Graeme Gorham
Graeme Gorham ( born June 12, 1987 in Edmonton ) is a former Canadian ski jumper.
Career
Gorham made his international debut for the season 2001/ 02 as part of the Ski Jumping Continental Cup. Right away he reached with only 14 years, three points and thus rank 264 overall. Also in September he reached on his home hill in Calgary the points when Matt jumping. In the winter season 2002/ 03 he scored no point successes. In all jumping to which he participated, he jumped lagged behind the world leaders. Until the summer of 2003, he again succeeded in Calgary profit of Continental Cup points.
After he did not compete in the winter of 2003/ 04, he came across two FIS Jumping in Park City back in the Continental Cup. For the season 2004 /05 he joined for the first time outside of North America to jump at the Continental Cup. However, it was not him to prevail and only landed on the rear seats.
In the Nordic Junior World Ski Championships 2005 in Rovaniemi Gorham jumped on the 33rd place in the individual, having already reached the seventh place team in the team competition. In August 2005, he started for the first time in the Ski Jumping Grand Prix as part of the Canadian team in team jumping in Hinterzarten. He was with the team twelfth. In October 2005, Gorham succeeded when Matt jumping in Park City and Lake Placid again jump into the points. However, at the beginning of the winter season 2005/ 06 he again showed his weakness on snow.
At the Olympic Winter Games in Turin in 2006, he jumped as a now 18 -year-old on the 42nd place on the normal hill and ranked 50 on the large hill. Together with Gregory Baxter, Stefan Read and Michael Nell he reached the 15th place in the team competition. A year later, he played his last international until now jumping at the Nordic World Ski Championships 2007 in Sapporo. With the team he reached rank 12