Caitlin Compton Gregg

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Caitlin Compton Gregg
Caitlin Gregg FIS Cross-Country World Cup 2012-2012 Quebec.jpg
Personal information
Born (1980-11-07) November 7, 1980 (age 45)
Height165 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Sport
CountryFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States
SportSkiing
ClubLoppet Nordic Racing
World Cup career
Seasons6 – (20092010, 20132016)
Indiv. starts47
Indiv. podiums0
Team starts2
Team podiums0
Overall titles0 – (73rd in 2016)
Discipline titles0
Medal record
Women's cross-country skiing
Representing the Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
World Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2015 Falun 10 km freestyle

Caitlin Compton Gregg (born November 7, 1980) is an American cross-country skier who has competed since 2001.

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Career

Gregg starting Nordic skiing at Harwood Union High School in Duxbury, Vermont, as a sophomore.

Her best World Cup finish was 14th in the 10 km Freestyle in Canmore, Alberta in February 2010.

It was announced on January 19, 2010, that she had qualified for the 2010 Winter Olympics. She ended up placing sixth overall in the team sprint along with Kikkan Randall. Gregg's best individual finish was 30th in the 10 km event.

Gregg's best finish at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships was third in the 10 km freestyle in Falun in 2015. [1] Her second best finish was 14th in the 4 × 5 km relay at Liberec in 2009 while her second best individual finish was 48th in the 30 km mass start event at those same championships.

Gregg is the only five-time winner, male or female, of the American Birkebeiner ski marathon. She won the race in 2011, 2013, 2014, 2016, and 2018, skiing the 2016 race with a broken toe. Gregg set the course record in the women's freestyle technique in 2011 with a winning time of 2:15:26.0.

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS). [2]

Olympic Games

 Year  Age  10 km 
 individual 
 15 km 
 skiathlon 
 30 km 
 mass start 
 Sprint  4 × 5 km 
 relay 
 Team 
 sprint 
2010 29 30 42 11 6

World Championships

 Year  Age  10 km 
 individual 
 15 km 
 skiathlon 
 30 km 
 mass start 
 Sprint  4 × 5 km 
 relay 
 Team 
 sprint 
2007 26 60 DNF14
2009 28 58 47 13
2015 34 Bronze
2017 36 36

World Cup

Season standings

 Season  Age Season standingsSki Tour standings
OverallDistanceSprintNordic
Opening
Tour de
Ski
World Cup
Final
Ski Tour
Canada
2009 28NCNCN/aN/a
2010 299467NCN/aN/a
2013 32NCNCN/a
2014 33NCNCNC37N/a
2015 349967NC68N/aN/a
2016 357346NC6842N/a33

Personal life

Since May 21, 2011, Caitlin Compton Gregg is married to fellow cross-country skier Brian Gregg. [3]

References

  1. "American women win medals at Nordic worlds". USA Today . February 24, 2015. Retrieved February 25, 2015.
  2. "GREGG Caitlin". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  3. Ski to Sea Podcast Interview with Brian Gregg|http://nwwayoflife.com/ski-to-sea-podcast-brian-gregg-interview Archived 2014-12-04 at the Wayback Machine