Graham Ritchie

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]

Graham Ritchie
Country Canada
Born (1998-09-23) 23 September 1998
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.

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 
202223———34115

World Championships
 Year   Age   15 km 
 individual 		  30 km 
 skiathlon 		  50 km 
 mass start 		  Sprint   4 × 10 km 
 relay 		  Team 
 sprint 
20212267——34107
20232446——2054

Season standings
 Season   Age  Discipline standings Ski Tour standings
Overall Distance Sprint U23 Nordic
Opening		 Tour de
Ski		 Ski Tour
2020		 World Cup
Final
201920NCNCNCNC———DNF
202021NC—NCNC————
20212291826212————
202223807846—————
202324817652——DNF——

References
  1. "Graham Ritchie". www.nordiqcanada.ca/. Nordiq Canada. Retrieved January 14, 2021.
  2. "Graham Ritchie". www.olympic.ca/. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
  3. Dunich, Leith (January 14, 2022). "Ritchie, Stewart-Jones earn Olympic skiing berths". TBNewsWatch.com. Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
  4. "Graham Ritchie, Graham Ritchie 7th for Canada at cross-country ski worlds". Canadian Press. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. February 28, 2021. Retrieved January 6, 2021.
  5. Nichols, Paula (14 January 2022). "Seven cross-country skiers nominated to Team Canada for Beijing 2022". www.olympic.ca/. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  6. "Nordiq Canada reveals cross-country skiing team for Beijing Olympics". www.cbc.ca. CBC. 14 January 2022. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  7. "Seven-athlete cross-country skiing team nominated for Beijing Olympics". Canadian Press. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 14 January 2022. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  8. "Canada's Beijing 2022 cross-country skiing team announced". www.nordiqcanada.ca/. Nordiq Canada. 14 January 2022. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  9. Baines, Tim (14 January 2022). "Ottawa-area cross-country skiers Ritchie, Leclair and Stewart-Jones will compete at Olympics". Ottawa Citizen. 14 January 2022. Retrieved 14 January 2022.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
  10. Bissonette, Sarah (14 January 2022). "Parry Sound's Graham Ritchie heading to Winter Olympics". Parrysound.com. Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  11. "RITCHIE Graham". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
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