Pierre Harvey

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Pierre Harvey Cross-country skiing
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nation CanadaCanada Canada
birthday March 24, 1957
place of birth Rimouski,  CanadaCanadaCanada 
Career
status resigned
Placements in the cross-country skiing world cup
 Debut in the World Cup March 12, 1982
 World Cup victories in individual 3 ( details )
 Overall World Cup 6. ( 1987/88 )
 Podium placements 1. 2. 3.
 Distance races 3 0 1
 

Pierre Harvey , CM (born March 24, 1957 in Rimouski ) is a Canadian athlete. As the first male athlete from Canada, he took part in both the Summer Olympics (as a cyclist ) and Winter Olympics (as a cross-country skier ).

Life

Harvey won three gold medals in cross-country skiing at the Canada Winter Games in 1979 . For the first time in the Olympic Games he took as a cyclist in 1976 in Montreal in part. There he reached the 24th place in the road race. Between 1982 and 1988 Harvey also took part in cross-country skiing competitions and reached the 16th place over 15 km at the Nordic World Ski Championships in Oslo in 1982 . In total, he won three races in his career, including the 50 km race at Holmenkollen in 1988. At the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary , he took the Olympic oath of athletes and came 14th over 30 km.

In 1988 Harvey received the Order of Canada . In 1992 he was inducted into the Canadian Ski Hall of Fame , followed by induction into the Canadian Cycling Hall of Fame in 2006.

His son, Alex Harvey , was a cross-country skier at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver and became world champion in the team sprint in Oslo in 2011 .

successes

World Cup victories in individual

No. date place discipline
1. March 7, 1987 SwedenSweden Falun 30 km freestyle
2. March 12, 1988 SwedenSweden Falun 30 km freestyle
3. March 19, 1988 NorwayNorway Oslo 50 km freestyle

Victories in ski marathon races

World Cup overall placements

season space Points
1981/82 21st 36
1982/83 21st 35
1983/84 33. 21st
1984/85 15th 40
1985/86 9. 40
1986/87 7th 60
1987/88 6th 67

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personal data
SURNAME Harvey, Pierre
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian athlete
DATE OF BIRTH March 24, 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH Rimouski