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Julia
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Julia Kern

2x Olympian; 2xWorld Championships Medalist
  • Hometown
    Waltham, Massachusettes
  • Team
    2022 U.S. Olympic Cross Country Team , 2026 U.S. Olympic Cross Country Team , Cross Country A
  • Years on Team
    12 (since 2015)
  • Born
    09/12/1997
  • Club(s)
    Stratton Mountain School
  • School:
    Dartmouth College
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BIO

Julia Kern of Waltham, Massachusetts, is a two-time Olympian and the only American woman to medal at back-to-back FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in the team sprint. 

Kern finished sixth in the sprint classic and fifth in the team sprint freestyle and relay at the 2026 Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina, and competed at the 2022 Olympic Winter Games in Beijing. 

At the 2025 World Championships in Trondheim, she and Jessie Diggins won silver in the women's classic team sprint. At the 2023 World Championships in Planica, the pair won bronze in the same event. Kern has six World Cup podiums — two individual and four in relay and team sprint formats. Her first individual podium came in December 2019 in Planica, where she was the youngest American ever to podium on the World Cup at the time. Her second came in March 2025 in Tallinn, Estonia, the culmination of a sustained push to return to the individual podium after five seasons. 

A four-time U.S. National Champion, she was named to the Stifel U.S. Ski Team one month after graduating from high school and went on to earn a degree in economics from Dartmouth College in 2021. 

Olympics
2x Olympian (2022, 2026) // 6th, Classic Sprint, Milano Cortina
World Championships
2x World Champs medalist (2023: bronze; 2025: silver)
World Cup
6 World Cup podiums
Junior World Championships
U23 Junior World Champs Bronze Medalist, Oberwiesenthal, GER, skate sprint, 2020
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"My favorite memory is huddling in a circle with Katharine, Hannah, and Hailey at the finish line of the Junior World Championships relay in Utah, where we realized that our dream of winning a medal we had made two years ago at training camp just came true"

6 Things You Didn't Know About Julia Kern

  • 1. Julia won her first-ever World Championships bronze medal in the team sprint with teammate Jessie Diggins in Planica, SLO at the 2023 Cross Country World Championships.
  • 2. Julia enjoys anything outdoors, from climbing, hiking, surfing, mountain biking, swimming, beach volleyball or shooting hoops!
  • 3. She is also involved with the Share Winter Foundation: "I think it is important to get as many kids out on skis to give it a try without the barriers of having to purchase all of the gear. Anything to get kids active outside and having fun is really awesome!"
  • 4. Julia scored her first World Cup podium in Planica, Slovenia, on Dec. 12, 2019, outsprinting teammate Sophie Caldwell for third-place in a freestyle sprint.
  • 5. Julia is also involved with Little Bellas, and Fast and Female, both of which provide opportunities for girls to be active and healthy, and become empowered through sport.
  • 6. Julia has been cross country skiing since she could walk. "My family would all ski in Germany over Christmas and my grandparents would bribe me with gummy bears at every stopping point. "

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