Caroline Ulrich

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Caroline Ulrich
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Personal information
National teamFlag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
Born28 February 2002 (2002-02-28) (age 22)
Vevey
Occupation(s)Ski mountaineer and trail runner
Height176 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Other interestsTrail running
Sport
SportSki mountaineering
LeagueInternational Ski Mountaineering Federation
Achievements and titles
Highest world ranking6th

Caroline Ulrich (born 28 February 2002) is a Swiss ski mountaineer. She won two gold medals at the 2020 Youth Olympic Games in the team relay and the individual girls race. In 2022, in her first year out of youth competition, she won 14 out of 24 races that year. She has two gold medals at the ISMF World Cup, one at the Swiss National Championships, and has placed first at Montée de la Foilleuse three times. [1] She is currently ranked 6th in the world for women by the International Ski Mountaineering Federation, and is the only competitor in the top ten to compete at the U23 level. [2]

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Sports career

Ulrich began ski mountaineering by following her brother into the sport. [3] Ski mountaineering involves athletes first climbing up a steep trail, with obstacles, then descending down the same trail on skis. Ulrich trains at Les Paccots in Switzerland. [4] During the 2018 European Ski Mountaineering Championships, Ulrich won the individual joint start for her age group (cadet). [5] She later won the silver medal in the sprint and the vertical competitions. [6]

2020 Winter Youth Olympics

Ulrich won the gold medal in Ski Mountaineering at the 2020 Youth Winter Olympics. [7] She won the girl's individual as well as a team gold medal with Switzerland for the mixed relay. She placed fifth in the sprint competition.

U23 seasons

In her second year out of Youth competition in 2023, she won the first event of the 2023/2024 ski mountaineering world cup season in Val Thorens. [8]

She has had three wins in the 2024 ski mountaineering season. She took first place in the team race of the Morgins Yannick Ecoeur Trophy, then the top prize individually in the Swiss National Cup. In March, she won the sprint race at the ISMF World Cup 2024 in Schladming, Austria. [9]

In addition to ski mountaineering, Ulrich is a trail runner. [10] In 2024, she placed 60th out of over 2,000 participants in the Marathon du Mont Blanc. [11] [12]

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References

  1. ↑ "Caroline Ulrich - Skimostats". www.skimostats.com. Retrieved 2024-08-08.
  2. ↑ RODRIGUEZ, Clotilde. "ISMF" (in French). Retrieved 2024-08-08.
  3. ↑ https://www.atomic.com/en/athletes/caroline-ulrich
  4. ↑ "Caroline Ulrich". Region of Fribourg. Retrieved 2024-08-08.
  5. ↑ "ISMF European Championships 2018 - Nicolosi/Sicily (ITA) (Individual race) - Skimostats". www.skimostats.com. Retrieved 2024-08-07.
  6. ↑ "European Ski Mountaineering Championships 2018: Robert Antonioli and Axelle Mollaret win Individual Race. All Mt. Etna results". PlanetMountain.com. Retrieved 2024-08-07.
  7. ↑ "Swiss joy with three golds on day one at Lausanne 2020". www.insidethegames.biz. 2020-01-10. Retrieved 2024-08-07.
  8. ↑ "Victories for Ulrich and Cardona in the First ISMF World Cup event". www.insidethegames.biz. 2023-11-26. Retrieved 2024-08-07.
  9. ↑ "Caroline Ulrich - Skimostats". www.skimostats.com. Retrieved 2024-08-07.
  10. ↑ "Caroline ULRICH - Her Trail results and UTMB® Index". utmb.world. Retrieved 2024-08-07.
  11. ↑ "ITRA". itra.run. Retrieved 2024-08-07.
  12. ↑ "Marathon du Mont-Blanc 2024 - 23 Km du Mont-Blanc - 20K UTMB Index race". utmb.world. Retrieved 2024-08-07.
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