Nadine Laurent

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Nadine Laurent
Personal information
Born1959 (age 6364)
Lyon, France
Sport
CountryFlag of France.svg  France
Sport Alpine skiing
Medal record
Alpine skiing
Representing Flag of France.svg  France
Paralympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1992 Albertville Slalom LW2
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1992 Albertville Giant slalom LW2

Nadine Laurent is a French Paralympic alpine skier. She won a silver and a bronze medal at the 1992 Winter Paralympic Games in Albertville. [1] [2]

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Career

At the 1992 Winter Paralympics, in Tignes / Albertville, France, she won two medals: a silver medal in the slalom (with a time of 1:25.90 (gold for Austrian athlete Helga Knapp in 1: 24.49 and bronze for Cathy Gentile-Patti in 2: 23.51), [3] and a bronze in the giant slalom in 2:31.80 (finishing behind the American athletes Sarah Billmeier in 2: 22.85 and Cathy Gentile-Patti in 2:23.51). [4]

Laurent placed sixth in the downhill, [5] and fifth in the super-G, [6] in the LW2 category.

At the 1994 Winter Paralympics, in Lillehammer, Norway, Laurent missed the podium, finishing 4th in giant slalom LW2, [7] 6th in downhill LW2, [8] and 7th in super-G LW2. [9]

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References

  1. "Nadine Laurent - Alpine Skiing | Paralympic Athlete Profile". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-11-04.
  2. "Nadine Laurent: The first and the last". Paris 2024 (in French). 1 February 2023.
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  8. "Lillehammer 1994 - alpine-skiing - womens-downhill-lw2". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-11-04.
  9. "Lillehammer 1994 - alpine-skiing - womens-super-g-lw2". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-11-04.