Andrew Young (skier)

Andrew "Andy" Young (born 12 February 1992) is a Scottish cross-country skier. He competed for Great Britain in the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, finishing in 74th place in the 15km freestyle.[1] In 2008 he became the youngest skier to compete in a World Cup event.[2]

Andrew Young
Andrew Young in 2014
Country	United Kingdom
Born	(1992-02-12) 12 February 1992 Huntly, Scotland
Ski club	Huntly Nordic SC
World Cup career
Seasons	2009–
Individual wins	0
Indiv. podiums	2
Team podiums	0
Indiv. starts	94
Team starts	4
Overall titles	0 – (46th in 2016)
Discipline titles	0
Updated on 14 April 2019.

At the 2010 Games, Young finished 14th in the team sprint event and 60th in the individual sprint event. For the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009, he finished 14th in the 4 x 10km relay and 98th in the individual sprint event.

Young also competed in the 2014 Winter Olympics, where he finished 37th in the 15km classical competition.[3]

Young took his first top 10 finish in the Cross-Country Skiing World Cup in December 2015, when he finished in ninth place at a freestyle sprint competition in Davos, Switzerland.[4] On 19 December 2015 he took Great Britain's first World Cup podium when he finished third in a sprint event in a 2015–16 FIS Cross-Country World Cup competition in Toblach, Italy.[5] Young achieved a top 10 result in December 2019, having finished 8th in the 15km freestyle event in Davos.

World Cup results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[1]

World Cup standings

Season	Age	Season standings			Ski Tour standings
		Overall	Distance	Sprint	Nordic Opening	Tour de Ski	World Cup Final	Ski Tour Canada
2009	17	NC	NC	NC	N/A	DNP	DNP	N/A
2010	18	NC	NC	NC	N/A	DNP	DNP	N/A
2011	19	NC	DNP	NC	DNP	DNP	DNP	N/A
2012	20	NC	DNP	NC	DNP	DNP	DNP	N/A
2013	21	NC	NC	NC	DNP	DNF	DNP	N/A
2014	22	136	NC	83	DNP	DNF	DNP	N/A
2015	23	110	NC	56	DNF	DNF	N/A	N/A
2016	24	46	NC	17	DNP	DNF	N/A	DNF
2017	25	53	81	25	DNP	DNF	27	N/A
2018	26	74	NC	33	DNP	DNF	63	N/A
2019	27	51	57	29	DNF	DNF	32	N/A

Individual podiums

• 2 podiums – (1 WC, 1 SWC)

No.	Season	Date	Location	Race	Level	Place
1	2015–16	19 December 2015	Toblach, Italy	1.3 km Sprint F	World Cup	3rd
2	2018–19	24 March 2019	Quebec City, Canada	15 km Pursuit F	Stage World Cup	3rd

Notes

1. "Athlete : Andrew YOUNG". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
2. Ryan Bangs. "Musgrave, Young and Hughes making promising Olympic debuts". morethanthegames.com. Archived from the original on 17 February 2010. Retrieved 17 February 2010.
3. "Athletes - Andrew Young". Sochi2014. Archived from the original on 25 February 2014. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
4. "Ryding on a high after career-best World Cup finish". Eurosport. 14 December 2015. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
5. "Andrew Young wins Britain's first cross-country sprint medal". BBC Sport. 19 December 2015. Retrieved 19 December 2015.

External links

• Andrew Young at the International Ski Federation
• Andrew Young at British Olympic Association