Graham Ritchie Explained
| Graham Ritchie |
| Birth Date: | 23 September 1998 |
| Birth Place: | Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada |
| Club: | Georgian Nordic |
| Seasons: | 5 – (2019–present) |
| Totalpodiums: | 0 |
| Teampodiums: | 0 |
| Individual Starts: | 34 |
| Team Starts: | 6 |
| Wcoveralls: | 0 – (80th in 2022) |
| Wctitles: | 0 |
| Updated: | 29 March 2023 |
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]
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]
World Championships
| Year | Age | 15 km
individual | 30 km
skiathlon | 50 km
mass start | Sprint | 4 × 10 km
relay | Team
sprint |
|---|
| 22 | | — | | | | | | | |
| 24 | | — | | | | | |
World Cup
Season standings
| Season | Age | Discipline standings | Ski Tour standings |
|---|
| Overall | Distance | Sprint | U23 | Nordic
Opening | Tour de
Ski | Ski Tour
2020 | World Cup
Final |
|---|
| 20 | | | | | — | — | | |
| 21 | | — | | | — | — | — | |
| 22 | 91 | 82 | 62 | 12 | — | — | | |
| 23 | 80 | 78 | 46 | | | — | | |
| 24 | 81 | 76 | 52 | | | | | | |
Notes and References
- Web site: Graham Ritchie. www.nordiqcanada.ca/. Nordiq Canada. January 14, 2021.
- Web site: Graham Ritchie. www.olympic.ca/. Canadian Olympic Committee. January 14, 2022.
- News: Dunich. Leith. January 14, 2022. Ritchie, Stewart-Jones earn Olympic skiing berths. TBNewsWatch.com. Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. January 14, 2022.
- News: February 28, 2021. Graham Ritchie, Graham Ritchie 7th for Canada at cross-country ski worlds. Canadian Press. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. January 6, 2021.
- Web site: Seven cross-country skiers nominated to Team Canada for Beijing 2022. Nichols. Paula. 14 January 2022. www.olympic.ca/. Canadian Olympic Committee. 14 January 2022.
- News: Nordiq Canada reveals cross-country skiing team for Beijing Olympics. www.cbc.ca. CBC. 14 January 2022. 14 January 2022.
- News: 14 January 2022. Seven-athlete cross-country skiing team nominated for Beijing Olympics. Canadian Press. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 14 January 2022.
- Web site: Canada’s Beijing 2022 cross-country skiing team announced. 14 January 2022. www.nordiqcanada.ca/. Nordiq Canada. 14 January 2022.
- News: Baines. Tim. 14 January 2022. Ottawa-area cross-country skiers Ritchie, Leclair and Stewart-Jones will compete at Olympics. Ottawa Citizen. 14 January 2022. 14 January 2022.
- News: Bissonette. Sarah. 14 January 2022. Parry Sound's Graham Ritchie heading to Winter Olympics. Parrysound.com. Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada. 14 January 2022.
- Web site: RITCHIE Graham . . FIS-Ski . International Ski Federation . 20 January 2022.
