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Laura Gauché

{{Short description|French alpine skier (born 1995)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Laura Gauché

| image = 2017_Audi_FIS_Ski_Weltcup_Garmisch-Partenkirchen_Damen_-_Laura_Gauche_-_by_2eight_-_8SC0359.jpg

| caption = Laura Gauché in January 2017

| birth_name =

| fullname =

| nationality =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1995|3|4|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Moûtiers, Savoie, France{{cite web |url=https://www.fis-ski.com/DB/general/athlete-biography.html?sectorcode=AL&competitorid=163669|title=Laura Gauche |author= |website=International Ski Federation |access-date=4 March 2018}}

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| height = 163 cm{{cite web |url=https://www.eurosport.com/olympics/athletes/athlete/gauche-laura/ |title=Laura Gauche |author= |website=Eurosport |access-date=4 March 2018}}

| weight = 56 kg

| country = France

| sport = Alpine skiing

| event = Downhill, super-G,
combined, giant slalom

| show-medals = yes

}}

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

At the Winter Olympics in 2018, Gauché finished 22nd in the downhill and twelfth in the combined.{{cite web | url=https://www.pyeongchang2018.com/en/game-time/results/OWG2018/en/alpine-skiing/athlete-profile-n3025810-laura-gauche.htm | title=Laura Gauché | work=PyeongChang2018.com | accessdate=20 February 2018 | archive-date=21 February 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180221100636/https://www.pyeongchang2018.com/en/game-time/results/OWG2018/en/alpine-skiing/athlete-profile-n3025810-laura-gauche.htm | url-status=dead }}

Her first World Cup podium came in February 2023 in a downhill at Crans-Montana, Switzerland.

Personal life

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

=Season standings=

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| rowspan="2" style="width:6%;"|Season

style="background:#4180be; color:white;"

| style="width:3%;"|Age

| style="width:5%;"|Overall

| style="width:5%;"|Slalom

| style="width:5%;"|Giant
slalom

| style="width:5%;"|{{nowrap|Super G}}

| style="width:5%;"|Downhill

| style="width:5%;"|Combined

201721102——47—45
20182265——303625
201923100——3843—
20202497——47—26
20212560——2635rowspan=5 {{n/a}}
20222637——1928
20232736——2218
20242830——1817
20252959——2922

:{{small|Standings through 25 February 2025}}

=Top ten finishes=

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

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|rowspan="2" colspan="1" width="5%"|Season

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| Date

| Location

| Discipline

| Place

rowspan="3"|2022align=right| 16 Jan 2022align=left|{{flagicon|AUT}} Zauchensee, AustriaSuper-G5th
align=right| 5 Mar 2022align=left| {{flagicon|SUI}}  Lenzerheide, SwitzerlandSuper-G9th
align=right| 17 Mar 2022align=left|{{flagicon|FRA}} Courchevel, FranceSuper-G8th
rowspan="4"| 2023align=right|14 Jan 2023align=left|{{flagicon|AUT}} St. Anton, AustriaSuper-G10th
align=right|20 Jan 2023align=left|{{nowrap|{{flagicon|ITA}} Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy}}Downhill7th
align=right|26 Feb 2023align=left| {{flagicon|SUI}}  Crans-Montana, SwitzerlandDownhill3rd
align=right|15 Mar 2023align=left|{{flagicon|AND}} Soldeu, AndorraDownhill9th
rowspan="5"|2024align=right|13 Jan 2024align=left rowspan=2|{{flagicon|AUT}} Zauchensee, AustriaDownhill9th
align=right|14 Jan 2024Super-G7th
align=right|27 Jan 2024align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} Cortina d'Ampezzo, ItalyDownhill4th
align=right|17 Feb 2024align=left rowspan=2| {{flagicon|SUI}}  Crans-Montana, SwitzerlandDownhill9th
align=right|18 Feb 2024Super-G10th

World Championship results

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|rowspan="2" colspan="1" width="4%"|Year

style="background-color:#4180be; color:white;"

| width="3%"|Age

| width="5%"|Slalom

| width="5%"|Giant
slalom

| width="5%"|Super G

| width="5%"|Downhill

| width="5%"|Combined

| width="5%"|Team
Combined

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202125——26207rowspan=2{{n/a}}
202327——14127
202529——1320{{n/a}}13

Olympic results

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|rowspan="2" colspan="1" width="4%"|Year

style="background-color:#4180be; color:white;"

| width="3%"|Age

| width="5%"|Slalom

| width="5%"|Giant
slalom

| width="5%"|Super G

| width="5%"|Downhill

| width="5%"|Combined

style="background-color:#8CB2D8; color:white;"
201822———2212
202226——16108

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • {{sports links}}
  • {{Ski-DB}}

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Category:1995 births

Category:Living people

Category:Sportspeople from Moûtiers

Category:Skiers from Savoie

Category:French female alpine skiers

Category:Olympic alpine skiers for France

Category:Alpine skiers at the 2018 Winter Olympics

Category:Alpine skiers at the 2022 Winter Olympics

Category:21st-century French sportswomen

Category:Université Savoie Mont Blanc alumni

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