Andrew MUSGRAVE

Historical Results

Best performances per season in World Cup events from 2018/2019 - Individual events until 15km

Best performances per season in World Cup events from 2018/2019 - Individual events longer than 15km

Muzzy (britishnordic.org)

Fishing and ski touring at the end of the competition season. “I can’t wait to get out my powder skis and skins, find my tent and drive to find the powder. Norway is one of the best places in the world for backcountry skiing. I’d be mad not to make the most of it.” (telegraph.co.uk, 4 Feb 2008)
Gardening. (Athlete, May 2021)

Athlete, Student

Engineering - Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim (NOR). (Athlete, May 2021)

Father, Frank. Mother, Hilary. Brother, Ben. Sisters, Rosamund “Posy” and Heather.

English, Norwegian

Huntly Nordic Ski Club (Huntly, GBR)

National: Hans Kristian Stadheim (NOR)

Sister Posy Musgrave (Cross-country Skiing): Competed at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games finishing 41st (sprint) and 63rd (10km).

2008 World Cup in Kuusamo (15km - 78th)

2021: Ruptured pectoralis major. (Athlete, May 2021)
January 2021: Withdrew from the Tour de Ski. “I haven't quit a race since I was 14 doing a time trial with the flu.” (Twitter, 7 Jan 2021)
June 2020: Surgery on both Achilles' tendons. (fasterskier.com, 24 Jul 2020)

2008

First put on skis as a toddler in the Alps, but when the family moved to Alaska at age five, he started alpine skiing, switching to cross-country and snowboarding after a couple of years. At age 11, while living in Aberdeenshire (Scotland), he began to focus solely on cross-country skiing. (telegraph.co.uk, 4 Feb 2008)

Began skiing because his older brother was competing when they lived in Alaska. Wanting to make friends after moving to Aberdeenshire (Scotland), he joined the Huntly Nordic and Outdoor Centre (one of two Nordic clubs in the whole country). “There was a little group of us, Andrew Young, Callum Smith and Alex Standen. At first, we just skied for fun, but soon we started to take it seriously and so some proper training.” (telegraph.co.uk, 4 Feb 2018)

"I liked it because I wasn't completely terrible at it, like I was at football." (Athlete, May 2021)

His personal goal is to win the Olympic Winter Games. (Athlete, May 2021)

Uses the specialist ski tunnel in Torsby, Sweden. “It is worthwhile to get good snow conditions, but I defy anyone not to get bored going around and around a 1.3km long grey concrete tunnel.” (telegraph.co.uk, 4 Feb 2018)

NORWEGIAN CUP
"The first time I wasn't useless in a race. Came 12th in a junior Norwegian Cup race as a 17 year old. Had been terrible before then." (Athlete, May 2021)

His teammate Andrew Young (GBR) motivated him most. "I definitely couldn't let him beat me." (Athlete, May 2021)

"The harder you work, the faster you go." (Athlete, May 2021)