Caitlin Compton Gregg | |||||||||||||||
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Born | November 7, 1980 | ||||||||||||||
Height | 165 cm (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||
Ski club | Loppet Nordic Racing | ||||||||||||||
World Cup career | |||||||||||||||
Seasons | 6 – (2009–2010, 2013–2016) | ||||||||||||||
Starts | 47 | ||||||||||||||
Podiums | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Overall titles | 0 – (73rd in 2016) | ||||||||||||||
Discipline titles | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Caitlin Compton Gregg (born November 7, 1980) is an American cross-country skier who has competed since 2001.
Career
[edit]Gregg starting Nordic skiing at Harwood Union High School in Duxbury, Vermont, as a sophomore.
Her best World Cup finish was 14th in the 10 km Freestyle in Canmore, Alberta in February 2010.
It was announced on January 19, 2010, that she had qualified for the 2010 Winter Olympics. She ended up placing sixth overall in the team sprint along with Kikkan Randall. Gregg's best individual finish was 30th in the 10 km event.
Gregg's best finish at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships was third in the 10 km freestyle in Falun in 2015.[1] Her second best finish was 14th in the 4 × 5 km relay at Liberec in 2009 while her second best individual finish was 48th in the 30 km mass start event at those same championships.
Gregg is the only five-time winner, male or female, of the American Birkebeiner ski marathon. She won the race in 2011, 2013, 2014, 2016, and 2018, skiing the 2016 race with a broken toe. Gregg set the course record in the women's freestyle technique in 2011 with a winning time of 2:15:26.0.
Cross-country skiing results
[edit]All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[2]
Olympic Games
[edit]Year | Age | 10 km individual |
15 km skiathlon |
30 km mass start |
Sprint | 4 × 5 km relay |
Team sprint |
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2010 | 29 | 30 | 42 | — | — | 11 | 6 |
World Championships
[edit]Year | Age | 10 km individual |
15 km skiathlon |
30 km mass start |
Sprint | 4 × 5 km relay |
Team sprint |
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2007 | 26 | 60 | — | DNF | — | 14 | — |
2009 | 28 | — | 58 | 47 | — | 13 | — |
2015 | 34 | Bronze | — | — | — | — | — |
2017 | 36 | — | — | 36 | — | — | — |
World Cup
[edit]Season standings
[edit]Season | Age | Season standings | Ski Tour standings | |||||
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Overall | Distance | Sprint | Nordic Opening |
Tour de Ski |
World Cup Final |
Ski Tour Canada | ||
2009 | 28 | NC | NC | — | — | — | — | — |
2010 | 29 | 94 | 67 | NC | — | — | — | — |
2013 | 32 | NC | — | NC | — | — | — | — |
2014 | 33 | NC | NC | NC | — | — | 37 | — |
2015 | 34 | 99 | 67 | NC | 68 | — | — | — |
2016 | 35 | 73 | 46 | NC | 68 | 42 | — | 33 |
Personal life
[edit]Since May 21, 2011, Caitlin Compton Gregg is married to fellow cross-country skier Brian Gregg.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "American women win medals at Nordic worlds". USA Today. February 24, 2015. Retrieved February 25, 2015.
- ^ "GREGG Caitlin". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
- ^ Ski to Sea Podcast Interview with Brian Gregg|http://nwwayoflife.com/ski-to-sea-podcast-brian-gregg-interview Archived 2014-12-04 at the Wayback Machine
External links
[edit]- Caitlin Compton Gregg at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
- NBCOlympics.com announcement of the 2010 cross-country skiing team. - accessed January 20, 2010.
- Caitlin Compton places 14th at Canmore World Cup 2010
- Caitlin Compton's Bio on USSA Team Website