Laura Orgué Vila (born 11 September 1986, in
Barcelona
Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within ci ...
) is a Spanish
cross country skier and
sky runner
Skyrunning is a sport of mountain running up to or exceeding where the minimum average incline is 6% over the total distance and at least 5% has an incline of 30% or more. The climbing difficulty does not exceed II grade UIAA. Poles, crampons and ...
who has competed since 2004. Competing in three
Winter Olympics
The Winter Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'hiver) is a major international multi-sport event held once every four years for sports practiced on snow and ice. The first Winter Olympic Games, the 1924 Winter Olympics, were h ...
, she earned her best finish of 10th in the 30 km skating at
Sochi in
2014
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. In 2014, she switched her focus from skiing to
trail running
Trail running is a sport-activity which combines running, and, where there are steep gradients, hiking, that is run "on any unpaved surface". It is similar to both mountain and fell running (also known as hill running). Mountain running may, h ...
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Biography
At the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009
The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 ( cs, Mistrovství světa v klasickém lyžování Liberec 2009) took place 18 February – 1 March 2009 in Liberec, Czech Republic. This was the fourth time these championships were hosted either i ...
in Liberec, Orgue finished 29th in the 30 km, 35th in the 10 km, and did not start the individual sprint event.
Same year, in 2009, she reached the bronze medal on 10 km F at the U23 World Championships in Praz de Lys-Sommand. Furthermore, she finished second in the OPA Cup (European league).
Her best World Cup finish was 17th in a 10 km event at Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populou ...
in 2014.
Olympic results
See also
* List of multi-sport athletes - Skyrunning
References
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1986 births
Cross-country skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Cross-country skiers at the 2010 Winter Olympics
Cross-country skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Living people
Olympic cross-country skiers for Spain
Spanish female cross-country skiers
Tour de Ski skiers
Skiers from Catalonia
Spanish sky runners
Skyrunning World Championships winners