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Brendan Green

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Brendan Greene
Green (center) in 2015
Personal information
Born (1986-04-29) April 29, 1986 (age 38)
Hay River, Canada
Height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight159 lb (72 kg)
Sport
CountryCanada
SportBiathlon
Medal record
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Oslo 4 × 7.5 km relay
Junior World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Martell 4 × 7.5 km relay
Youth World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2005 Kontiolahti 3 × 7.5 km relay

Brendan Green (born November 4, 1986) is a Canadian biathlete and cross-country skier. He began skiing at three years of age and began competition under coach Pat Bobinski. He won Biathlon Canada's Myriam Bedard Award.[1] Brendan competed for Canada in the Biathlon Men's 4x7.5 km Relay at the 2010 Winter Olympics. The group placed 10th.

Career

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2018 Winter Olympics

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In January 2018, Green was named to Canada's 2018 Olympic team.[2][3][4]

Biathlon results

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All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.

Olympic Games

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0 medals

Event Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass start Relay Mixed relay
Canada 2010 Vancouver 10th
Russia 2014 Sochi 21st 23rd 35th 9th 7th 10th
South Korea 2018 Pyeongchang 22nd 82nd 11th 12th

*The mixed relay was added as an event in 2014.

World Championships

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1 medal (1 bronze)

Event Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass start Relay Mixed relay
Russia 2011 Khanty-Mansiysk 64th 91st 11th
Finland 2015 Kontiolahti 21st 21st 16th 21st 19th 12th
Norway 2016 Oslo 47th 35th 33rd Bronze 11th
Austria 2017 Hochfilzen 86th 38th 52nd 13th 13th
*During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program.

References

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  1. ^ Biathlon Canada bio
  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". www.olympic.ca/. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 16 January 2018.