Hannah Teter (Todd Korol/Reuters/Landov PEOPLE)
Last week in Vancouver, Hannah Teter won Silver in the Women’s Halfpipe snowboarding event, adding to her gold medal win in 2006.
Teter became a vegetarian a year ago after viewing the award-winning documentary “Earthlings
“I had no idea how intense and how horrible factory farms are. I have such a love for animals that I can’t justify having their heads cut off for me,” said the Olympian. “And the slavery of the dairy industry motivates me to go more vegan.”
Teter says after going vegetarian she feels “stronger mentally, physically and emotionally.”
I really liked what she told People about her meals. She said she is careful not to overcook food, “because you lose what’s good in the food.”
Before the big snowboarding competition, Teter went out and bought $200 worth of flowers and put them in her room by her bed – “roses, lilies and lilacs,” Teter, told People. I agree with her statement-
“When you surround yourself with nature, it’s really powerful. Everything makes a difference.”
At only 23 she has her own charity, Hannah’s Gold, that helps the needy in Kenya and Haiti.
I am proud to have Hannah Teter as an Olympian representing the United States.
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