Graham Ritchie
 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |  Canada |
| Born | 23 September 1998 Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Skiing |
| Club | Georgian Nordic |
| World Cup career | |
| Seasons | 5 – (2019–present) |
| Indiv. starts | 34 |
| Indiv. podiums | 0 |
| Team starts | 6 |
| Team podiums | 0 |
| Overall titles | 0 – (80th in 2022) |
| Discipline titles | 0 |
| Updated on 29 March 2023 | |
Graham Ritchie (born 23 September 1998) is a Canadian cross-country skier.[1][2] Ritchie trains as part of the National Team Development Centre Thunder Bay team.[3]
Career
[edit]Graham trained with the National Training Development Centre (NTDC) in Thunder Bay, Ontario, while beginning a career in the outdoors industry as a sales representative and equipment technician at Rollin' Thunder Bike, Board, and Ski.
Ritchie made his World Cup debut in 2019 at the World Cup Finals in Quebec City.[2]
During the 2020–21 FIS Cross-Country World Cup's Ulricehamn stop, Ritchie had a career best 17th-place finish in the freestyle sprint event.[1]
At the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2021, Ritchie, along with partner Antoine Cyr, placed in seventh place during the team sprint event. They were the youngest team in the final.[4]
On January 13, 2022, Ritchie was officially named to Canada's 2022 Olympic team.[5][6][7][8][9][10]
Cross-country skiing results
[edit]All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[11]
Olympic Games
[edit]| Year | Age | 15 km individual |
30 km skiathlon |
50 km mass start |
Sprint | 4 × 10 km relay |
Team sprint |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 23 | — | — | — | 34 | 11 | 5 |
World Championships
[edit]| Year | Age | 15 km individual |
30 km skiathlon |
50 km mass start |
Sprint | 4 × 10 km relay |
Team sprint |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 22 | 67 | — | — | 34 | 10 | 7 |
| 2023 | 24 | 46 | — | — | 20 | 5 | 4 |
World Cup
[edit]Season standings
[edit]| Season | Age | Discipline standings | Ski Tour standings | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | Distance | Sprint | U23 | Nordic Opening |
Tour de Ski |
Ski Tour 2020 |
World Cup Final | ||
| 2019 | 20 | NC | NC | NC | NC | — | — | N/a | DNF |
| 2020 | 21 | NC | — | NC | NC | — | — | — | N/a |
| 2021 | 22 | 91 | 82 | 62 | 12 | — | — | N/a | N/a |
| 2022 | 23 | 80 | 78 | 46 | N/a | N/a | — | N/a | N/a |
| 2023 | 24 | 81 | 76 | 52 | N/a | N/a | DNF | N/a | N/a |
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Graham Ritchie". www.nordiqcanada.ca. Nordiq Canada. Retrieved January 14, 2021.
- 1 2 "Graham Ritchie". www.olympic.ca. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
- ↑ Dunich, Leith (January 14, 2022). "Ritchie, Stewart-Jones earn Olympic skiing berths". TBNewsWatch.com. Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
- ↑ "Graham Ritchie, Graham Ritchie 7th for Canada at cross-country ski worlds". Canadian Press. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. February 28, 2021. Retrieved January 6, 2021.
- ↑ Nichols, Paula (14 January 2022). "Seven cross-country skiers nominated to Team Canada for Beijing 2022". www.olympic.ca. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
- ↑ "Nordiq Canada reveals cross-country skiing team for Beijing Olympics". www.cbc.ca. CBC. 14 January 2022. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
- ↑ "Seven-athlete cross-country skiing team nominated for Beijing Olympics". Canadian Press. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 14 January 2022. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
- ↑ "Canada's Beijing 2022 cross-country skiing team announced". www.nordiqcanada.ca. Nordiq Canada. 14 January 2022. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
- ↑ Baines, Tim (14 January 2022). "Ottawa-area cross-country skiers Ritchie, Leclair and Stewart-Jones will compete at Olympics". Ottawa Citizen. 14 January 2022. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: location (link)[permanent dead link] - ↑ Bissonette, Sarah (14 January 2022). "Parry Sound's Graham Ritchie heading to Winter Olympics". Parrysound.com. Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
- ↑ "RITCHIE Graham". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
External links
[edit]- Graham Ritchie at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
- Graham Ritchie at Team Canada
- Graham Ritchie at Olympics.com
- Graham Ritchie at Olympedia
- Graham Ritchie on Instagram
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