Brendan Green

Brendan Joseph Green ( * November 4, 1986 in Hay River ) is a Canadian biathlete.

Brendan Green began at the age of three years with the cross-country skiing. Nine years later he moved to the biathlon, where Pat Bobinski his first trainer was. The athlete from Hay River, who trains in Canmore, starts for Hay River Nordic and is trained by Matthias Ahrens, 2004 was his first international race in the Biathlon European Cup for Juniors. In 2005 he took part in his first of two Junior World Championships. In Kontiolahti his best individual result was a 15th place in the sprint, but with the relay, which also included Marc -André Bédard and Maxime Leboeuf, he won the silver medal behind Norway. Two years later, in Martell, he won in the relay, which also belonged Yannick Letailleur now, the bronze medal in the relay race. With positions 16 and 12 in the sprint and individual pursuit of Canadians also achieved good results in the individual race.

International Green running since 2007 in the adult area. Here he ran the first race under the Biathlon European Cup, where in 2008 he was able to collect points as 25th in the individual Obertilliach first time. His debut in the Biathlon World Cup gave Green the first race of the season 2008/09 season in Hochfilzen, where he finished in seventh place with a surprisingly strong Canadian team to Robin Clegg, Scott Perras and Jean -Philippe Leguellec. He was also 98 of the Single Page. In a single in Antholz 2010 Green made ​​it to number 19 and won for the first time World Cup points. Two years later, Brendan Green was able to achieve in ninth place for the first time the top ten in a sprint in Oslo.

In Canada, Green started for some time also for adults. In 2001, he won his first title as a Canadian champion in singles. 2003, the award was followed in the sprint, 2007, he again won in singles and was runner-up in the sprint. Overall, he won eight medals so far at Canadian championships in biathlon. In 2007 he also won the title over 15 km skating style with cross-country skiers. In the summer he competed in the North American Championships in roller ski biathlon, 2008 in Canmore and has been in the single fifth. With a ranking of 19 Brendan Green won in the 2009/2010 season in a single in Antholz his first World Cup points. In the following sprint he won at the weekend as 34 points and improved his best result in the pursuit race in 14 Brendan Green took part in the 2010 Olympic Winter Games. In his only start, he finished the season ranked 10th

2012 Green Canadian was biathlete of the year.

Biathlon World Cup rankings

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