![Wyatt Gebhardt (Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club) racing to 19th in the men's 10 k freestyle on Wednesday in his Junior World Championships debut at Soldier Hollow in Midway, Utah. (Photo: FlyingPointRoad.com)](http://fasterskier.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2017/02/SMF0430.jpg")
In an effort to showcase the North Americans competing at this week’s International Ski Federation (FIS) 2017 USANA Nordic Junior World Championships and U23 Cross Country World Championships at Soldier Hollow in Midway, Utah, we asked those qualifying athletes several questions about themselves — actually, we had them fill in the blanks. Here we have 17-year-old Wyatt Gebhardt, of the Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club, who’s representing the U.S. at his first Junior Worlds.
On Wednesday, Gebhardt placed 19th in the men’s 10-kilometer freestyle at Junior Worlds.
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“My full name is Wyatt Gebhardt, but you can call me Wyatt. I was born in Greeley, Colo., raised in Steamboat Springs, Colo., and one thing you should know about my hometown is we shot the biggest firework off in North America at the winter carnival.
![Wyatt Gebhardt (Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club) racing to eighth in the junior men's 10 k classic mass start at 2017 U.S. nationals last month at Soldier Hollow in Midway, Utah. (Courtesy photo)](http://fasterskier.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2017/01/image2-1.jpeg")
I started cross-country skiing when I was two, thanks to Mom and Dad. I currently train in Steamboat Springs with SSWSC.
If I’m not skiing, you might find me backcountry skiing. If I had to pick a favorite book, it would be ‘A Long Way Gone.’