Andrew Young (skier)

Andrew "Andy" Young (born 12 February 1992) is a Scottish cross-country skier. He competed for Great Britain in the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, finishing in 74th place in the 15km freestyle.[1] In 2008, he became the youngest skier to compete in a World Cup event.[2]

Andrew Young
Andrew Young in 2014
Country United Kingdom
Born (1992-02-12) 12 February 1992
Huntly, Scotland
Ski clubHuntly Nordic SC
World Cup career
Seasons15 – (2009–present)
Individual wins0
Team wins0
Indiv. podiums4
Team podiums0
Indiv. starts150
Team starts11
Overall titles0 – (25th in 2021)
Discipline titles0
Updated on 29 March 2023.

At the 2010 Games, Young finished 14th in the team sprint event and 60th in the individual sprint event. For the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009, he finished 14th in the 4 × 10 km relay and 98th in the individual sprint event.

Young also competed in the 2014 Winter Olympics, where he finished 37th in the 15km classical competition.[3]

Young took his first top 10 finish in the Cross-Country Skiing World Cup in December 2015, when he finished in ninth place at a freestyle sprint competition in Davos, Switzerland.[4] On 19 December 2015 he took Great Britain's first World Cup podium when he finished third in a sprint event in a 2015–16 FIS Cross-Country World Cup competition in Toblach, Italy.[5] Young achieved a top 10 result in December 2019, finishing 8th in the 15 km freestyle event in Davos.

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[1]

Olympic Games
 Year   Age   15 km 
 individual 		  30 km 
 skiathlon 		  50 km 
 mass start 		  Sprint   4 × 10 km 
 relay 		  Team 
 sprint 
20101874——60—DNF
20142237——42—DNF
20182657——46—12
20222851——[a]36—20

a Distance reduced to 30 km due to weather conditions.

World Championships
 Year   Age   15 km 
 individual 		  30 km 
 skiathlon 		  50 km 
 mass start 		  Sprint   4 × 10 km 
 relay 		  Team 
 sprint 
200917———9814—
201119———6115—
20132153555445——
201523———40——
20172546DNF—22——
20192736—3822—13
20212945————13
20233129——46—6

Season standings
 Season   Age  Discipline standings Ski Tour standings
Overall Distance Sprint Nordic
Opening		 Tour de
Ski		 Ski Tour
2020		 World Cup
Final		 Ski Tour
Canada
200917NCNCNC—————
201018NCNCNC—————
201119NC—NC—————
201220NC—NC—————
201321NCNCNC—DNF———
201523110NC56DNFDNF———
20162446NC17—DNF——DNF
201725538125—DNF—27—
20182674NC33—DNF—63—
201927515229DNFDNF—32—
202028433728——DNF——
2021292533714————
202230627832—————
202331646841—————

Individual podiums
  • 4 podiums – (3 WC, 1 SWC)
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place
12015–1619 December 2015Italy Toblach, Italy1.3 km Sprint FWorld Cup3rd
22018–1924 March 2019Canada Quebec City, Canada15 km Pursuit FStage World Cup3rd
32020–2112 December 2020Switzerland Davos, Switzerland1.5 km Sprint FWorld Cup3rd
419 December 2020Germany Dresden, Germany1.3 km Sprint FWorld Cup2nd

Notes
  1. "Athlete : Andrew YOUNG". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  2. Ryan Bangs. "Musgrave, Young and Hughes making promising Olympic debuts". morethanthegames.com. Archived from the original on 17 February 2010. Retrieved 17 February 2010.
  3. "Athletes - Andrew Young". Sochi2014. Archived from the original on 25 February 2014. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
  4. "Ryding on a high after career-best World Cup finish". Eurosport. 14 December 2015. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  5. "Andrew Young wins Britain's first cross-country sprint medal". BBC Sport. 19 December 2015. Retrieved 19 December 2015.
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