Nathan Smith (biathlete)

Nathan Smith ( born December 25, 1985 in Calgary, Alberta ) is a Canadian biathlete.

Nathan Smith lives in Canmore and starts for the Foothills Nordic Ski Club. He is trained by Richard Boruta and Matthias Ahrens. He began as a child with the cross-country skiing. Since 1998 he runs biathlon. Smith started four times, in 2002 Ridnaun, 2003 Kościelisko, 2005 Kontiolahti and 2006 in Presque Isle, at the Junior World Championships. He usually placed here on midfield places. Only a single race, the pursuit race in 2006, he could run as 19th among the top 20. The greatest success was achieved by Smith with the season when he was surprisingly win the bronze medal behind the squadrons from Germany and France, together with Jaime Robb, Patrick Côté and Jean -Philippe Leguellec. In the North American Junior Championships in 2005 in Mt Shark he won the title in the overall standings.

2006 Smith won in Valcartier the title of Canadian champion in the pursuit after he was only sixth in the sprint. In the Biathlon World Cup it was first used in 2007 in Oberhof in a relay race in which the Canadian squadron came in at number 14. Highlight of his season was the first real seniors participating in the Biathlon World Championships 2008 in Östersund, where the Canadians was used in three races. In the individual he was ranked 81 in the sprint and 92 with the relay of Canada he was 21 In the Canadian Championships in 2010 Smith won the title in pursuit, individual and with the mixed relay. After sporadic operations in the seasons before Smith was a regular in season 2010/11 for use and reached for the first time ranks among the top 50 best result was a 38th place in a pursuit race in Fort Kent, which he reached his first World Cup points. It took until the first sprint of the 2013/14 season that Smith was able to significantly improve as 16th in Östersund. In Annecy, he repeated this placement and improved in the pursuit race to eighth and reached the first digit placement.

Biathlon World Cup rankings

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