Megan Tandy

Megan Tandy (formerly Megan Heinicke; born 10 September 1988) is a Canadian biathlete.

For the American beauty queen, see Meagan Tandy.
Megan Tandy
Born (1988-09-10) 10 September 1988
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada[1]
Height170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Ski clubBC High Performance Club
Squamish, British Columbia
Updated on 17 February 2010.

Career

Tandy was raised in Prince George, British Columbia.[2]

She competed at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver in the women's sprint (7.5 km), pursuit (10 km), mass start (12.5 km) and individual (15 km) competitions.

She placed 46th in the sprint on 13 February 2010 with a time of 22:07.7 and no penalties resulting in a +2:12.1 deficit. In the pursuit on 16 February, she placed 36th with a time of 34:02.2 with one penalty resulting in a +3:46.2 deficit.

Along with Canadian biathletes Zina Kocher, Sandra Keith, Rosanna Crawford, and Megan Imrie, she posed for the Bold Beautiful Biathlon calendar to raise money to cover annual expenses for training and competition.[3]

In January 2014 she was named to the 2014 Winter Olympic team.[4]

Personal life

Megan Tandy married coach Ilmar Heinicke weeks after the 2010 Olympics and took her husband's surname. Her son, Predo, was born in November 2010.[5] Tandy and Heinicke separated in September 2014.[6]

2018 Winter Olympics

In January 2018, Tandy was named to Canada's 2018 Olympic team.[7][8][9]

References
  1. "Megan Tandy". Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 16 February 2010.
  2. "Megan Tandy". Canadian Sport Centre. Archived from the original on 24 February 2010. Retrieved 28 February 2010.
  3. "Biathlon Canada: FIVE CANADIAN BIATHLON WOMEN LAUNCH NUDE CALENDAR WITH HOPES OF RAISING FUNDS TO FUEL QUEST FOR INTERNATIONAL PODIUM". Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 24 March 2010.
  4. "Biathlon Canada names Olympic team". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. 2 January 2014. Archived from the original on 20 March 2014.
  5. Peters, Jason (29 November 2013). "'Our Megan' seeking Olympic support". The Prince George Citizen. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
  6. Clarke, Ted (2 September 2015). "Tandy gunning for World Cup podium". The Prince George Citizen. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
  7. "Olympic veterans Crawford and Green lead Canadian biathlon team to Pyeongchang". CTV News. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 16 January 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  8. "Rosanna Crawford headlines Canadian Olympic biathlon team". CBC News. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 16 January 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  9. McCarter, Shannon (16 January 2018). "Team Canada biathletes nominated for PyeongChang 2018". www.olympic.ca/. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
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