Tory Nyhaug
Appearance
Personal information | |
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Full name | Tory Nyhaug-Heinonen |
Nationality | Canadian |
Born | New Westminster, BC, Canada | April 17, 1992
Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) |
Weight | 92 kg (203 lb) |
Cycling career | |
Team information | |
Current team | Canada |
Discipline | BMX racing |
Role | Rider |
UCI BMX Supercross career | |
Starts | 23 |
Championships | 0 |
Wins | 0 |
Podiums | 7 |
Best finish | 3rd in 2017 |
Medal record |
Tory Nyhaug-Heinonen (born April 17, 1992) is a retired Canadian racing cyclist who represented Canada in BMX. He represented Canada at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics in the men's BMX event.[1] He won a silver medal at the World Championships in 2014 and a gold medal at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto.[2]
In 2016 he was named to Canada's 2016 Olympic team. In Rio, Nyhaug made the Olympic final and finished 5th.[3]
Nyhaug was born in Canada to a Finnish mother and a Canadian father. Tory announced his retirement from professional cycling on November 18, 2019, due to long-term damages sustained from racing injuries.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Men's BMX Racing". London 2012 Olympics. London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on December 4, 2012. Retrieved August 6, 2012.
- ^ "COC profile". Olympic.ca. Canadian Olympic Committee. October 25, 2011.
- ^ Tozer, Jamie (June 29, 2016). "Returning Olympians highlight Canada's cycling team". Olympic.ca. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved June 29, 2016.
- ^ "Canada's Tory Nyhaug retires from BMX cycling for health reasons". CBC News. November 18, 2019. Retrieved November 26, 2023.
External links
[edit]- Tory Nyhaug at UCI BMX Supercross World Cup
- Tory Nyhaug at Olympedia (archive)
- Tory Nyhaug at Olympics.com
- Tory Nyhaug at Team Canada
- Tory Nyhaug at the Toronto 2015 Pan American Games (archived)
Categories:
- 1992 births
- Living people
- Canadian BMX riders
- Canadian male cyclists
- Olympic cyclists for Canada
- Cyclists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Cyclists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Pan American Games gold medalists for Canada
- Pan American Games medalists in cycling
- Cyclists at the 2015 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games
- Canadian people of Finnish descent
- 21st-century Canadian sportsmen
- Canadian cycling biography stubs