Nathan Smith (biathlete)

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Nathan Smith
Personal information
Full nameNathan Smith
Born (1985-12-25) 25 December 1985 (age 38)
Calgary, Alberta, Canada [1]
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Professional information
Sport Biathlon
World Cup debut4 January 2007 (2007-01-04)
Olympic Games
Teams2 (2014)(2018)
Medals0
World Championships
Teams6 (2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016)
Medals2
World Cup
Seasons10 (2006/07–)
Individual victories1
All victories1
Individual podiums5
All podiums5
Medal record
World Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2015 Kontiolahti 10 km sprint
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2016 Oslo 4 × 7.5 km relay
Junior World Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2005 Kontiolahti 4 × 7.5 km relay
Updated on 22 March 2015

Nathan Smith (born 25 December 1985) is a Canadian biathlete.

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Career

Smith competed for Canada at the 2014 Winter Olympics.

At the 2015 Biathlon World Championships in Kontiolahti, Finland in the 10 km Sprint event Nathan won Silver. He was the first Canadian male biathlete to medal at a World Championship. [2]

At the 2015 Biathlon World Cup event in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia Nathan Smith won the first biathlon World Cup gold medal of his career [3] in the Men's 12.5 km pursuit race.

At the Nov. 29, 2015 IBU World Cup in Ostersund, Sweden Canada's Rosanna Crawford and Nathan Smith teamed up to win the silver medal in the season-opening single mixed relay. The top five results in this race were as follows: 1. Norway, 36:27.3; 2. Canada (Rosanna Crawford/Canmore, Alta., Nathan Smith/Calgary), 36:39.2; 3. Germany, 36:40.5; 4. Sweden, 36:51.7; 5. Russia, 37:09.1

At the 2016 Biathlon World Championships in Holmenkollen, Norway on March 12 Nathan Smith teamed up with Christian Gow, Scott Gow, and Brendan Green to win the bronze medal in the men's relay. [4] [5]

2018 Winter Olympics

In January 2018, Smith was named to Canada's 2018 Olympic team. [6] [7] [8]

Biathlon results

All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.

Olympic Games

0 medals

EventIndividualSprintPursuitMass startRelayMixed relay
Flag of Russia.svg 2014 Sochi 25th13th11thdnf7th
Flag of South Korea.svg 2018 Pyeongchang 81st44th54th
*The mixed relay was added as an event in 2014.

World Championships

2 medals (1 silver, 1 bronze)

EventIndividualSprintPursuitMass startRelayMixed relay
Flag of Sweden.svg 2008 Östersund 81st92nd21st
Flag of Russia.svg 2011 Khanty-Mansiysk 85th67th11th
Flag of Germany.svg 2012 Ruhpolding 61st45th43rd13th18th
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg 2013 Nové Město 62nd72nd8th
Flag of Finland.svg 2015 Kontiolahti 44thSilver13th23rd19th12th
Flag of Norway.svg 2016 Oslo Holmenkollen 42nd46th25thBronze11th
*During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program.
**The mixed relay was added as an event in 2005.

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References

  1. "Profile". Canadian Olympic Committee . Retrieved 7 January 2014.
  2. "Nathan Smith makes history with biathlon worlds silver". CBC News . Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  3. "Calgary's Nathan Smith claims World Cup gold". Calgary Herald . Retrieved 21 March 2015.
  4. "Canada captures men's relay bronze at biathlon world championships". CBC News . Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  5. "Mens Relay Results" (PDF). International Biathlon Union . Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  6. "Olympic veterans Crawford and Green lead Canadian biathlon team to Pyeongchang". CTV News . Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 16 January 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  7. "Rosanna Crawford headlines Canadian Olympic biathlon team". CBC News . Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 16 January 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  8. McCarter, Shannon (16 January 2018). "Team Canada biathletes nominated for PyeongChang 2018". www.olympic.ca/. Canadian Olympic Committee . Retrieved 16 January 2018.