Sarah Murphy

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Sarah Murphy biathlon
Full name Sarah Jane Murphy
Association CanadaCanada Canada New Zealand
New ZealandNew Zealand 
birthday February 16, 1988
place of birth Canmore ,  CanadaCanadaCanada 
Career
society Rocky Mountain Racers
Trainer John Jaques
Debut in the World Cup December 6, 2008
status resigned
End of career 2014
Medal table
KM medals 1 × gold 0 × silver 1 × bronze
Canadian ChampionshipTemplate: medals_winter sports / maintenance / unrecognized
gold 2010 Canmore singles
bronze 2010 Canmore persecution
World Cup balance
last change: July 19, 2013

Sarah Jane Murphy (born February 16, 1988 in Canmore ) is a former New Zealand - Canadian biathlete and cross-country skier .

Sarah Murphy was born in Canada, but her mother is from New Zealand . In her youth, Murphy lived in Nelson for a few years and has since held two citizenships. She decided to start internationally for New Zealand to be the first biathlete in her country to compete in the Winter Olympics.

Career

Murphy started biathlon in 2001. She started for the Rocky Mountain Racers and was trained by John Jaques. In January 2005 she went to the Canadian Championships for the first time, where she was fourth straight away. After good placements in lower class races, she improved a year later to second place in the national championship. In 2007 she took part in the Junior World Championship in Martell for New Zealand , where she was a good twelfth in the sprint and even sixth in the relay. She also triumphed at the Canadian Winter Games that year. At the Canadian Cross Country Championships in 2008 in Whistler , she won the 10 kilometer skating style title . In the same year she went in biathlon again in lower racing classes such as the Slovenia Cup at the start, before she was nominated for the first time for the biathlon world cup at the beginning of the 2008/09 season . Her best result to date was a 45th place in the Oberhof sprint in 2010. She was used twice at the 2009 Biathlon World Championships in Pyeongchang and was the hundredth in both the individual and the sprint. Sarah Murphy participated in the 2010 Winter Olympics. Her best result was 82nd place in both the individual and the sprint. At the 2010 Canadian Championships , Murphy won the singles title.

statistics

Biathlon World Cup placements

The table shows all placements (depending on the year, including the Olympic Games and World Championships).

  • 1st - 3rd Place: Number of podium placements
  • Top 10: Number of placements in the top ten (including podium)
  • Points ranks: Number of placements within the point ranks (including podium and top 10)
  • Starts: Number of races run in the respective discipline
placement singles sprint persecution Mass start Season total
1st place  
2nd place  
3rd place  
Top 10  
Scoring 2 2
Starts 16 33       49
Status: end of career

World championships

Results at biathlon world championships

World Championship singles sprint persecution Mass start Season Mixed relay
year place
2009 Korea SouthSouth Korea Pyeongchang 100. 100. - - - -
2011 RussiaRussia Khanty-Mansiysk 88 85. - - - -
2012 GermanyGermany Ruhpolding 85. 78. - - - -
2013 Czech RepublicCzech Republic Nové Město 93. 89. - - - -

winter Olympics

Results at Olympic Winter Games:

Individual competitions Relay competitions
sprint persecution singles Mass start Women's relay Mixed relay
2010 Winter Olympics winter Olympics | VancouverCanadaCanada 82. 82.

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personal data
SURNAME Murphy, Sarah
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Murphy, Sarah Jane (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION New Zealand-Canadian biathlete and cross-country skier
DATE OF BIRTH February 16, 1988
PLACE OF BIRTH Canmore, Alberta , Canada