Sarah Murphy

Sarah Jane Spidy Murphy (born February 16, 1988 in Banff, Alberta) is a New Zealand biathlete. She represented New Zealand at the 2010 Winter Olympics. She was the first Kiwi Olympic biathlete.

For the Zimbabwean swimmer, see Sarah Murphy (swimmer).

Born in Canada to a New Zealand mother and a Canadian father, she was raised in Canmore, Alberta, and Nelson, New Zealand.[1]

At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Murphy finished 82nd in both the 7.5 km and 15 km events and did not compete in the 10 km pursuit.[2]

Her best performance to date has been to finish 47th in a field of 100 at a World Cup event in Italy in January 2010.[3]

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[4]

World Championships
 Year   Age   10 km 
individual		  15 km 
 skiathlon 		  30 km 
mass start		  Sprint   4 × 5 km 
 relay 		  Team 
 sprint 
201325—67————

World Cup

Season standings
 Season   Age  Discipline standings Ski Tour standings
Overall Distance Sprint Nordic
Opening		 Tour de
Ski		 World Cup
Final
201325NCNC————
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gollark: I learned how to use SIMD intrinsics properly recently maybe, so I could totally* work out a way to performance it.
gollark: Uncool.
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gollark: One of these years I should probably work out how to apply SIMD to it, for performance.

References
  1. Leggat, David (30 January 2010). "Biathlon: Olympian all fired up for 'unique' sport". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 7 November 2011.
  2. NZOC athlete profile
  3. "Winter Olympics: Profile: Sarah Murphy, Biathlete". Otago Daily Times. 12 February 2010.
  4. "MURPHY Sarah". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 17 December 2019.


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