Graham Ritchie

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|nationality = {{CAN}}

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1998|09|23|df=yes}}

|birth_place = Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada

|club = Georgian Nordic

|seasons = 5 – (2019–present)

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|totalpodiums = 0

|teampodiums = 0

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|individual_starts = 34

|team_starts = 6

|wcoveralls = 0 – (80th in 2022)

|wctitles = 0

|updated = 29 March 2023

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Graham Ritchie (born 23 September 1998) is a Canadian cross-country skier.{{cite web |url=https://nordiqcanada.ca/athlete/graham-ritchie/ |title=Graham Ritchie |website=www.nordiqcanada.ca |publisher=Nordiq Canada |access-date=January 14, 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://olympic.ca/team-canada/graham-ritchie/ |title=Graham Ritchie |website=www.olympic.ca |publisher=Canadian Olympic Committee |access-date=January 14, 2022}} Ritchie trains as part of the National Team Development Centre Thunder Bay team.{{cite news |last=Dunich |first=Leith |date=January 14, 2022 |url=https://www.tbnewswatch.com/local-news/ritchie-stewart-jones-earn-olympic-skiing-berths-4957403 |title=Ritchie, Stewart-Jones earn Olympic skiing berths |work=TBNewsWatch.com |location=Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada |access-date=January 14, 2022}}

Career

Graham trained with the National Training Development Centre (NTDC) in Thunder Bay, Ontario, while beginning a career in the outdoors industry as a sales representative and equipment technician at Rollin' Thunder Bike, Board, and Ski.

Ritchie made his World Cup debut in 2019 at the World Cup Finals in Quebec City.

During the 2020–21 FIS Cross-Country World Cup's Ulricehamn stop, Ritchie had a career best 17th-place finish in the freestyle sprint event.

At the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2021, Ritchie, along with partner Antoine Cyr, placed in seventh place during the team sprint event. They were the youngest team in the final.{{cite news |date=February 28, 2021 |title=Graham Ritchie, Graham Ritchie 7th for Canada at cross-country ski worlds |url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/winter/cross-country-skiing/ritchie-Ritchie-cross-country-ski-worlds-1.5931325 |work=Canadian Press |location=Toronto, Ontario, Canada |access-date=January 6, 2021}}

On January 13, 2022, Ritchie was officially named to Canada's 2022 Olympic team.{{cite web |url=https://olympic.ca/2022/01/13/seven-cross-country-skiers-nominated-to-team-canada-for-beijing-2022/ |title=Seven cross-country skiers nominated to Team Canada for Beijing 2022 |last=Nichols |first=Paula |date=14 January 2022 |website=www.olympic.ca |publisher=Canadian Olympic Committee |access-date=14 January 2022}}{{Cite news |url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/winter/cross-country-skiing/canada-cross-country-skiing-olympic-team-announced-1.6313802 |title=Nordiq Canada reveals cross-country skiing team for Beijing Olympics |website=www.cbc.ca |publisher=CBC |date=14 January 2022 |access-date=14 January 2022}}{{cite news |date=14 January 2022 |title=Seven-athlete cross-country skiing team nominated for Beijing Olympics |url=https://www.thestar.com/sports/olympics/2022/01/13/seven-athlete-cross-country-skiing-team-nominated-for-beijing-olympics.html |work=Canadian Press |location=Toronto, Ontario, Canada |access-date=14 January 2022}}{{cite web |url=https://nordiqcanada.ca/news-item/canadas-beijing-2022-cross-country-skiing-team-announced/ |title=Canada’s Beijing 2022 cross-country skiing team announced |date=14 January 2022 |website=www.nordiqcanada.ca |publisher=Nordiq Canada |access-date=14 January 2022}}{{cite news |last=Baines |first=Tim |date=14 January 2022 |title=Ottawa-area cross-country skiers Ritchie, Leclair and Stewart-Jones will compete at Olympics |url=https://ottawacitizen.com/sports/olympics/ottawa-area-cross-country-skiers-Ritchie-leclair-and-stewart-jones-will-compete-at-olympics |work=Ottawa Citizen |location=14 January 2022 |access-date=14 January 2022}}{{Dead link|date=June 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite news |last=Bissonette |first=Sarah |date=14 January 2022 |title=Parry Sound's Graham Ritchie heading to Winter Olympics |url=https://www.parrysound.com/news-story/10554151-parry-sound-s-graham-ritchie-heading-to-winter-olympics/ |work=Parrysound.com |location=Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada |access-date=14 January 2022}}

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).{{cite web |url=https://www.fis-ski.com/DB/general/athlete-biography.html?sector=CC&competitorid=209077&type=st-WC |title=RITCHIE Graham |author= |website=FIS-Ski |publisher=International Ski Federation |access-date=20 January 2022}}

=Olympic Games=

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! style="background-color:#369; color:white; width:60px;"| Year

! style="background-color:#369; color:white; width:40px;"| Age

! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:75px;"| 15 km
individual

! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:75px;"| 30 km
skiathlon

! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:75px;"| 50 km
mass start

! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:75px;"| Sprint

! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:75px;"| 4 × 10 km
relay

! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:75px;"| Team
sprint

2022

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=World Championships=