Andrew "Andy" Young (born 12 February 1992) is a Scottish cross-country skier. He competed for Great Britain in the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, finishing in 74th place in the 15km freestyle. In 2008, he became the youngest skier to compete in a World Cup event.
At the 2010 Games, Young finished 14th in the team sprint event and 60th in the individual sprint event. For the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009, he finished 14th in the 4 × 10 km relay and 98th in the individual sprint event.
Young also competed in the 2014 Winter Olympics, where he finished 37th in the 15km classical competition.
Young took his first top 10 finish in the Cross-Country Skiing World Cup in December 2015, when he finished in ninth place at a freestyle sprint competition in Davos, Switzerland. On 19 December 2015 he took Great Britain's first World Cup podium when he finished third in a sprint event in a 2015–16 FIS Cross-Country World Cup competition in Toblach, Italy. Young achieved a top 10 result in December 2019, finishing 8th in the 15 km freestyle event in Davos.
Cross-country skiing results All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).
Olympic Games Year Age 15 km individual 30 km skiathlon 50 km mass start Sprint 4 × 10 km relay Team sprint 2010 18 74 — — 60 — 2014 22 37 — — 42 — 2018 26 57 — — 46 — 12 2022 28 51 — — 36 — 20 Distance reduced to 30 km due to weather conditions.
World Championships Year Age 15 km individual 30 km skiathlon 50 km mass start Sprint 4 × 10 km relay Team sprint 2009 17 — — — 98 14 — 2011 19 — — — 61 15 — 2013 21 53 55 54 45 — — 2015 23 — — — 40 — — 2017 25 46 — 22 — — 2019 27 36 — 38 22 — 13 2021 29 45 — — — — 13 2023 31 29 — — 46 — 6
World Cup Season standings Season Age Discipline standingsSki Tour standingsOverallDistanceSprintNordicOpeningTour deSkiSki Tour2020World CupFinalSki TourCanada 2009 17 — — 2010 18 — — 2011 19 — — — — 2012 20 — — — — 2013 21 — — 2015 23 110 56 2016 24 46 17 — 2017 25 53 81 25 — 27 2018 26 74 33 — 63 2019 27 51 52 29 32 2020 28 43 37 28 — — 2021 29 25 33 7 14 — 2022 30 62 78 32 — 2023 31 64 68 41 —
Individual podiums 4 podiums – (3 , 1 ) No. Season Date Location Race Level Place1 2015–16 19 December 2015 Toblach, Italy 1.3 km Sprint F World Cup 3rd2 2018–19 24 March 2019 Quebec City, Canada 15 km Pursuit F Stage World Cup 3rd3 2020–21 12 December 2020 Davos, Switzerland 1.5 km Sprint F World Cup 3rd4 19 December 2020 Dresden, Germany 1.3 km Sprint F World Cup 2nd
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