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Brigitte Albrecht-Loretan

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Brigitte Albrecht-Loretan
Country Switzerland
Born (1970-10-06) October 6, 1970 (age 54)
Lax, Switzerland
Ski clubSC Obergoms
World Cup career
Seasons11 – (19922002)
Indiv. starts126
Indiv. podiums0
Team starts25
Team podiums2
Team wins1
Overall titles0 – (12th in 1997)
Discipline titles0
Medal record
Women's cross-country skiing
Representing  Switzerland
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Salt Lake City 4 × 5 km relay

Brigitte Albrecht-Loretan (born Brigitte Albrecht, 6 October 1970) is a retired Swiss cross-country skier who competed from 1992 to 2002. She won a bronze medal in the 4 × 5 km relay at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City and had her best individual finish with a seventh place in the 30 km event at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano.

Albrecht-Loretan's best finish at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships was an 11th in the 15 km event in 1999. She also has twenty victories at various levels in her career from 1995 to 2002.

Cross-country skiing results

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All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[1]

Olympic Games

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  • 1 medal – (1 bronze)
 Year   Age   5 km   10 km   15 km   Pursuit   30 km   Sprint   4 × 5 km 
 relay 
1992 21 20 37 17 9
1994 23 38 37 5
1998 27 10 10 7 4
2002 31 31 29 Bronze

World Championships

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 Year   Age   5 km   10 km   15 km   Pursuit   30 km   Sprint   4 × 5 km 
 relay 
1993 22 46 25 36 25 7
1995 24 46 25 32 7
1997 26 33 14 14 26 8
1999 28 21 11 14 15 5
2001 30 41 CNX[a]
a. 1 Cancelled due to extremely cold weather.

World Cup

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Season standings

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 Season   Age 
Overall Long Distance Middle Distance Sprint
1992 21 15
1993 22 33
1994 23 46
1995 24 44
1996 25 24
1997 26 12 16 12
1998 27 17 18 15
1999 28 15 17 15
2000 29 40 28 37 56
2001 30 50 57
2002 31 78

Team podiums

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  • 1 victory – (1 TS)
  • 2 podiums – (2 TS)
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place Teammate
1 1997–98 10 March 1998 Sweden Falun, Sweden 6 × 1.6 km Team Sprint F World Cup 1st Honegger
2  1998–99  8 March 1999 Finland Vantaa, Finland Team Sprint F World Cup 3rd Honegger

References

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  1. ^ "ALBRECHT LORETAN Brigitte". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
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