Laura Gauché (; born 4 March 1995) is a French World Cup alpine ski racer who specializes in the speed events of downhill and super-G. She made her World Cup debut in January 2014 and has competed in three Winter Olympics and three World Championships.
Career
At the Winter Olympics in 2018, Gauché finished 22nd in the downhill and twelfth in the combined.
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 SeasonAgeOverallSlalomGiantslalomDownhillCombined 2017 21 102 — — 47 — 45 2018 22 65 — — 30 36 25 2019 23 100 — — 38 43 — 202024 97 — — 47 — 26 202125 60 — — 26 35 rowspan=9 202226 37 — — 19 28 2023 27 36 — — 22 18 2024 28 30 — — 18 17 2025 29 49 — — 26 24 2026 30 42 — — 15 33
Top-ten finishes 0 wins 1 podium (1 DH); 14 top tens (8 SG, 6 DH) Season Date Location Discipline Place2022 16 January 2022 Zauchensee, Austria Super-G 5th 5 March 2022 Lenzerheide, Switzerland Super-G 9th 17 March 2022 Courchevel, France Super-G 8th 202314 January 2023 St Anton, Austria Super-G 10th20 January 2023 Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy Downhill 7th26 February 2023 Crans-Montana, Switzerland Downhill 3rd15 March 2023 Soldeu, Andorra Downhill 9th202413 January 2024 Zauchensee, Austria Downhill 9th14 January 2024 Super-G 7th27 January 2024 Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy Downhill 4th17 February 2024 Crans-Montana, Switzerland Downhill 9th18 February 2024 Super-G 10th202614 December 2025 St. Moritz, Switzerland Super-G 5th28 February 2026 Soldeu, Andorra Super-G 9th
World Championship results YearAgeSlalomGiantslalomSuper-GDownhillCombinedTeamcombined 2021 25 — — 26 20 7 rowspan=2 2023 27 — — 14 12 7 2025 29 — — 13 20 13
Olympic results YearAgeSlalomGiantslalomSuper-GDownhillCombinedTeamcombined 2018 22 — — — 22 12 rowspan=2 2022 26 — — 16 10 8 2026 30 — — 12 13 8
References
External links
Laura Gauche at Milano Cortina 2026