Daniel Cnossen (born May 17, 1980) is an American biathlete and cross-country skier competing at the 2022 Winter Olympics.

[1] He won gold in the Biathlon at the 2018 Winter Paralympics – Men's 7.5 kilometres in the sitting division.

[3] He lost both legs, above the knees, in the War in Afghanistan due to an improvised explosive device while he was a Navy SEAL.

[7][8] In doing so he became the first American male and the second American ever to claim a gold medal in a biathlon event in either the Olympics or Paralympics after Kendall Gretsch, who achieved the feat at earlier at the same Paralympic games.

[11][12] That year, Cnossen was named Male Paralympic Athlete of the Games as part of the 2018 Team USA Awards.