Caitlin Compton

Caitlin Compton ( born November 7, 1980) is an American cross-country skier and biathlete.

Caitlin Compton grew the first years of her life in New York City. At age nine, she moved with her ​​family to Warren, Vermont and attended college in Marquette, Michigan. She began her career in 2001 as a cross-country skier in the North America Cup. Already in its third race, a 10 -kilometer race, it reached a top ten finish in seventh. Despite several good results Compton not made ​​the jump to the cross-country World Cup. Therefore, she moved in 2007 to the sport of biathlon. In addition, she appeared on the national level in the long run, winning the 2008 title as U.S. champion in the 5 km and repeated this success in 2009 in Anchorage. In the Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 in Liberec, she was 59 the 15 km pursuit and the anchor leg with Kikkan Randall, Morgan Arritola and Elizabeth Stephen 14th in the 4x5 km relay.

Her debut in the European Cup Biathlon gave Compton 2008 Langsdorf. In individual she finished ranked 33rd. After only four races in the European Cup in 2008 they launched their first Biathlon World Championships. Best result was a surprisingly good place 37 in singles. In Pyeongchang she gave shortly afterwards as 60th in the Sprint her debut in the Biathlon World Cup.

Biathlon World Cup rankings

The table shows all placements (depending on the year, including hosting the Olympic Games and World Championships ).