Laura Peel | |||||||||||||||||
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Country | Australia | ||||||||||||||||
Born | Canberra, Australia | September 29, 1989||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||
World Cup career | |||||||||||||||||
Seasons | 13 (2011-2023) | ||||||||||||||||
Individual wins | 9 | ||||||||||||||||
Indiv. podiums | 22 | ||||||||||||||||
Indiv. starts | 70 | ||||||||||||||||
Team starts | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
Discipline titles | 2 – AE (2020, 2021) | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Updated on 24 May 2023. |
Laura Peel (born 29 September 1989) is an Australian freestyle skier. She was two time world champion (2015, 2021) and two time World Cup winner, at the women's aerials discipline. She competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, in women's aerials, [1] at the 2018 Winter Olympics, in women's aerials, where she placed fifth, [2] and at the 2022 Winter Olympics, in Women's aerials, where she placed fifth. [3] [4]
She competed at the FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships 2011 in Utah, and at the FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships 2013 in Voss. At the 2015 World Championships she won her first world title.
Season | ||||
Date | Location | Discipline | Place | |
2012 | 15 January 2012 | Mont Gabriel, Canada | Aerials | 3rd |
17 February 2012 | Kreischberg, Austria | Aerials | 1st | |
2013 | 1 February 2013 | Deer Valley, United States | Aerials | 2nd |
17 February 2013 | Sochi, Russia | Aerials | 2nd | |
2017 | 4 March 2017 | Moscow, Russia | Aerials | 3rd |
2018 | 19 January 2018 | Lake Placid, United States | Aerials | 3rd |
20 January 2018 | 3rd | |||
2019 | 16 February 2019 | Moscow, Russia | Aerials | 2nd |
2 March 2019 | Shimao Lotus Mountain, China | Aerials | 1st | |
2020 | 21 December 2019 | Shimao Lotus Mountain, China | Aerials | 3rd |
15 February 2020 | Moscow, Russia | Aerials | 2nd | |
22 February 2020 | Minsk, Belarus | Aerials | 1st | |
8 March 2020 | Krasnoyarsk, Russia | Aerials | 1st | |
2021 | 4 December 2020 | Ruka, Finland | Aerials | 1st |
16 January 2021 | Yaroslavl, Russia | Aerials | 1st | |
23 January 2021 | Moscow, Russia | Aerials | 2nd | |
30 January 2021 | Minsk, Belarus | Aerials | 2nd | |
2022 | 11 December 2021 | Ruka, Finland | Aerials | 2nd |
12 January 2022 | Deer Valley, United States | Aerials | 2nd | |
2023 | 22 January 2023 | Le Relais, Canada | Aerials | 1st |
5 March 2023 | Engadin, Switzerland | Aerials | 2nd | |
19 March 2023 | Almaty, Kazakhstan | Aerials | 1st |
Year | Age | Aerials | Aerials team |
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2011 Deer Valley | 21 | 11 | — |
2013 Voss | 23 | 8 | |
2015 Kreischberg | 25 | 1 | |
2017 Sierra Nevada | 27 | 8 | |
2019 Deer Valley | 29 | 4 | 7 |
2021 Almaty | 31 | 1 | — |
2023 Georgia | 33 | 7 | — |
Year | Age | Aerials | Aerials team |
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2014 Sochi | 24 | 7 | — |
2018 Pyeongchang | 28 | 5 | |
2022 Beijing | 32 | 5 | — |
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