Shannon Bahrke

Bahrke was the silver medalist in Moguls at the 2002 Winter Olympics held in Salt Lake City and went on to become the 2003 World Cup Champion.

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.

[4] She sold Silver Bean Coffee in 2015[5] and founded Team Empower Hour, a corporate team-building and inspiration company.

[8][9] After high school, at the age of 18, she moved to Salt Lake City to attend the University of Utah as well as to pursue her dreams of making the U.S.

After being selected to the US team in December 1998, Bahrke's first World Cup appearance was at Mont-Tremblant, Quebec in January 1999; six weeks later she reached her first podium with a second-place finish in dual moguls at Madarao in Japan.

[3] Bahrke's career was interrupted by injuries beginning in February 2004 when she suffered a broken jaw during a World Cup event in Japan, ending her season.

[6] Returning to the slopes in December 2005, she qualified for a spot on the US Team for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino where she finished in tenth place, the top US result.

[13] She was one of four women selected to the US Moguls Team for the Vancouver Games, along with Hannah Kearney, Heather McPhie, and Michelle Roark.

[14] Bahrke won the bronze medal in the women's moguls freestyle skiing event at the Vancouver Olympics.

Over 20 US skiers, including 2006 Olympic giant slalom gold medalist Julia Mancuso and 2009 Nordic combined world champion Bill Demong have their own coffees, and a portion of the proceeds goes to the athlete and their charity of choice.

To support fellow Olympians and motivate other people, she launched a corporate team-building and inspiration company called Team Empower Hour.