Laurence Rochat

Laurence Rochat ( born August 1, 1979) is a Swiss cross-country skier.

Rochat was already sixteen years old at her first international race, Continetalcups and FIS race at the start. In early 1996, she participated in the Junior World Championships in Asiago and was 48 over 5 kilometers. In the next two years, they improved these results and was on the same route Nineteenth respectively Fifth, also it was several times Swiss champion. In December 1998, Rochat was first nominated for the Cross Country World Cup, there you go until the end of 2000, however, no placements in the points to 30th place Until that time, she had already won two FIS races and some finished on the podium. The year 2001 was for Rochat successful, it was 27 at the World Cup, and reached the World Cup for the first time the top 20 places. In 2002, the upward trend continued, the first time she participated in the Olympic Games in Salt Lake City, where was with the squadron to Andrea Huber, Brigitte Albrecht- Loretan and Natascia Leonardi Cortesi surprisingly won the bronze medal. Also in the team she succeeded at the end of the ninth rank in a World Cup race.

In the next few years Rochat reached more World Cup points and podium results in FIS races, only at the big events they remained largely unsuccessful. At the 2006 Olympics in Turin they missed with the team's top ten ranks in many World Championships they do not take part, in 2005 it reached in the team sprint at least one eighth. In the 2007 inaugural Tour de Ski, she gave up and was not scored.

Overall Rochats best World Cup result a fourth place with the team in Bern in 2004, in her single succeeded only once made ​​it into the top 10, finished eighth in the sprint in December 2005 in Vernon. She is also a fourteen -time Swiss champion.

After the 2009/2010 season she finished her cross-country career. Professionally, she could at her long-time sponsor, the watchmaker Audemars Piguet, in the event area aboard.