 Nyhaug at the 2016 Olympics | |||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Tory Nyhaug-Heinonen | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Canadian | ||||||||||||||
| Born | (1992-04-17) April 17, 1992 (age 32) New Westminster, BC, Canada | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 92 kg (203 lb) | ||||||||||||||
| Cycling career | |||||||||||||||
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||
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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. He won a silver medal at the World Championships in 2014 and a gold medal at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto.
In 2016 he was named to Canada's 2016 Olympic team. In Rio, Nyhaug made the Olympic final and finished 5th.
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.
References
- "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
- 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)
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