Laura Gauché (born 4 March 1995 in

Moûtiers Moûtiers (; Arpitan: ''Motiérs''), historically also called Tarentaise, is a commune in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Southeastern France. Moûtiers is the main access point to the Les Trois Vallées ski regio ...

) is a French

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alpine ski racer and specializes in the speed events of downhill and

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. She made her World Cup debut in January

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and has competed in two

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and two

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Career

At the Winter Olympics in

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, Gauché finished 22nd in the downhill and twelfth in the combined. Her first World Cup podium came in February

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in a downhill at

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, Switzerland.

Personal life

Born in

Savoie Savoie (; Arpitan: ''Savouè'' or ''Savouè-d'Avâl''; English: ''Savoy'' ) is a department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, Southeastern France. Located in the French Alps, its prefecture is Chambéry. In 2019, Savoie had a population o ...

, Gauché was a student at Middle School Saint Exupery in

Bourg-Saint-Maurice Bourg-Saint-Maurice (; Arpitan: ''Bôrg-Sant-Mori'' or simply ''Le Bôrg''), popularly known as Bourg, is a commune in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. Located on the Italian border south of Cha ...

, France, and attended High School Jean Moulin in

Albertville Albertville (; Franco-Provençal, Arpitan: ''Arbèrtvile'') is a Subprefectures in France, subprefecture of the Savoie Departments of France, department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Regions of France, region in Southeastern France. It is best k ...

. In 2017, she obtained a two-year diploma in marketing techniques from

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University Institutes of Technology.

World Cup results

Season standings

Top ten finishes

* 0 wins * 1 podium (1 DH); 12 top tens (6 SG, 6 DH)

World Championship results

Olympic results

References

External links

* * 1995 births Living people Sportspeople from Moûtiers Skiers from Savoie 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 Long stubs with short prose {{France-alpine-skiing-bio-stub