Laurence St-Germain (born 30 May 1994) is a Canadian
World Cup alpine ski racer
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, and specializes in the technical events of
slalom
To slalom is to zigzag between obstacles. It may refer to:
Sports
;Alpine skiing and/or snowboarding
* Slalom skiing, an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding discipline
* Giant slalom, an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding discipline
* Super-G ...
and
giant slalom
Giant slalom (GS) is an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding discipline. It involves skiing between sets of poles ("gates") spaced at a greater distance from each other than in slalom but less than in Super-G.
Giant slalom and slalom make up t ...
. She made her World Cup debut in November
2015
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, and is the current
world champion in
slalom
To slalom is to zigzag between obstacles. It may refer to:
Sports
;Alpine skiing and/or snowboarding
* Slalom skiing, an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding discipline
* Giant slalom, an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding discipline
* Super-G ...
.
Career
From
Saint-Ferréol-les-Neiges
Saint-Ferréol-les-Neiges is a municipality in Quebec, Canada.
History
First explored in 1693 by Louis Soumande (1652-1706) during a hunting expedition, the first settlers came in 1728 when some families were invited to settle there at the invit ...
,
Quebec, St-Germain competed for
Canada at the
Junior World Championships in
2013
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; she was 25th in the slalom but failed to finish the second run of the giant slalom on home snow at
Mont-Sainte-Anne. She made her World Cup debut in November
2015
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in slalom at
Aspen, and was 27th. She scored her first World Cup points in November
2017
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at
Levi with a 17th-place finish in the slalom.
St-Germain made her
Olympic debut in
2018
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, and was 15th in the
slalom
To slalom is to zigzag between obstacles. It may refer to:
Sports
;Alpine skiing and/or snowboarding
* Slalom skiing, an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding discipline
* Giant slalom, an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding discipline
* Super-G ...
. At her first
World Championships in
2019
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, she was sixth in the
slalom
To slalom is to zigzag between obstacles. It may refer to:
Sports
;Alpine skiing and/or snowboarding
* Slalom skiing, an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding discipline
* Giant slalom, an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding discipline
* Super-G ...
.
St-Germain raced collegiately in the
United States for the
Catamounts
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of the
University of Vermont, just over the border in
Burlington; she was a three-time
All-American and the national runner-up in the slalom in 2016.
In January 2022, St-Germain was named to
Canada's 2022 Olympic team.
At the
2023 World Championships in
Méribel, St-Germain won the gold medal in the
slalom
To slalom is to zigzag between obstacles. It may refer to:
Sports
;Alpine skiing and/or snowboarding
* Slalom skiing, an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding discipline
* Giant slalom, an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding discipline
* Super-G ...
.
She was the first Canadian woman in 63 years to win an alpine skiing world championship.
World Cup results
Season standings
:
Top ten finishes
*0 podiums; 14 top tens
World Championship results
Olympic results
References
External links
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*
Laurence St-Germainat
Alpine Canada
Alpine Canada (french: Canada Alpin) is the national governing body for alpine, para-alpine and ski cross racing in Canada. Alpine Canada represents coaches, officials, supporters and athletes, including the racers of the Canadian Alpine Ski T ...
Laurence St-Germainat
University of Vermont Athletics
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1994 births
Canadian female alpine skiers
Living people
Alpine skiers at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Alpine skiers at the 2022 Winter Olympics
Olympic alpine skiers for Canada