20-for-20 with Chloe Levins

In another 20-something-question, fill-in-the-blanks series, we checked in with the world-class U.S. and Canadian biathletes that will be competing at 2017 International Biathlon Union (IBU) Youth & Junior World Championships Feb. 22-28 in Osrblie (also known as Brezno-Osrblie), Slovakia.

Here’s 18-year-old Chloe Levins, of the Ethan Allen Biathlon Club, who will be representing the U.S. at her third Youth Worlds. On Wednesday, Levins finished 14th in the youth women’s 10-kilometer individual for her best non-relay result at Youth Worlds.

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“My full name is Chloe, but you can call me Chlo. I was born in Elmira, N.Y., raised in Rutland, Vt., and one thing you should know about my hometown is that the Lincoln Memorial was made from marble that comes from a quarry near my house.

I started cross-country skiing when I was 2 and started biathlon when I was 13, thanks to Algis Shalna, Max Cobb, and my mother. I currently train at Mountain Top and Jericho with Ethan Allen Biathlon Club.

If I’m not skiing, you might find me shooting. If I had to pick a favorite book, it would be ‘Born to Run‘.

One of the things I’m most excited about for Youth/Junior World Championships in Brenzo-Osrblie is the opportunity to compete.

This will be my third Youth/Junior World Championships, and this year, I’m competing as a youth. One race I’m especially targeting there is the next one.

The best advice anyone ever gave me about skiing or racing was to smile.

One of the best race memories I have is from the Youth Olympic Games in Lillehammer, Norway.

If I could meet one World Cup skier, it would be Tarjei Bø.

If I don’t end up being a professional skier, I’ll try to be a professional golfer (she’s on the Middlebury golf team).

I’m missing too many days of school to be here, and my professors are probably thinking, ‘Good thing we have the technology to make this work.’

You can follow me on Instagram @chlolevins.”