Taylor Henrich

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Taylor Henrich
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Full nameTaylor Henrich
Born (1995-11-01) 1 November 1995 (age 28)
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Height1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Ski clubAltius Nordic Ski Club
Personal best5 place finish World Championships Falun Sweden
World Cup career
Seasons 2012 – present
Podiums2
Updated on 13 Mar 2015.

Taylor Henrich (born 1 November 1995) is a Canadian ski jumper. [1]

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Born in Calgary, Alberta, Henrich began the sport at age seven. Henrich competed Canada at the 2014 Winter Olympics in the premier of Ski jumping at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Women's normal hill individual and her ranking in 2013/2014 was 23rd. [2] She reached her first World Cup podium with a 3rd place in Oberstdorf Germany on 25 January 2015. This is also the first ever Ladies World Cup podium for Canada. Taylor is still active in the nordic sport world and is in pursuit of representing Canada for a third time in Women's nordic combined at the 2022 Winter Olympics.

Career

2014 Winter Olympics

Henrich was named to debut in the Historical Olympic event on January 26, 2014.

2018 Winter Olympics

Henrich was named to her second Olympic team on January 24, 2018. [3] [4] [5] [6]

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