Laura Gauché
Appearance
Personal information | |
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Born | Moûtiers, Savoie, France[1] | 4 March 1995
Height | 163 cm (5 ft 4 in)[2] |
Weight | 56 kg (123 lb)[2] |
Sport | |
Country | France |
Sport | Alpine skiing |
Event(s) | Downhill, super-G, combined, giant slalom[3] |
Laura Gauché (born 4 March 1995 in Moûtiers) is a French World Cup alpine ski racer and specializes in the speed events of downhill and super-G. She made her World Cup debut in January 2014 and has competed in two Winter Olympics and two World Championships.
Career
[edit]At the Winter Olympics in 2018, Gauché finished 22nd in the downhill and twelfth in the combined.[3] Her first World Cup podium came in February 2023 in a downhill at Crans-Montana, Switzerland.
Personal life
[edit]Born in Moûtiers, Savoie, Gauché was a student at Middle School Saint Exupery in Bourg-Saint-Maurice, France, and attended High School Jean Moulin in Albertville. In 2017, she obtained a two-year diploma in marketing techniques from Annecy University Institutes of Technology.
World Cup results
[edit]Season standings
[edit]Season | |||||||
Age | Overall | Slalom | Giant slalom |
Super G | Downhill | Combined | |
2017 | 21 | 102 | — | — | 47 | — | 45 |
2018 | 22 | 65 | — | — | 30 | 36 | 25 |
2019 | 23 | 100 | — | — | 38 | 43 | — |
2020 | 24 | 97 | — | — | 47 | — | 26 |
2021 | 25 | 60 | — | — | 26 | 35 | — |
2022 | 26 | 37 | — | — | 19 | 28 | |
2023 | 27 | 36 | — | — | 22 | 18 | |
2024 | 28 | 30 | — | — | 18 | 17 |
Top ten finishes
[edit]Season | ||||
Date | Location | Discipline | Place | |
2022 | 16 Jan 2022 | Zauchensee, Austria | Super-G | 5th |
5 Mar 2022 | Lenzerheide, Switzerland | Super-G | 9th | |
17 Mar 2022 | Courchevel, France | Super-G | 8th | |
2023 | 14 Jan 2023 | St. Anton, Austria | Super-G | 10th |
20 Jan 2023 | Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy | Downhill | 7th | |
26 Feb 2023 | Crans-Montana, Switzerland | Downhill | 3rd | |
15 Mar 2023 | Soldeu, Andorra | Downhill | 9th | |
2024 | 13 Jan 2024 | Zauchensee, Austria | Downhill | 9th |
14 Jan 2024 | Super-G | 7th | ||
27 Jan 2024 | Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy | Downhill | 4th | |
17 Feb 2024 | Crans-Montana, Switzerland | Downhill | 9th | |
18 Feb 2024 | Super-G | 10th |
World Championship results
[edit]Year | ||||||
Age | Slalom | Giant slalom |
Super G | Downhill | Combined | |
2021 | 25 | — | — | 26 | 20 | 7 |
2023 | 27 | — | — | 14 | 12 | 7 |
Olympic results
[edit]Year | ||||||
Age | Slalom | Giant slalom |
Super G | Downhill | Combined | |
2018 | 22 | — | — | — | 22 | 12 |
2022 | 26 | — | — | 16 | 10 | 8 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Laura Gauche". International Ski Federation. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
- ^ a b "Laura Gauche". Eurosport. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
- ^ a b "Laura Gauché". PyeongChang2018.com. Archived from the original on 21 February 2018. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
External links
[edit]- Laura Gauché at FIS (alpine)
- Laura Gauché at Olympics.com
- Laura Gauché at Olympedia
- Laura Gauché at the French Olympic and Sports Committee (archived) (in French)
- Laura Gauché at Ski-DB Alpine Ski Database
Categories:
- 1995 births
- Living people
- People from Moûtiers
- Sportspeople from Savoie
- Skiers from Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
- French female alpine skiers
- Olympic alpine skiers for France
- Alpine skiers at the 2018 Winter Olympics
- Alpine skiers at the 2022 Winter Olympics
- 21st-century French sportswomen
- Université Savoie Mont Blanc alumni
- French alpine skiing biography stubs