Laurenne Ross

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Laurenne Ross
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Ross in January 2017
Personal information
Born (1988-08-17) August 17, 1988 (age 36)
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Occupation Alpine skier
Height5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Skiing career
Disciplines Downhill, super-G, combined
Club Mount Bachelor Ski
Education Foundation
World Cup debutDecember 4, 2009 (age 21)
RetiredApril 9, 2021 (age 32)
Website laurenneross.com
Olympics
Teams2 – (2014, 2018)
Medals0
World Championships
Teams6 – (2011–21)
Medals0
World Cup
Seasons9th – (2011–19)
Wins0
Podiums2 – (1 DH, 1 SG)
Overall titles0 – (18th in 2016)
Discipline titles0 – (8th in SG, 2016)

Laurenne Ross (born August 17, 1988) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from the United States. She specialized in the speed events of downhill and super G.

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Born in Edmonton, Alberta in Canada, Ross was on skis at age two at the Snow Valley ski hill, as her father was a former alpine racer. The family moved to Klamath Falls, Oregon, when she was age 7 and Ross skied and raced at Mount Bachelor near Bend. [1] She was selected to the U.S. Ski Team in 2006, [2] and made her World Cup debut in December 2009. Ross was moved up to the World Cup team for the 2011 season and represented the U.S. at the 2011 World Championships, where she finished tenth in the women's downhill. [3] Ross attained her first World Cup podium in March 2013, placing second in a downhill at Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. [4] [5]

In the summer of 2013, Ross switched from Atomic to Völkl skis. [6]

Ross divided her time between the professional ski circuit and the University of Oregon in Eugene, where she currently studies art. [7]

World Cup results

Season standings

SeasonAgeOverallSlalomGiant
Slalom		Super GDownhillCombined
  2010^21115———46—
2011 2240——163022
2012 2349——292228
2013 2426——131620
2014 2580———3420
2015 2626——181117
2016 2718——81016
2017 2825——17924
2018 2965——3232—
2019 3057——3225—
Standings through 3 February 2019
^ Only four World Cup starts during 2010 season, while on Nor-Am/European Cup circuit.

Top ten finishes

SeasonDateLocationDisciplinePlace
2011 6 Mar 2011 Flag of Italy.svg Tarvisio, Italy Super G 4th
2012 4 Feb 2012 Flag of Germany.svg Garmisch, Germany Downhill 10th
2013 12 Jan 2013 Flag of Austria.svg St. Anton, Austria Downhill5th
1 Mar 2013 Flag of Germany.svg Garmisch, GermanySuper G9th
2 Mar 2013Downhill2nd
2015 5 Dec 2014 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Lake Louise, Canada Downhill4th
6 Dec 2014Downhill6th
16 Jan 2015 Flag of Italy.svg Cortina d'Ampezzo, ItalyDownhill4th
18 Jan 2015Downhill9th
2016 19 Dec 2015 Flag of France.svg Val d'Isère, France Downhill10th
6 Feb 2016 Flag of Germany.svg Garmisch, GermanyDownhill5th
7 Feb 2016Super G10th
19 Feb 2016 Flag of Italy.svg La Thuile, ItalyDownhill5th
20 Feb 2016Downhill5th
21 Feb 2016Super G9th
27 Feb 2016 Flag of Andorra.svg Soldeu, AndorraSuper G2nd
13 Mar 2016  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Lenzerheide, Switzerland Combined 7th
17 Mar 2016  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   St. Moritz, SwitzerlandSuper G5th
2017 2 Dec 2016 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Lake Louise, CanadaDownhill9th
3 Dec 2016Downhill7th
16 Dec 2016 Flag of France.svg Val d'Isère, FranceCombined10th
29 Jan 2017 Flag of Italy.svg Cortina d'Ampezzo, ItalySuper-G10th
4 Mar 2017 Flag of South Korea.svg Jeongseon, South Korea Downhill4th
5 Mar 2017Super-G6th
15 Mar 2017 Flag of the United States.svg Aspen, USA Downhill5th
2018 16 Dec 2017 Flag of France.svg Val d'Isère, FranceSuper-G8th
2019 18 Jan 2019 Flag of Italy.svg Cortina d'Ampezzo, ItalyDownhill9th

World Championship results

  Year   Age  Slalom  Giant 
 slalom 		Super-GDownhillCombined
2011 22 — — 16 10 28
2013 24 — DNF2 26 — 11
2015 26 — — 15 17 14
2017 28 — — 14 5 15
2019 30 — — DNF — —
2021 32 – 26

Olympic results

  Year   Age  Slalom  Giant 
 slalom 		Super-GDownhillCombined
2014 25 — — DNF1 11 DNF1
2018 29 — — 15 15 —

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References

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  2. ↑ "Laurenne Ross". Shred Optics. Archived from the original on September 23, 2012. Retrieved January 19, 2013.
  3. ↑ "Joy in Austria, Goergl wins DH, Vonn snares silver". Ski Racing.com. February 13, 2011.
  4. ↑ Mintz, Geoff (March 2, 2013). "Podium for Ross, Maze the win, McKennis helicoptered off in Garmisch". Ski Racing.com.
  5. ↑ "Maze wins her 1st DH of the season and breaks the 2000 point record!". FIS Alpine.com. March 2, 2012.
  6. ↑ Mintz, Geoff (July 1, 2013). "Marker-Volkl signs Laurenne Ross, Julia Ford to roster". Ski Racing. Retrieved February 12, 2014.
  7. ↑ "UO Student Competes at Sochi Winter Olympics". UOAA. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
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