Campbell Wright

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Campbell Wright
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Wright at Biathlon World Championships 2024
Personal information
Born (2002-05-25) 25 May 2002 (age 22)
Rotorua, New Zealand
Height1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Sport
CountryFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States (2023–)
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand (–2023)
Sport Biathlon
Coached byEmil Bormetti
Medal record
Men's biathlon
Representing Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Junior World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Shchuchinsk 10 km sprint

Campbell Wright (born 25 May 2002) is an American-New Zealand biathlete. In November 2021, he became the second teenager to score Biathlon World Cup points. [1] He represented New Zealand in biathlon at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. [2] He became the first New Zealander and Southern Hemisphere athlete to win a medal in biathlon after winning the 2023 Junior World Championships in the 10 km Sprint at Shchuchinsk, Kazakhstan. In July 2023, he joined the US Biathlon team. He holds dual citizenship in New Zealand and the USA.

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Biography

Born in Rotorua on 25 May 2002, Wright is one of four sons of Americans Scott and Alison Wright, who emigrated to New Zealand in 1993. [1] [3] Scott Wright, an audiologist, was one of the founders of Bay Audiology New Zealand, and sold his interest in the company in 2009. The family moved to the Wānaka area in about 2011. [3] Campbell Wright was educated at Mount Aspiring College. [1]

Wright began cross-country skiing at Snow Farm when he was ten years old and took up biathlon in 2017. [1] He competed at the Biathlon Youth World Championships in 2019, 2020 and 2021, with a best result of sixth in the sprint biathlon in 2020. [1] He represented New Zealand at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics, where he was the team's flagbearer at the opening ceremony, finishing fourth in the 7.5 km sprint biathlon and sixth in the 12.5 km individual biathlon events. [1] [4] He also competed in three cross-country skiing events at the Winter Youth Olympics.

Wright made his senior international debut at the IBU Cup in January 2021. The following month, he was 75th in the 10 km sprint biathlon at the 2021 Biathlon World Championships. Later that year, in November, he debuted in the Biathlon World Cup at Östersund, where he placed 40th in the sprint biathlon, becoming the second teenager in Biathlon World Cup history, after Ole Einar Bjørndalen, to score World Cup points. [1]

In January 2022, Wright was added to the New Zealand team for the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing,. [4] He became the second New Zealander to compete in biathlon at a Winter Olympics. [4] In his first event at the Olympics, the 20 km individual, he was the youngest competitor. He finished 32nd in a field of 92 athletes. [5]

Career results

Olympic Games

0 medals

EventIndividualSprintPursuitMass startRelayMixed relay
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg 2022 Beijing 32nd75th————

World Championships

0 medals

EventIndividualSprintPursuitMass startRelayMixed relaySingle mixed relay
Representing Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand
Flag of Slovenia.svg 2021 Pokljuka —74th—————
Flag of Germany.svg 2023 Oberhof 20th46th45th————
Representing Flag of the United States.svg United States
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg 2024 Nové Město na Moravě 20th11th12th18th5th—7th

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Campbell Wright". Beijing 2022. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
  2. ↑ Campbell Wright at the New Zealand Olympic Committee
  3. 1 2 Cook, Marjorie (7 October 2014). "New audiology service for Wanaka". Southland Times. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
  4. 1 2 3 "Wanaka biathlete latest to be named to Olympics team". Otago Daily Times. 22 January 2022. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
  5. ↑ Nugent, Sean (8 February 2022). "NZ biathlete Campbell Wright impresses on Olympic debut". 1News. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
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