Andrew Musgrave
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Andrew Musgrave is a British
United Kingdom
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 cross-country skier
Cross-country skiing
Cross-country skiing is a winter sport in which participants propel themselves across snow-covered terrain using skis and poles...

. Musgrave was born in Dorset, England, and he has also lived in Shetland, Alaska
Alaska
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, Aberdeenshire
Aberdeenshire
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 and Norway
Norway
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. He has competed in the World Cup
FIS Cross-Country World Cup
The FIS Cross-Country World Cup is an annual cross-country skiing competition, arranged by the International Ski Federation since 1981. The competition was arranged unofficially between 1973 and 1981, although it received provisional recognition on the 31...

 since 2008 and represented Great Britain at the 2009 World Championships and the 2010 Winter Olympics
2010 Winter Olympics
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.

At the 2010 Games, he finished 51st in the 15 km + 15 km double pursuit, 55th in the 15 km + 15 km double pursuit, and 58th in the individual sprint event. Musgrave's finishes at the 2009 world championships were 14th in the 4 x 10 km relay, 17th in the team sprint, 45th in the 15 km + 15 km double pursuit, 56th in the 15 km, and 65th in the sprint event.

His best World Cup finish was 31st in a sprint event in Drammen
Drammen
Drammen is a city in Buskerud County, Norway. The port and river city of Drammen is centrally located in the eastern and most populated part of Norway.-Location:...

 in February 2011. He was only 5/100 behind the 30th place in the qualification race.

At the 2011 World Championships of Oslo, the Freestyle spint event, Musgrave qualified in 26th place for the heats. In the Men's 50 Kilometre Freestyle
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2011 – Men's 50 kilometre freestyle
The Men's 50 km freestyle mass start is the final event of the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2011. It will go underway on 6 March 2011 at 13:00 CET. Norway's Petter Northug is both the defending world and Olympic champion.- Results :...

, on his 21st birtday, Musgrave finished 59th, with a time of 2:23:54.
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