Tucker Murphy was born on 21 October 1981, making him 28 years old at the time of the Vancouver Olympics. He was entered into only one event, the 15 kilometre freestyle race. The race was held on 15 February 2010. Murphy recorded a time of 42 minutes and 39 seconds, which was a little over 9 minutes off the gold-medal pace. He finished in 88th place out of the 95 athletes who finished the race.