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Ice skating — and specifically, speed skating — has been a theme in the Stolz family for years.
Not only has Jordan Stolz become one of the best speed skaters in the world, winning multiple gold medals at the 2026 Winter Olympics, but his sister, Hannah, also grew up competing in the sport.
However, while Jordan continued on in speed skating, Hannah eventually shifted her focus to another unique profession: taxidermy. The siblings' parents had a history in the business of taxidermy, and Hannah is now carrying that legacy on, including winning taxidermy awards.
Here's what to know about the Stolz family's longtime involvement with taxidermy.
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Stolz family taxidermy business
Jordan and Hannah Stolz's father, Dirk Stolz, is where the family's history in taxidermy began. While working as a Washington County deputy sheriff was his main profession prior to his retirement, Dirk also had a a taxidermy business in the basement of his house, run out of the basement of the family's Wisconsin house.
The taxidermy business helped Dirk and Jane Stolz, Jordan's parents, cover the costs of the young speed skater's ascending career, per Sports Illustrated. Jane has also worked as a dental hygienist.
However, that's not the end of the Stolz family taxidermy lore.
How did Jordan Stolz's parents meet?
Jordan Stolz's parents, Dirk and Jane Stolz, met in a taxidermy shop in Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin, as NBC Sports reported in January 2026. Dirk was working at that taxidermy shop, while Jane had been a customer.
The Stolz family has shared plenty of insight into their status as true outdoors people, from hunting and fishing trips, to a taxidermy business on the side and raising deer and elk as a breeding business, per NBC Sports.
Nowadays, it's Jordan's sister, Hannah, who is lifting the Stolz's taxidermy business as the focus of her career.
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What is taxidermy?
Taxidermy is the art/science of preserving, cleaning and mounting animal skins into displays or other studies.
Animals are typically portrayed in their life-like state, and the profession often produces displays for museums or other educational purposes.
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Jordan Stolz family taxidermy business location
For years, the Stolz's taxidermy business was on the side for Dirk Stolz, as he would reportedly run it out of the family's basement — and it helped cover expenses in Jordan's figure skating career. The Stolz owned 65 acres in Kewaskum, Wisconsin, which is 45 miles north of Milwaukee, per NBC Sports.
However, now Hannah Stolz has taken over the taxidermy business full-time, as she opted to retire from speed-skating to pursue the profession. Her business, Windy Hills Waterfowl, is based out of Wisconsin.
The business is home to 85 bird species from around the world, according to its website, which also states that it strives "to preserve and raise all of our species to their best potential," mostly waterfowl, with "over 15 different netted aviaries and 12 unique ponds."
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Where is Jordan Stolz from?
Jordan Stolz is from Kewaskum, Wisconsin.
His parents would often make the long commute from Kewaskum to Milwaukee for Jordan's training sessions growing up. Per Silent Sports Magazine, Dirk Stolz decided to take the graveyard shift with the sheriff's department so he could be around for a long commute to Jordan's training sessions.
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Jordan Stolz sister taxidermy
Jordan Stolz's sister is Hannah Stolz, who is one year older than her brother.
Like Jordan, Hannah once competed in speed skating in her youth. However, she decided to quit competition when she was 16, her mother told Silent Sports Magazine. She began to focus on taxidermy, becoming an award-winner in the business.
Here's what to know about Hannah Stolz's taxidermy career.
Hannah Stolz taxidermy competitions
Stolz has competed in various taxidermy competitions, including on a national stage. At 20 years old in 2023, she won the National Taxidermy Championships in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, displaying a grey crowned crane.
Hannah Stolz became the youngest person to ever win the National Taxidermy Championship, per the Washington County Insider.
She then went on to compete in the World Championships in 2024.
Hannah Stolz taxidermy awards
Per The Washington County Insider, at the 2023 National Taxidermy Championships, Stolz's grey crowned crane won Best Bird in the Masters, Highest Scoring Bird, North American Champion and Breakthrough Best of Show Judge’s Choice.
“The judges were very impressed with the mount overall and the facial details,” Stolz said, per the Washington County Insider. “The most challenge art of the project was all the feather details, because you have to move each feather by hand with tweezers.”
According to the Windy Hills Waterfowl website, Stolz's other accomplishments include her blue crowned hanging parrot placing third in the world for the non-game bird division, her recreation bald eagle placing third in the world in the recreation division, and at the Wisconsin Taxidermy Show, her female sandhill crane and her colt winning first place n the masters division with other awards including unique pose, best habitat award and the Mounted in Alaska award.
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Jordan Stolz net worth
According to Newsweek, Jordan Stolz has an estimated net worth between $100,000 and $1 million. Figure skaters primarily make money from prize money and early-stage sponsorships, rather than large guaranteed contracts, so there is not much public information on Stolz's earnings.
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