Laurien van der Graaff (born 14 October 1987) is a Swiss former cross-country skier.FIS Profile
Career Born in the Netherlands to Dutch parents, she has dual citizenship. Her family moved to Switzerland when she was four.Zwitserse Van der Graaff dacht weleens aan uitkomen voor Nederland NOS, 18 February 2018 Van der Graaff competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics for Switzerland. She placed 20th in the qualifying round in the sprint, advancing to the quarterfinals. She then finished 5th in that quarterfinal, failing to advance.
As of April 2014, her best showing at the World Championships is 11th, in the freestyle team sprint in 2013. Her best individual finish is 30th, in the 2013 classical sprint.
Van der Graaff made her World Cup debut in March 2008. As of April 2014, she has two podium finishes, with the best a silver medal, in a freestyle sprint race at Nove Mesto in 2013–14. Her best World Cup overall finish is 24th, in 2013–14. Her best World Cup finish in a discipline is 7th, in the sprint in 2013–14.
She announced her retirement from cross-country skiing in March 2022.
Cross-country skiing results All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).
Olympic Games Year Age 10 km individual 15 km skiathlon 30 km mass start Sprint 4 × 5 km relay Team sprint 2014 26 — — — 21 — — 2018 30 — — — 10 7 4 2022 34 — — — 24 7 7
World Championships 1 medal – (1 silver) Year Age 10 km individual 15 km skiathlon 30 km mass start Sprint 4 × 5 km relay Team sprint 2011 23 — — — 40 — — 2013 25 — — — 30 — 11 2015 27 — — — 27 — 7 2017 29 — — — 30 7 7 2019 31 — — — 16 10 8 2021 33 — — — 14 — Silver
World Cup Season standings Season Age Discipline standingsSki Tour standingsOverallDistanceSprintNordicOpeningTour deSkiSki Tour2020World CupFinalSki TourCanada 2008 20 — — — 2009 21 — — — 2010 22 121 — 86 — — 2011 23 82 — 56 — — — 2012 24 36 14 — — 42 2013 25 47 19 — 44 2014 26 24 7 2015 27 38 10 2016 28 40 21 2017 29 34 60 14 39 2018 30 21 71 5 40 2019 31 51 73 25 2020 32 31 62 13 36 25 2021 33 34 91 11 52 35
Individual podiums 2 victories – (1 , 1 ) 5 podiums – (4 , 1 ) No. Season Date Location Race Level Place1 2011–12 3 December 2011 Düsseldorf, Germany 0.9 km Sprint F World Cup 3rd2 2013–14 11 January 2014 Nové Město, Czech Republic 1.3 km Sprint F World Cup 2nd3 2014–15 24 January 2015 Rybinsk, Russia 1.3 km Sprint F World Cup 3rd4 2017–18 30 December 2017 Lenzerheide, Switzerland 1.5 km Sprint F Stage World Cup 1st5 27 January 2018 Seefeld, Austria 1.1 km Sprint F World Cup 1st
Team podiums 1 victory – (1 ) 4 podiums – (4 )
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place Teammate1 2019–20 22 December 2019 Planica, Slovenia 6 × 1.2 km Team Sprint F World Cup 3rd Fähndrich2 12 January 2020 Dresden, Germany 12 × 0.65 km Team Sprint F World Cup 2nd Fähndrich3 2020–21 20 December 2020 Dresden, Germany 12 × 0.65 km Team Sprint F World Cup 1st Fähndrich4 7 February 2021 Ulricehamn, Sweden 6 × 1.5 km Team Sprint F World Cup 3rd Fähndrich
References
External links
Laurien Van der Graaff at the Swiss Olympic Association