Andrew Young (skier)
| Andrew Young | |
|---|---|
| Born | 12 February 1992 |
| World Cup career | |
| Indiv. podiums | 1 |
| Updated on 19 December 2015. | |
Andrew Young (born 12 February 1992) is a Scottish cross-country skier. He competed for Great Britain in the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, finishing in 74th place in the 15 km freestyle.[1] In 2008 he became the youngest skier to compete in a World Cup event.[2]
At the 2010 Games, Young finished 14th in the team sprint and 60th in the individual sprint event. For the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009, he finished 14th in the 4 x 10 km relay and 98th in the individual sprint event.
Young also competed in the 2014 Winter Olympics, where he finished 37th in the 15km classical competition.[3]
Young took his first top 10 finish in the Cross-Country Skiing World Cup in December 2015, when he finished in ninth at a freestyle sprint competition in Davos, Switzerland.[4] On 19 December 2015 he took Great Britain's first World Cup podium when he finished third in a sprint event in a 2015–16 FIS Cross-Country World Cup event in Toblach, Italy.[5]
Notes
- ↑ "Athlete Biography". FIS. Retrieved 17 February 2010.
- ↑ Ryan Bangs. "Musgrave, Young and Hughes making promising Olympic debuts". morethanthegames.com. Archived from the original on 17 February 2010. Retrieved 17 February 2010.
- ↑ "Athletes - Andrew Young". Sochi2014. Archived from the original on 25 February 2014. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
- ↑ "Ryding on a high after career-best World Cup finish". Eurosport. 14 December 2015. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
- ↑ "Andrew Young wins Britain's first cross-country sprint medal". BBC Sport. 19 December 2015. Retrieved 19 December 2015.