Jessica Yeaton

About Jessica

Jessica Yeaton was born in Perth, Australia, and moved to Anchorage, Alaska, at 12, where she learned to ski. She raced at Montana State University and Alaska Pacific University, then chose to represent her mother's home country. She skied for Australia at three World Championships, with a best of 22nd in the skiathlon at Seefeld in 2019, and at two Olympics: at PyeongChang 2018 she placed 12th in the team sprint, then Australia's best Olympic cross-country result, and at Beijing 2022 she finished 31st in the skiathlon, Australia's best individual Olympic cross-country result. She won the American Birkebeiner in 2020, finished second in 2025 and fourth in 2026, and won Alaska's Mount Marathon in 2018. She earned her Doctor of Physical Therapy from the University of New Mexico in 2022. She lives in Steamboat Springs, CO, with her husband, fellow Snø Racing ambassador David Norris.