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Caitlin Compton Gregg

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Caitlin Compton Gregg
Country United States
Born (1980-11-07) November 7, 1980 (age 43)
Height165 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Ski clubLoppet Nordic Racing
World Cup career
Seasons6 – (20092010, 20132016)
Starts47
Podiums0
Overall titles0 – (73rd in 2016)
Discipline titles0
Medal record
Women's cross-country skiing
Representing the  United States
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Falun 10 km freestyle

Caitlin Compton Gregg (born November 7, 1980) is an American cross-country skier who has competed since 2001.

Career

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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

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All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[2]

Olympic Games

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 Year   Age   10 km 
 individual 
 15 km 
 skiathlon 
 30 km 
 mass start 
 Sprint   4 × 5 km 
 relay 
 Team 
 sprint 
2010 29 30 42 11 6

World Championships

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 Year   Age   10 km 
 individual 
 15 km 
 skiathlon 
 30 km 
 mass start 
 Sprint   4 × 5 km 
 relay 
 Team 
 sprint 
2007 26 60 DNF 14
2009 28 58 47 13
2015 34 Bronze
2017 36 36

World Cup

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Season standings

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 Season   Age  Season standings Ski Tour standings
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

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Since May 21, 2011, Caitlin Compton Gregg is married to fellow cross-country skier Brian Gregg.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "American women win medals at Nordic worlds". USA Today. February 24, 2015. Retrieved February 25, 2015.
  2. ^ "GREGG Caitlin". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  3. ^ 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
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