Sophie Caldwell Hamilton

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]

Sophie Caldwell Hamilton
Sophie Caldwell during World Cup competitions in Dresden, Saxony, Germany in January 2018
Country United States
Born (1990-03-22) 22 March 1990
Peru, Vermont, United States
Ski clubStratton 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.

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 
20142330——6—7
201827———85—

World Championships
 Year   Age   10 km 
 individual 		  15 km 
 skiathlon 		  30 km 
 mass start 		  Sprint   4 × 5 km 
 relay 		  Team 
 sprint 
201523———10—8
201725———6——
20192729——14——
202129———29——

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
20132387NC53—————
2014242347864DNF—39—
20152553NC2071DNF———
20162627757DNFDNF——DNF
20172733NC11DNFDNF—36—
20182819613rd place, bronze medalist(s)39DNF—36—
20192921NC4—DNF—36—
20203025696DNFDNF44——
20213132NC1057DNF———

Individual podiums
  • 2 victories – (1 WC, 1 SWC)
  • 10 podiums – (7 WC, 3 SWC)
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place
1 2013–14 1 March 2014Finland Lahti, Finland1.55 km Sprint FWorld Cup3rd
22015–165 January 2016Germany Oberstdorf, Germany1.2 km Sprint CStage World Cup1st
3 2017–18 1 March 2014Switzerland Lenzerheide, Switzerland1.5 km Sprint FStage World Cup2nd
413 January 2018Germany Dresden, Germany1.2 km Sprint FWorld Cup3rd
527 January 2018Austria Seefeld, Austria1.1 km Sprint FWorld Cup1st
6 2018–19 15 December 2018Switzerland Davos, Switzerland1.5 km Sprint FWorld Cup2nd
71 January 2019Switzerland Val Müstair, Switzerland1.4 km Sprint FStage World Cup2nd
89 February 2019Finland Lahti, Finland1.4 km Sprint FWorld Cup2nd
9 2019–20 14 December 2019Switzerland Davos, Switzerland1.5 km Sprint FWorld Cup3rd
10 2020–21 19 December 2020Germany Dresden, Germany1.3 km Sprint FWorld Cup2nd

Team podiums
  • 4 podiums – (2 RL, 2 TS)
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place Teammate(s)
12015–1624 January 2016Czech Republic Nové Město, Czech Republic4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup2ndBjornsen / Stephen / Diggins
22016–175 February 2017South Korea Pyeongchang, South Korea6 × 1.4 km Team Sprint FWorld Cup3rdSargent
32017–1813 January 2018Germany Dresden, Germany6 × 1.3 km Team Sprint FWorld Cup3rdSargent
42019-208 December 2019Norway Lillehammer, Norway4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup2nd  Maubet Bjornsen / Brennan / Diggins 

References
  1. 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. Archived from the original on January 28, 2015. 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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