Andrew Young (cross-country skier)

Andrew Young
Andrew Young at the 2014 Olympics
nation	United Kingdom
birthday	21st February 1992 (age 28)
place of birth	Huntly , UK
Career
society	Huntly Nordic Ski Club
status	active
Placements in the cross-country skiing world cup
Debut in the World Cup December 13, 2008  Overall World Cup 43rd ( 2019/20 )  Sprint World Cup 17. ( 2015/16 )  Distance World Cup 37th (2019/20)  U23 World Cup 12. ( 2014/15 )
Podium placements 1. 2. 3.  Sprint races 0 0 1  Stage race 0 0 1
last change: March 22, 2020

Andrew Young (born February 21, 1992 in Huntly ) is a British cross-country skier .

Career

Young ran his first World Cup race in December 2008 in Davos , which he finished classically with 77th place over 15 km. At the Nordic World Ski Championships in Liberec in 2009 he reached 98th place in the sprint and 14th place in the relay. He finished 74th in the 15 km freestyle and 60th place in the sprint at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver . At the Nordic World Ski Championships in Oslo in 2011 , he took 61st place in the sprint. His best placement at the Nordic World Ski Championships in 2013 in Val di Fiemme was 45th place in the sprint. In December 2013 he achieved his first World Cup points with 29th place in the sprint in Davos. At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi , he reached 42nd place in the sprint and 37th place over 15 km classic. In the 2014/15 season in Davos he achieved 20th place in the sprint, his best place in the World Cup to date. At the Nordic World Ski Championships 2015 in Falun , he came 40th in the sprint. After finishing ninth in the sprint at the beginning of the 2015/16 season at the World Cup in Davos, he achieved his first podium finish in the World Cup with third place in the sprint in Toblach . This was followed by four more places in the points and 17th place in the Sprint World Cup. In the following year he finished 46th in the Nordic World Ski Championships in Lahti in 2017 over 15 km classic and 22nd place in the sprint and 27th place at the World Cup final in Québec . At the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang , he ran 57th place in the 15 km freestyle, 45th place in the sprint and 12th place together with Andrew Musgrave in the team sprint.

In the 2018/19 season, Young finished 51st in the overall World Cup. He achieved third place in the pursuit at the World Cup final in Quebec, which he finished in 32nd place. His best placings at the Nordic World Ski Championships 2019 in Seefeld in Tirol were 22nd place in the sprint and 13th place together with James Clugnet in the team sprint.

Participation in World Championships and Olympic Winter Games

Olympic games

• 2010 Vancouver : 60th place sprint classic, 74th place 15 km freestyle
• 2014 Sochi : 37th place 15 km classic, 42nd place sprint freestyle
• 2018 Pyeongchang : 12th place team sprint freestyle, 45th place sprint classic, 57th place 15 km freestyle

Nordic World Ski Championships

• 2009 Liberec : 14th place relay, 98th place sprint freestyle
• 2011 Oslo : 15th place relay, 61st place sprint freestyle
• 2013 Val di Fiemme : 45th place sprint classic, 53rd place 15 km freestyle, 54th place 50 km classic mass start, 55th place 30 km skiathlon
• 2015 Falun : 40th place sprint classic
• 2017 Lahti : 22nd place sprint freestyle, 46th place 15 km classic
• 2019 Seefeld in Tirol : 13th place team sprint classic, 22nd place sprint freestyle, 36th place 15 km classic, 38th place 50 km freestyle mass start

Placements in the World Cup

World Cup Statistics

The table shows the placements achieved in detail.

• 1st – 3rd place: Number of podium placements
• Top 10: Number of places in the top ten
• Points ranks: Number of placements within the point ranks
• Starts: Number of races run in the respective discipline
• Note: In the distance races, the classification is based on the FIS.

placement	Distance races a					Skiathlon pursuit	sprint	Stage race b	total	team
	≤ 5 km	≤ 10 km	≤ 15 km	≤ 30 km	> 30 km					sprint	Season
1st place
2nd place
3rd place						1	1		2
Top 10			1			1	5		7th	2
Scoring			3		1	4th	28	1	37	5
Starts	3	3	27	2	2	11	61	3	112	6th
Status: end of season 2019/20

^a including individual starts and mass starts according to FIS classification

^bEntire race, not individual stages, e.g. B. Tour de Ski, Nordic Opening, season finale

World Cup overall placements

season	total		distance		sprint
	Points	space	Points	space	Points	space
2013/14	10	140	-	-	10	86.
2014/15	27	110.	-	-	27	56.
2015/16	148	46.	-	-	148	17th
2016/17	121	53.	14th	81.	99	25th
2017/18	63	74.	-	-	63	33.
2018/19	118	51.	43	52.	75	29
2019/20	160	43.	92	37.	68	28.

Web links

• Andrew Young in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
• Andrew Young in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )