Laura Spector

{{Short description|American biathlete (born 1987)}}

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Laura Spector (born October 30, 1987) is an American biathlete who competed from 2008 to 2012.

Her best World Cup finish was 19th in a sprint in Oberhof, Germany in 2011. At the 2010 Winter Olympics she finished 77th in the 7.5 km sprint event and 65th in the 15 km individual.http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-biathlon/schedule-and-results/womens-7.5-km-sprint_btw007101jw.html Women's 7.5 km sprint results in 2010 Winter Olympics] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100506214532/http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-biathlon/schedule-and-results/womens-7.5-km-sprint_btw007101jw.html |date=2010-05-06 }} Spector completed her undergraduate degree at Dartmouth College in 2011, with a B.A. in Biological Sciences and a minor in Jewish Studies.{{cite web |url=https://www.teamusa.org/Athletes/SP/Laura-Spector |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160105033838/http://www.teamusa.org/Athletes/SP/Laura-Spector |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 5, 2016 | title=Team USA - Laura Spector}} In 2015, Spector completed a Master's degree in medicine at the Stanford University School of Medicine, and she is currently pursuing a PhD in Genetics at Stanford.