Bob Thompson (cross-country skier)

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Bob Thompson Cross-country skiing
nation CanadaCanada Canada
birthday 27th February 1991 (age 29)
Career
status active
Placements in the cross-country skiing world cup
 Debut in the World Cup March 1, 2016
 Overall World Cup 170. ( 2016/17 )
 Sprint World Cup 98th (2016/17)
Placements in the Continental Cup (COC)
 Debut in the Continental Cup December 12, 2009
 Continental Cup victories 8 ( details )
 NAC overall rating 4. ( 2014/15 , 2015/16 )
 Podium placements 1. 2. 3.
 NAC individual races 8th 1 6th
last change: February 4, 2020

Bob Thompson (born February 27, 1991 ) is a Canadian cross-country skier .

Career

Thompson started in Vernon in December 2009 for the first time in the Nor-Am Cup and finished 81st in the sprint and 56th in the 15 km freestyle. In January 2014, he took his first Nor-Am Cup victory in the Canmore sprint . In the 2014/15 season he finished in the top ten 12 times in the Nor Am Cup, including third place in the sprint in Duntroon and second place in the sprint in Vernon and thus reached fourth place in the overall standings. In the following season he took three wins and a second place in the Nor-Am Cup and thus achieved fourth place in the overall standings, as in the previous year. He ran his first World Cup race at the beginning of March 2016 at the Ski Tour Canada , which he ended prematurely and took 52nd place in the sprint stage in Gatineau . At the beginning of the 2016/17 season he came in 81st place in the World Cup mini tour in Lillehammer . In March 2017 he got his first World Cup point at the World Cup final in Quebec with 30th place in the sprint. In the 2017/18 season he came in sixth place in the overall standings of the Nor-Am Cup with ten top ten placements, including three third places and one first place.

The following season, Thompson won the sprint and the 30 km mass start race at Canmore . In addition, he achieved third place over 10 km classic at the Canadian championships in Gatineau and finally reached tenth place in the overall standings of the Nor-Am Cup.

Victories in Continental Cup races

No. date place discipline series
1. January 8, 2014 CanadaCanada Canmore Sprint freestyle Nor Am Cup
2. December 8, 2015 CanadaCanada Canmore Classic sprint Nor Am Cup
3. January 30, 2016 CanadaCanada Mont Sainte-Anne 10 km classic Nor Am Cup
4th 19th February 2016 CanadaCanada Prince George Classic sprint Nor Am Cup
5. December 9, 2017 CanadaCanada Vernon Classic sprint Nor Am Cup
6th December 13, 2018 CanadaCanada Canmore Classic sprint Nor Am Cup
7th December 16, 2018 CanadaCanada Canmore 30 km classic Mst. Nor Am Cup
8th. December 13, 2019 CanadaCanada Mont Sainte-Anne Classic sprint Nor Am Cup

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