Sandra Laoura

Sandra Laoura ( born July 21, 1980 in Constantine, Algeria) is a former French freestyle skier. She was dedicated to the moguls and dual moguls mogul disciplines. In 2007, she had to quit her sporting career after a serious accident.

Biography

Born in Algeria Laoura moved at the age of two years, together with her ​​parents in France - first to Avignon, later in the winter sports resort of La Plagne, where she learned to ski. In the winter of 1999 /00 she took part in the European Cup and decided the overall standings of both moguls disciplines for themselves. Her debut in the Freestyle World Cup they had in Livigno, where she scored the sixth place in the moguls competition and immediately won the first World Cup points on 15 March 2000. In the following season, 2000/ 01 it has established itself among the world leaders; at the World Championships in 2001, it achieved the best result so far with room 5.

At the 2002 Winter Olympics Laoura was eighth. After she was gone three times in the World Cup 2001/02 season in the top ten, she succeeded in this 2002/ 03 ten times. The first podium she reached on 18 January 2003 as second in Lake Placid. In the winter of 2003/ 04 was followed by nine other top 10 rankings for the podium but it was not enough. Was similar to 2004/05 season with six top - 10 finishes. In the World Cup season 2005/ 06 Laoura get two second and one third place. At the 2006 Winter Olympics, she won the bronze medal behind the Canadian Jennifer Heil and Norway's Kari Traa.

On January 5, 2007 before the World Cup Moguls competition in the Canadian Mont Gabriel, Laoura crashed heavily in training. In a skip beat her violently with his head on the ground and broke two vertebrae. Despite emergency surgery in Montreal she is leaving him paralyzed in the legs and undergo a lengthy treatment in order to go back to. Laoura has been working since her accident as a radio and Fernsehkommentarorin, including for Europe 1, Canal , France Télévisions and Euro Sport.

Achievements

Olympic games

  • Salt Lake City 2002: 8 Moguls
  • Turin 2006: 3 Moguls

World Championships

  • Whistler 2001: 5 Moguls
  • Deer Valley 2003: 9 Dual Moguls, Moguls 10
  • Ruka 2005: 7 Dual Moguls, Moguls 20

World Cup

  • Season 2002/ 03: 5 Moguls World Cup, 10th Appreciation
  • 35 finishes in the top ten, including 4 podiums

Other successes

  • Two French league titles (Dual Moguls 2005 Moguls 2006)
Freestyle-Skiing FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships FIS Freestyle Skiing World Cup Mogul skiing FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships 2001 Lake Placid, New York Freestyle skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships 2003 FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships 2005 Le Figaro
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