Tory Nyhaug (born 17 April 1992) is a Canadian racing

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who represents Canada in BMX. He represented Canada at the

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and

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in the men's BMX event. He won a silver medal at the World Championships in 2014 and a gold medal at the

2015 Pan American Games Fifteen or 15 may refer to: *15 (number), the natural number following 14 and preceding 16 *one of the years 15 BC, AD 15, 1915, 2015 Music *Fifteen (band), a punk rock band Albums * ''15'' (Buckcherry album), 2005 * ''15'' (Ani Lorak alb ...

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. In 2016 he was named to Canada's 2016 Olympic team. In Rio, Nyhaug made the Olympic final and finished 5th. Nyhaug was born in Canada to a

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mother and a Canadian father. Tory announced his retirement from professional cycling on 19 November 2019, due to long-term damages sustained from racing injuries.

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* * * * * 1992 births Living people BMX riders Canadian male cyclists Olympic cyclists for Canada Cyclists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Pan American Games gold medalists for Canada Pan American Games medalists in cycling Cyclists at the 2015 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games Canadian people of Finnish descent {{Canada-cycling-bio-stub