Graham Ritchie

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Graham Ritchie
CountryFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Born (1998-09-23) 23 September 1998 (age 24)
Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada
Ski clubGeorgian Nordic
World Cup career
Seasons5 – (2019–present)
Indiv. podiums0
Team podiums0
Indiv. starts34
Team starts6
Overall titles0 – (80th in 2022 )
Discipline titles0
Updated on 29 March 2023.

Graham Ritchie (born 23 September 1998) is a Canadian cross-country skier. [1] [2] Ritchie trains as part of the National Team Development Centre Thunder Bay team. [3]

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Career

Graham trained with the National Training Development Centre (NTDC) in Thunder Bay, 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 Quebec City. [2]

During the 2020–21 FIS Cross-Country World Cup's Ulricehamn stop, Ritchie had a career best 17th-place finish in the freestyle sprint event. [1]

At the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2021, Ritchie, along with partner Antoine Cyr, placed in seventh place during the team sprint event. They were the youngest team in the final. [4]

On January 13, 2022, Ritchie was officially named to Canada's 2022 Olympic team. [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS). [11]

Olympic Games

 Year  Age  15 km 
 individual 
 30 km 
 skiathlon 
 50 km 
 mass start 
 Sprint  4 × 10 km 
 relay 
 Team 
 sprint 
2022 23 34 11 5

World Championships

 Year  Age  15 km 
 individual 
 30 km 
 skiathlon 
 50 km 
 mass start 
 Sprint  4 × 10 km 
 relay 
 Team 
 sprint 
2021 22 67 34 10 7
2023 24 46 20 5 4

World Cup

Season standings

 Season  Age Discipline standingsSki Tour standings
OverallDistanceSprintU23Nordic
Opening
Tour de
Ski
Ski Tour
2020
World Cup
Final
2019 20NCNCNCNCDNF
2020 21NCNCNC
2021 2291826212
2022 23807846
2023 24817652DNF

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  11. "RITCHIE Graham". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 20 January 2022.