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Rosanna Crawford

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Rosanna Crawford
Crawford in Parade of Excellence, Calgary, 2014
Personal information
Full nameRosanna Crawford
Born (1988-05-23) 23 May 1988 (age 36)
Canmore, Alberta, Canada
Professional information
SportBiathlon
ClubCanmore Nordic Ski Club
World Cup debut13 January 2010 (2010-01-13)
Olympic Games
Teams3 (2010, 2014, 2018)
Medals0
World Championships
Teams2 (2013, 2015)
Medals0
World Cup
Seasons6 (2009/10–)
Individual podiums1
Medal record
Women's biathlon
Bronze medal – third place 2017/18 World Cup Ruhpolding Individual 15 km
Updated on 11 January 2018

Rosanna Crawford (born 23 May 1988)[1] is a Canadian biathlete.

Career

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Crawford competed at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver in the women's sprint (7.5 km) and individual (15 km) competitions. She placed 72nd in the sprint on 13 February 2010 with a time of 23:04.6 and no penalties resulting in a +3:09.0 deficit. At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi she was part of the women's relay team which finished eighth, Canada's best ever finish in this Olympic event.[1]

Crawford was named as Biathlon Canada's Female Athlete of the Year for the 2012-13 season.[1]

2018 Winter Olympics

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In January 2018, Crawford was named to Canada's 2018 Olympic team where she finished 53rd in the women's sprint.[2][3][4]

Personal

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She was part of a group of five athletes who posed for the Bold Beautiful Biathlon calendar.[5] Her older sister is Chandra Crawford, who won the gold medal in the cross-country sprint at the 2006 Winter Olympics.[1]

Biathlon results

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All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.

Olympic Games

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0 medal

Event Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass start Relay Mixed relay
Canada 2010 Vancouver 75th 71st 14th
Russia 2014 Sochi 66th 25th 45th 8th 11th
South Korea 2018 Pyeongchang 26th 53rd 19th 10th 12th
*The mixed relay was added as an event in 2014.

World Championships

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0 medal

Event Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass start Relay Mixed relay Single mixed relay
Czech Republic 2013 Nové Město 17th 77th 12th 14th
Finland 2015 Kontiolahti 87th 31st 24th 9th 12th
Norway 2016 Oslo Holmenkollen 14th 29th 27th 15th 15th 11th
Austria 2017 Hochfilzen 62nd 26th 43rd 16th 13th
Sweden 2019 Östersund 63rd 18th LAP - 14th 16th -
*During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program.
**The single mixed relay was added as an event in 2019.

World Cup

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Event Sprint Mass start Relay Mixed Relay Individual Pursuit
Germany 2017/18 Ruhpolding - 4th 10th - 3rd -
France 2017/18 Annecy 60th - - - - DNS
Austria 2017/18 Hochfilzen 49th - - - 9th 39th

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Rosanna Crawford". Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 16 February 2010.
  2. ^ "Olympic veterans Crawford and Green lead Canadian biathlon team to Pyeongchang". CTV News. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 16 January 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  3. ^ "Rosanna Crawford headlines Canadian Olympic biathlon team". CBC News. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 16 January 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  4. ^ McCarter, Shannon (16 January 2018). "Team Canada biathletes nominated for PyeongChang 2018". olympic.ca/. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  5. ^ "Five Canadian Biathlon Women Launch Nude Calendar with Hopes of Raising Funds to Fuel Quest for International Podium". Biathlon Canada. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011.
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