Tory Nyhaug

Tory Nyhaug (born 17 April 1992) is a Canadian racing cyclist who represents Canada in BMX. He represented Canada at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics in the men's BMX event.[1] He won a silver medal at the World Championships in 2014 and a gold medal at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto.[2]

Tory Nyhaug
Nyhaug at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
NationalityCanadian
Born (1992-04-17) 17 April 1992
New Westminster
Sport
SportCycling
Event(s)BMX
Medal record
Men's BMX Racing
Representing  Canada
Pan American Games
2015 TorontoMen's BMX
UCI BMX Supercross career
Starts23
Championships0
Wins0
Podiums7
Best finish3rd in 2017
Medal record
World Championships
2014 RotterdamMen's Elite

In 2016 he was officially named to Canada's 2016 Olympic team. In Rio, Nyhaug made the Olympic final and finished 5th.[3]

Nyhaug was born in Canada to a Finnish mother and a Canadian father. Tory announced his retirement from professional cycling on November 19 2019, due to long term damages sustained from racing injury’s, and he remains a “big content guy” as well as a semi professional golfer and golfing enthusiast, you will often hear Torys voice alongside James Palmer on the hit podcast “coffee chatter” and at the supercross races as the presenter of the “riders corner with Tory” [4]

References
  1. "Men's BMX Racing". 2012 Summer Olympics. London2012.com. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
  2. COC profile
  3. Tozer, Jamie (29 June 2016). "Returning Olympians highlight Canada's cycling team". www.olympic.ca. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  4. Kanadalais-suomalainen Tory Nyhaug polki viidenneksi BMX-finaalissa (in Finnish) Keskisuomalainen


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