Dreissigacker comes from a family of Olympic rowers. Her father
Richard "Dick" Dreissigacker competed in 1972, her mother
Julia "Judy" Geer in 1976 and 1984, and her aunt
Charlotte "Carlie" Geer won a silver medal in
single sculls in the 1984 Olympics. Her sister
Emily Dreissigacker also competed in Biathlon at the
2018 Winter Olympics. She competed in cross-country skiing for
Dartmouth College, where she graduated in 2009 with a degree in engineering and studio art, following in the footsteps of her parents, who were both engineers. Dreissigacker retired from biathlon in the spring of 2016, although she did subsequently compete in the 2017 edition of the
Merino Muster marathon cross-country ski race in New Zealand, where she finished second among the women, behind winner
Jessie Diggins. ==References==