Graham Ritchie (born 23 September 1998) is a

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cross-country skier Cross-country skiing is a form of skiing where skiers rely on their own locomotion to move across snow-covered terrain, rather than using ski lifts or other forms of assistance. Cross-country skiing is widely practiced as a sport and recreation ...

. Ritchie trains as part of the National Team Development Centre Thunder Bay team.

Career

Graham trained with the National Training Development Centre (NTDC) in

Thunder Bay Thunder Bay is a city in and the seat of Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada. It is the most populous municipality in Northwestern Ontario and the second most populous (after Greater Sudbury) municipality in Northern Ontario; its population ...

, 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

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. During the

2020–21 FIS Cross-Country World Cup The 2020–21 FIS Cross-Country World Cup was the 40th official FIS Cross-Country World Cup, World Cup season in cross-country skiing (sport), cross-country skiing for men and women. The season began with the Nordic Opening stage event on 27–29 ...

's Ulricehamn stop, Ritchie had a career best 17th-place finish in the freestyle sprint event. At the

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, Ritchie, along with partner

Antoine Cyr Antoine Cyr (born 18 September 1998) is a Canadian cross-country skier. Cyr started skiing at a young age, as both of his parents were also cross-country skiers. Career At the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2021, Cyr, along with partner Grah ...

, placed in seventh place during the

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event. They were the youngest team in the final. On January 13, 2022, Ritchie was officially named to Canada's 2022 Olympic team.

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).

Olympic Games

World Championships

World Cup

Season standings

References

External links

* 1998 births Living people Canadian male cross-country skiers Sportspeople from Parry Sound, Ontario Cross-country skiers at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic cross-country skiers for Canada {{Canada-crosscountry-skiing-bio-stub