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    XXII Olympic Winter Games
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    7-23 February 2014
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    Laurenne ROSS

    United States
    • Gender: Female
    • Nationality: United States
    • Birthday: 17 August 1988
    • Age: 25
    • Height: 1.73 m (5' 8'')
    • Weight: 68 kg / 150 lbs
    • Place of Birth: Canada, EDMONTON
    • Place of Residence: -
    Alpine Skiing
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    Athlete competitions and results

    • 10 February, 11:00 Women's Super Combined Downhill
    • Laurenne ROSS
      DNF
    • 12 February, 11:00 Women's Downhill
    • Laurenne ROSS
      Time: 1:42.68 (+1.11)
    • Rank: 11
    • 15 February, 11:00 Women's Super-G
    • Laurenne ROSS
      DNF

    Additional Information

    Highlights

    RankEventYearLocationResult
    World Championships
    5Team2013Schladming, AUT
    10Downhill2011Garmisch-Partenkirchen, GER1:48.87
    11Super Combined2013Schladming, AUT2:43.88
    16Super-G2011Garmisch-Partenkirchen, GER1:25.65
    26Super-G2013Schladming, AUT1:38.37
    28Super Combined2011Garmisch-Partenkirchen, GER3:18.01
    Giant Slalom2013Schladming, AUTDNF

    World Cup Rankings overview - displays all rankings from 2010/11, top three for earlier seasons
    SeasonALLDHSGSC
    2013/20147735-20
    2012/201326161320
    2011/201249222928
    2010/201139301622

    Best performance per season in World Cup events from 2010/2011
    SeasonDHSLGSSGSC
    2013/20141 x 17th--1 x 31st1 x 20th
    2012/20131 x 2nd-1 x DNQ1 x 9th1 x 15th
    2011/20121 x 10th--1 x 13th1 x 20th
    2010/20111 x 19th1 x DNF3 x DNQ1 x 4th1 x 16th

    RankEventYearLocationResult
    Ten best World Cup performances in current season
    17Downhill2013/2014Cortina d'Ampezzo, ITA1:19.43
    20Super Combined2013/2014Altenmarkt, AUT2:08.70
    22Downhill2013/2014Beaver Creek, CO, USA1:43.86
    23Downhill2013/2014Altenmarkt, AUT1:49.93
    31Super-G2013/2014Beaver Creek, CO, USA1:22.00
    35Downhill2013/2014Cortina d'Ampezzo, ITA1:40.03
    35Super-G2013/2014Cortina d'Ampezzo, ITA1:31.84
    36Super-G2013/2014Cortina d'Ampezzo, ITA1:27.23
    41Super-G2013/2014Lake Louise, AB, CAN1:25.76
    50Downhill2013/2014Lake Louise, AB, CAN1:59.12


    Legend
    ALL-Overall, DH-Downhill, SL-Slalom, GS-Giant Slalom, SG-Super-G, SC-Super Combined, K-Combined, CE-City Event, DNS-Did not start, DNQ-Did not qualify for final run, DNF-Did not finish, DSQ-Disqualified
    • Hobbies: Music [playing violin, piano, guitar], skiing, rock climbing, knitting, sewing, reading, slacklining, mountaineering, mountain biking, free skiing, and "basically any activity that involves mountains, lakes, rocks, or nature". (shredoptics.com, 01 Jan 2012; alpine.usskiteam.com, 24 Feb 2013)
    • Education: University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, USA
    • Coach: Alex Hoedlmoser [national] (AUT) from 2010 (skiracing.com, 31 May 2012; npr.org, 27 Nov 2013)
    • Injuries: While recovering from her injuries sustained at Lake Louise she broke her finger at the end of December 2012, and was advised not to ski for a week. She has had surgery on her hand before this incident, having required screws to be implanted earlier in her life. (alpine.usskiteam.com, 24 Feb 2013)

      In the second race of the 2012 World Cup season she was involved in a serious crash into the fences at Lake Louise, AB, Canada. She suffered a concussion and facial lacerations, and required a month of rest. (alpine.usskiteam.com, 24 Feb 2013)

      In August 2011 she tore her anterior cruciate ligament [ACL] turning around a gate in giant slalom training in New Zealand. The injury required surgery, and three hours of physical therapy a day, and she was ruled out of action for three months. (skiracing.com, 01 Nov 2011)
    • Occupation: Athlete
    • Languages Spoken: English
    • Sporting Relatives: Her father is a former alpine skier. Her grandfather Allan Purvis was a Canadian ice hockey player who won the gold medal at the 1952 Olympic Winter Games in Oslo. (alpine.usskiteam.com, 24 Feb 2013; olympictalk.nbcsports.com, 02 Feb 2014)

    Additional Information

    Start of sporting career
    She began skiing at age two, at a small hill in Edmonton, Canada. She also took weekend trips to the Rocky Mountains, where her first experience racing came alongside her father who would race her back to the ski lodge each day. (alpine.usskiteam.com, 24 Feb 2013)

    Reason for taking up this sport
    She picked up skiing because her father was a former alpine skier, and the family would take weekend trips to go skiing. (alpine.usskiteam.com, 24 Feb 2013)

    Sporting philosophy / motto
    "Live to ski. Ski to live." (Twitter profile, 25 Feb 2013)

    General
    MUSICAL TALENT
    She is a multi-talented musician, both singing and playing a range of instruments. She entertained a crowd of hundreds with the Bryon Friedman band during the opening ceremony of the 2011 US Alpine Championships. (alpine.usskiteam.com, 24 Feb 2013)

    CRASH RECOVERY
    She experienced motivational difficulties following her serious crash at Lake Louise, AB, Canada in 2012. "I didn't really have ski racing in my mind any more. I was shocked at what happened and was a little bit depressed. I went through a really hard time just trying to get my head back into wanting to be on my skis again." (alpine.usskiteam.com, 24 Feb 2013)

    SIGNATURE HAIRSTYLE NO MORE
    She became renowned for her signature dreadlocks hairstyle, but cut them off at the end of the 2012 season to celebrate the best season finish in her career that year. (alpine.usskiteam.com, 24 Feb 2013)

    CANADA TO THE US
    Her family moved from her birth country Canada to Oregon in the United States when she was seven years old. (shredoptics.com, 01 Jan 2012)

    Social Media
    Hear more from the athlete via their website, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.

    Alpine Skiing

    Women's Downhill
    • FIS World Standings Points: 6.00
    • FIS World Standings Rank: 31
    Women's Super-G
    • FIS World Standings Points: 9.84
    • FIS World Standings Rank: 40
    Women's Super Combined
    • FIS World Standings Points: 5.62
    • FIS World Standings Rank: 21
    Media
    • Sochi 2014 Day 6 - Alpine Skiing Women's Downhill
      12 February
      Sochi 2014 Day 6 - Alpine Skiing Women's Downhill
    • Sochi 2014 Day 6 - Alpine Skiing Women's Downhill
      12 February
      Sochi 2014 Day 6 - Alpine Skiing Women's Downhill
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