Rosie Brennan

Rosie Brennan
nation	United States
birthday	2nd December 1988 (age 31)
place of birth	United States
Career
society	APU Nordic Ski Center
status	active
Placements in the cross-country skiing world cup
Debut in the World Cup January 16, 2009  Overall World Cup 17. ( 2019/20 )  Sprint World Cup 35th (2019/20)  Distance World Cup 14. (2019/20)  Tour de Ski 15th ( 2019/20 )
Podium placements 1. 2. 3.  Season 0 1 1
last change: March 17th, 2020

Rosie Brennan (born December 2, 1988 ) is an American cross-country skier .

Career

Brennan has been participating in the US Super Tour since 2005. She has won 17 victories so far and took second place overall in the 2013/14 season . In 2012/13 and 2014/15 she won the overall tour ranking. She ran her first World Cup race in January 2009 in Vancouver , which she finished in 34th place in the sprint. In 2013 she became national champion in the 10 km freestyle. In February 2014 she took third place at the American Birkebeiner . She got her first World Cup points in Rybinsk in January 2015 with places 20 in the skiathlon and 13 over 10 km freestyle. At the US Championships in Houghton in 2015 , she won three golds and one bronze. At the Nordic World Ski Championships in 2015 in Falun , she came in 30th place in the skiathlon, 16th in the 30 km mass start race and fourth in the relay. After finishing 34th in the World Cup Mini Tour in Ruka at the beginning of the 2015/16 season, she achieved her first podium finish in the World Cup with third place in the relay in Lillehammer . In the further course of the season she achieved 32nd place in the Tour de Ski 2016 and 24th place in the Ski Tour Canada and came 54th place in the overall World Cup. In the following season she finished 41st in the World Cup mini tour in Lillehammer and 28th in the Tour de Ski 2016/17 . At the season highlight of the Nordic World Ski Championships 2017 in Lahti , she came in 32nd place over 10 km classic and 28th place in the skiathlon. At the end of the season she achieved 42nd place at the World Cup finals in Québec and finally reached 65th place in the overall World Cup. In the 2017/18 season she took 28th place in the Ruka Triple and 24th place in the Tour de Ski 2017/18 . At the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang , she finished in 58th place in the skiathlon .

In the 2018/19 season Brennan finished 15th in the Lillehammer Triple and 39th in the World Cup finals in Québec , reaching 38th place in the overall World Cup and 27th place in the Distance World Cup. In Davos she achieved her first top ten place in the World Cup individual with sixth place over 10 km freestyle. Her best placings at the Nordic World Ski Championships 2019 in Seefeld in Tirol were tenth place in the skiathlon and fifth place with the relay. After tenth place in the Ruka Triple and second place in the relay in Lillehammer at the beginning of the 2019/20 season, she achieved 15th place in the Tour de Ski 2019/20 and 12th place in the ski tour. She reached 17th place in the overall World Cup and 14th place in the Distance World Cup.

Victories in Continental Cup races

No.	date	place	discipline	series
1.	March 27, 2012	Craftsbury	Classic sprint	US super tour
2.	November 23, 2012	West Yellowstone	10 km freestyle	US super tour
3.	4th January 2013	Midway	10 km freestyle 1	US super tour
4th	19th January 2013	Wirth Park	5 km freestyle	US super tour
5.	January 26, 2013	Minneapolis	5 km classic	US super tour
6th	January 27, 2013	Minneapolis	10 km pursuit	US super tour
7th	February 8, 2013	Aspen	Classic sprint	US super tour
8th.	February 9, 2013	Aspen	5 km classic	US super tour
9.	February 16, 2013	Madison	Classic sprint	US super tour
10.	February 8, 2014	Craftsbury	15 km classic	US super tour
11.	15th February 2014	St. Paul	10 km classic Mst.	US super tour
12.	November 29, 2014	West Yellowstone	10 km freestyle	US super tour
13.	December 6, 2014	Bozeman	Classic sprint	US super tour
14th	December 7, 2014	Bozeman	10 km classic Mst.	US super tour
15th	5th January 2015	Houghton	Classic sprint 1	US super tour
16.	January 8, 2015	Houghton	20 km classic Mst. 1	US super tour
17th	January 10, 2015	Houghton	Sprint Freestyle 1	US super tour

¹ was also a national championship.

Participation in World Championships and Olympic Winter Games

Olympic games

• 2018 Pyeongchang : 58th place 15 km skiathlon

Nordic World Ski Championships

• 2015 Falun : 4th place relay, 16th place 30 km classic mass start, 30th place 15 km skiathlon
• 2017 Lahti : 28th place, 15 km skiathlon, 32nd place 10 km classic
• 2019 Seefeld in Tirol : 5th place relay, 10th place 15 km skiathlon, 16th place 30 km freestyle mass start, 24th place 10 km classic

Placements in the World Cup

World Cup Statistics

The table shows the placements achieved in detail.

• 1st – 3rd place: Number of podium placements
• Top 10: Number of places in the top ten
• Points ranks: Number of placements within the point ranks
• Starts: Number of races run in the respective discipline
• Note: In the distance races, the classification is based on the FIS.

placement	Distance races a					Skiathlon pursuit	sprint	Stage race b	total	team
	≤ 5 km	≤ 10 km	≤ 15 km	≤ 30 km	> 30 km					sprint	Season
1st place
2nd place											1
3rd place											1
Top 10		5			1	1		1	8th	1	6th
Scoring	1	27	2		1	17th	13	8th	69	2	7th
Starts	8th	44	5	5	1	30th	46	15th	154	2	7th
Status: end of season 2019/20

^a including individual starts and mass starts according to FIS classification

^bEntire race, not individual stages, e.g. B. Tour de Ski, Nordic Opening, season finale

World Cup overall placements

season	total		distance		sprint
	Points	space	Points	space	Points	space
2014/15	31	87.	31	56.	-	-
2015/16	59	54.	31	43.	-	-
2016/17	64	65.	49	47.	3	82.
2017/18	106	55.	52	45.	20th	54.
2018/19	175	38.	127	27.	16	54.
2019/20	553	17th	313	14th	58	35.

Web links

• Rosie Brennan in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)