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Laura Gauché

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Laura Gauché
Laura Gauché in January 2017
Personal information
Born (1995-03-04) 4 March 1995 (age 29)
Moûtiers, Savoie, France[1]
Height163 cm (5 ft 4 in)[2]
Weight56 kg (123 lb)[2]
Sport
CountryFrance
SportAlpine 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

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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

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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

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Season standings

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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

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  • 0 wins
  • 1 podium (1 DH); 12 top tens (6 SG, 6 DH)
Season
Date Location Discipline Place
2022 16 Jan 2022 Austria Zauchensee, Austria Super-G 5th
5 Mar 2022  Switzerland  Lenzerheide, Switzerland Super-G 9th
17 Mar 2022 France Courchevel, France Super-G 8th
2023 14 Jan 2023 Austria St. Anton, Austria Super-G 10th
20 Jan 2023 Italy Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy Downhill 7th
26 Feb 2023  Switzerland  Crans-Montana, Switzerland Downhill 3rd
15 Mar 2023 Andorra Soldeu, Andorra Downhill 9th
2024 13 Jan 2024 Austria Zauchensee, Austria Downhill 9th
14 Jan 2024 Super-G 7th
27 Jan 2024 Italy Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy Downhill 4th
17 Feb 2024  Switzerland  Crans-Montana, Switzerland Downhill 9th
18 Feb 2024 Super-G 10th

World Championship results

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Year
Age Slalom Giant
slalom
Super G Downhill Combined
2021 25 26 20 7
2023 27 14 12 7

Olympic results

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Year
Age Slalom Giant
slalom
Super G Downhill Combined
2018 22 22 12
2022 26 16 10 8

References

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  1. ^ "Laura Gauche". International Ski Federation. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Laura Gauche". Eurosport. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Laura Gauché". PyeongChang2018.com. Archived from the original on 21 February 2018. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
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