Megan Tandy

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Megan Tandy (formerly Megan Heinicke; born 10 September 1988) is a Canadian biathlete.

Born (1988-09-10) 10 September 1988 (age 37)
Height170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight59 kg (130 lb)
SportSkiing
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Megan Tandy
Personal information
Born (1988-09-10) 10 September 1988 (age 37)
Height170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight59 kg (130 lb)
Sport
SportSkiing
ClubBC High Performance Club
Squamish, British Columbia
Updated on 17 February 2010
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Career

Tandy was raised in Prince George, British Columbia.[2]

She competed at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver in the women's sprint (7.5 km), pursuit (10 km), mass start (12.5 km) and individual (15 km) competitions.

She placed 46th in the sprint on 13 February 2010 with a time of 22:07.7 and no penalties, resulting in a +2:12.1 deficit. In the pursuit on 16 February, she placed 36th with a time of 34:02.2 with one penalty, resulting in a +3:46.2 deficit.

Along with Canadian biathletes Zina Kocher, Sandra Keith, Rosanna Crawford, and Megan Imrie, she posed for the Bold Beautiful Biathlon calendar to raise money to cover annual expenses for training and competition.[3]

In January 2014 she was named to the 2014 Winter Olympic team.[4]

Personal life

Megan Tandy married coach Ilmar Heinicke weeks after the 2010 Olympics and took her husband's surname. Her son, Predo, was born in November 2010.[5] Tandy and Heinicke separated in September 2014.[6]

2018 Winter Olympics

In January 2018, Tandy was named to Canada's 2018 Olympic team.[7][8][9]

Biathlon results

All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.

Olympic Games

0 medals

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Event Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass start Relay Mixed relay
Canada 2010 Vancouver 49th 45th 35th 14th
Russia 2014 Sochi 51st 59th DNF 7th
South Korea 2018 Pyeongchang 57th DNS
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:*The mixed relay was added as an event in 2014.

World Championships

0 medals

More information Event, Individual ...
Event Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass start Relay Mixed relay
Germany 2012 Ruhpolding 30th 52nd 42nd 13th
Czech Republic 2013 Nové Město 50th 54th 44th 12th 15th
Finland 2015 Kontiolahti 21st 23rd 27th 23rd 9th
Austria 2017 Hochfilzen 43rd 64th 16th
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*During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program.

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