Megan Tandy (formerly Megan Heinicke; born 10 September 1988) is a

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biathlete.

Career

Tandy was raised in

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. She competed at the

2010 Winter Olympics )'' , nations = 82 , athletes = 2,626 , events = 86 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , opening = February 12, 2010 , closing = February 28, 2010 , opened_by = Governor General Michaëlle Jean , cauldron = Catriona Le May DoanNancy GreeneWayne Gretz ...

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in the women's sprint (7.5 km), pursuit (10 km), mass start (12.5 km) and individual (15 km) competitions. She placed 46th in the sprint on 13 February 2010 with a time of 22:07.7 and no penalties, resulting in a +2:12.1 deficit. In the pursuit on 16 February, she placed 36th with a time of 34:02.2 with one penalty, resulting in a +3:46.2 deficit. Along with Canadian biathletes

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, Sandra Keith,

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, and Megan Imrie, she posed for the Bold Beautiful Biathlon calendar to raise money to cover annual expenses for training and competition. In January 2014 she was named to the 2014 Winter Olympic team.

Personal life

Megan Tandy married coach Ilmar Heinicke weeks after the 2010 Olympics and took her husband's surname. Her son, Predo, was born in November 2010. Tandy and Heinicke separated in September 2014.

2018 Winter Olympics

In January 2018, Tandy was named to Canada's 2018 Olympic team.

Biathlon results

All results are sourced from the

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Olympic Games

''0 medals'' :''*The mixed relay was added as an event in 2014.''

World Championships

''0 medals'' :''*During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program.''

References

External links

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Megan Tandy at CTV Olympics
* * * 1988 births Biathletes at the 2010 Winter Olympics Biathletes at the 2014 Winter Olympics Biathletes at the 2018 Winter Olympics Canadian female biathletes Living people Olympic biathletes for Canada Sportspeople from Prince George, British Columbia Sportspeople from Victoria, British Columbia {{Canada-biathlon-bio-stub