Taylor Henrich (born 1 November 1995) is a Canadian ski jumper.[1]

Taylor Henrich
Full nameTaylor Henrich
Born (1995-11-01) 1 November 1995 (age 29)
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Height1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Ski clubAltius Nordic Ski Club
Personal best5 place finish World Championships Falun Sweden
World Cup career
Seasons2012 – present
Indiv. podiums2
Updated on 13 Mar 2015.

Born in Calgary, Alberta, Henrich began the sport at age seven. Henrich competed Canada at the 2014 Winter Olympics in the premier of Ski jumping at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Women's normal hill individual and her ranking in 2013/2014 was 23rd.[2] She reached her first World Cup podium with a 3rd place in Oberstdorf Germany on 25 January 2015. This is also the first ever Ladies World Cup podium for Canada. Taylor is still active in the nordic sport world and is in pursuit of representing Canada for a third time in Women's nordic combined at the 2022 Winter Olympics.

Career

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2014 Winter Olympics

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Henrich was named to debut in the Historical Olympic event on January 26, 2014.

2018 Winter Olympics

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Henrich was named to her second Olympic team on January 24, 2018.[3][4][5][6]

References

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  1. ^ "FIS bio". Data.fis-ski.com. Retrieved 2014-02-04.
  2. ^ "Sochi 2014 site". M.sochi2014.com. Retrieved 2014-02-04.
  3. ^ Barnes, Dan (24 January 2018). "Ski Jumping Canada deems two athletes 'ready for prime time' at Pyeongchang Olympics". National Post. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  4. ^ "Henrich, Boyd-Clowes named to Canada's Olympic ski jumping team". Canadian Press. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 24 January 2018. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  5. ^ "Canadian ski jumping team sending pair to Olympics". www.cbc.ca/sports/. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). 24 January 2018. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  6. ^ Da Silveira, Brittany (24 January 2018). "Team Canada ski jumpers nominated for PyeongChang 2018". www.olympic.ca/. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
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