo.), Emily Dreissigacker (Morrisville, Vt.) and Maddie Phaneuf (Old Forge, N.Y.), all first-time Olympians, will join Susan Dunklee (Barton, Vt.) and Clare Egan (Cape Elizabeth, Maine) on the U.S. team for next month’s Olympic Winter Games in South Korea.

January 10, 2018

Maddie Phaneuf grew up in Old Forge and excelled as a skier. Now, her hometown is rallying more than ever as she's on the verge of qualifying for the 2018 Winter Olympics...

January 09, 2018

There’s a running theme when you talk to Madeleine (Maddie) Phaneuf, a 21-year-old US Biathlon ‘A’ team member, about her ski career so far. It grew out of her desire to never want to lose, it fueled her to fourth place in her first international race two years ago, and three top ten finishes at Junior World Championships last January...

November 01, 2016

At 21 years old, Maddie Phaneuf was named to US Biathlon’s A-team for the first time this year. Originally from Old Forge, N.Y., she now makes her home in Lake Placid. Phaneuf finished fourth in the youth sprint at 2014 World Youth and Junior Championships in Presque Isle, Maine; this season she notched three top-10 performances in the junior competitions in Cheile Gradistei, Romania...

October 04, 2016

Sean Doherty (Center Conway, N.H.) took the bronze medal and Maddie Phaneuf (Old Forge, N.Y.) placed fifth in their opening races at the IBU Youth/Junior World Championships on Thursday in Cheile Gradistei, Romania...

January 28, 2016

Maddie Phaneuf surprised many people including herself, when she hit the big stage last week at the Youth World Biathlon Championships held at the Nordic Heritage Center in Presque Isle, Maine. Phaneuf, a 2013 graduate from the Town of Webb School, was a very fine athlete while in high school...

April 08, 2014