Sophie Caldwell Hamilton

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Sophie Caldwell Hamilton
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Sophie Caldwell during World Cup competitions in Dresden, Saxony, Germany in January 2018
CountryFlag of the United States.svg  United States
Born (1990-03-22) 22 March 1990 (age 33)
Peru, Vermont, United States
Ski club Stratton Mountain School
World Cup career
Seasons9 – (2013–2021)
Individual wins2
Team wins0
Indiv. podiums10
Team podiums4
Indiv. starts139
Team starts19
Overall titles0 – (19th in 2018)
Discipline titles0
Updated on 2 November 2021.

Sophia Shuell Caldwell Hamilton (born March 22, 1990) is a retired American cross-country ski racer who specialized in sprint disciplines. [1] She won two races and achieved a total of 10 podiums in World Cup competition. Since 2019, Caldwell has been married to fellow US cross-country teammate Simeon Hamilton. On March 22, 2021, aged 31, she announced retirement from competitive skiing. [2]

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Biography

Early years

Sophie Caldwell was born in 1990 in the small town of Peru, Vermont, to Lily and Sverre Caldwell. [3] Her paternal grandfather John Caldwell, uncle Tim Caldwell and cousin Patrick Caldwell (Tim Caldwell's son) are all Olympic skiers. Sophie attended the Stratton Mountain School in Stratton, Vermont, a preparatory high school with specialized skiing programs, where her father Sverre was the Nordic Director. [4] She later majored in psychology at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, graduating in 2012. During her college years, she participated in the NCAA skiing championships. After graduating, she continued skiing professionally and joined the SMS T2 team in Stratton. [5]

Athletic career

Caldwell made her debut in FIS Cross-Country World Cup in Quebec's sprints in December 2012 with 14th place in the individual competition. At the 2013 World Ski Championships in Val di Fiemme Caldwell finished 20th in classical style sprint. [1] In 2014 in Lenzerheide, Switzerland, she placed sixth in the freestyle sprint. [1] On March 1, 2014, Caldwell finished third in the Lahti, Finland freestyle sprint World Cup, for her first podium.

At the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, she finished sixth in the freestyle sprint. [1] She was in position to contend for a medal midway through the final when Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen poled between her legs, causing her to crash and taking her out of contention for a medal. She finished 12 seconds behind in sixth place. This is the best ever result by a female American cross-country skier. [6]

Caldwell got her first victory in the World Cup during the 2016 edition of the Tour de Ski. She won the classic sprint in Oberstdorf, Germany on January 5, 2016. [1] With this victory, Caldwell was only the second American woman with a victory in the World Cup, the other being Kikkan Randall. Caldwell is also the first American woman to win a classical World Cup event. [7]

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS). [8]

Olympic Games

 Year  Age  10 km 
 individual 		 15 km 
 skiathlon 		 30 km 
 mass start 		 Sprint  4 × 5 km 
 relay 		 Team 
 sprint 
2014 23 30 — — 6 — 7
2018 27 — — — 8 5 —

World Championships

 Year  Age  10 km 
 individual 		 15 km 
 skiathlon 		 30 km 
 mass start 		 Sprint  4 × 5 km 
 relay 		 Team 
 sprint 
2015 23 — — — 10 — 8
2017 25 — — — 6 — —
2019 27 29 — — 14 — —
2021 29 — — — 29 — —

World Cup

Season standings

 Season  Age Discipline standingsSki Tour standings
OverallDistanceSprintNordic
Opening		Tour de
Ski		Ski Tour
2020		World Cup
Final		Ski Tour
Canada
2013 2387NC53—————
2014 242347864DNF—39—
2015 2553NC2071DNF———
2016 2627757DNFDNF——DNF
2017 2733NC11DNFDNF—36—
2018 281961Bronze medal icon.svg39DNF—36—
2019 2921NC4—DNF—36—
2020 3025696DNFDNF44——
2021 3132NC1057DNF———

Individual podiums

  • 2 victories – (1 WC, 1 SWC)
  • 10 podiums – (7 WC, 3 SWC)
No.SeasonDateLocationRaceLevelPlace
1  2013–14  1 March 2014 Flag of Finland.svg Lahti, Finland1.55 km Sprint FWorld Cup3rd
2 2015–16 5 January 2016 Flag of Germany.svg Oberstdorf, Germany1.2 km Sprint CStage World Cup1st
3  2017–18  1 March 2014 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Lenzerheide, Switzerland1.5 km Sprint FStage World Cup2nd
413 January 2018 Flag of Germany.svg Dresden, Germany1.2 km Sprint FWorld Cup3rd
527 January 2018 Flag of Austria.svg Seefeld, Austria1.1 km Sprint FWorld Cup1st
6  2018–19  15 December 2018 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Davos, Switzerland1.5 km Sprint FWorld Cup2nd
71 January 2019 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Val Müstair, Switzerland1.4 km Sprint FStage World Cup2nd
89 February 2019 Flag of Finland.svg Lahti, Finland1.4 km Sprint FWorld Cup2nd
9  2019–20  14 December 2019 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Davos, Switzerland1.5 km Sprint FWorld Cup3rd
10  2020–21  19 December 2020 Flag of Germany.svg Dresden, Germany1.3 km Sprint FWorld Cup2nd

Team podiums

  • 4 podiums – (2 RL, 2 TS)
No.SeasonDateLocationRaceLevelPlaceTeammate(s)
1 2015–16 24 January 2016 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Nové Město, Czech Republic4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup2nd Bjornsen / Stephen / Diggins
2 2016–17 5 February 2017 Flag of South Korea.svg Pyeongchang, South Korea6 × 1.4 km Team Sprint FWorld Cup3rd Sargent
3 2017–18 13 January 2018 Flag of Germany.svg Dresden, Germany6 × 1.3 km Team Sprint FWorld Cup3rd Sargent
4 2019-20 8 December 2019 Flag of Norway.svg Lillehammer, Norway4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup2nd  Maubet Bjornsen / Brennan / Diggins  

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Sophie Caldwell Hamilton at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
  2. ↑ Sophie Caldwell Hamilton (March 22, 2021). "Two-time Olympian Sophie Caldwell Hamilton Announces Her Retirement, Reflects On Impressive Cross-Country Skiing Career". Team USA.
  3. ↑ "Sophie Caldwell". Team USA. Retrieved March 25, 2021.
  4. ↑ Wemyss, Sue (June 7, 2019). "Legendary Sverre Caldwell Announces His Retirement as Nordic Director at Stratton Mountain School". SkyTrax.
  5. ↑ "About Sophie". Sophie Caldwell's personal website. Retrieved March 25, 2021.
  6. ↑ "Sophie Caldwell Falls in Sprint Final, Finishes Sixth.", Washington Post, 2/11/2014.
  7. ↑ "Caldwell Does What She Considered Unthinkable: Wins World Cup Classic Sprint", FasterSkier.com, 1/5/2015.
  8. ↑ "CALDWELL Sophie". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 27 January 2018.

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