Laura Spector

EVENT - BIATHLON

HEIGHT   5'0"    WEIGHT   108 lbs.

Website:  http://blogs.fasterskier.com/lauraspector

Olympic Experience

• 1-time Olympian;
• Olympic Games Vancouver 2010, 16th (4 x 6km Relay - Women), 64th (15km Individual - Women), 76th (7.5km Sprint - Women)

Career Highlights

• 2010/11 Season Top Results
  19th Sprint, Oberhof, GER
  23rd Sprint, Antholz, ITA
  25th Mass Start, Oberhof, GER
  25th Individual, Oestersund, SWE
  29th Mass Start, Antholz, ITA
  44th Individual, WCH Khanty-Mansiysk, RUS 

• 2007/08 Season Top Results
  20th Sprint, JWCH Ruhpolding, GER
  62nd Individual, WCH Ostersund, SWE
  6th Pursuit, ECH Nove Mesto, CZE

Personal

Coach:  Jonne Kahkonen and Patrick Coffey

Skis:  Fischer

Boots:  Fischer

Poles:  One Way

Hobbies:  Reading, cooking, knitting

Laura began her ski career at age 13 as part of a high school team in Western Massachusetts.  After three years she enrolled at the Green Mountain Valley School in Waitsfield, Vermont to pursue skiing at a higher level and begin competing in biathlon races.  In 2005 she qualified for her first Junior World Championships in Kontiolahti, Finland.  After graduating from high school she spent one year training with the Junior National Biathlon Team in Grand Rapids, Minnesota.  The next fall she enrolled at Dartmouth College, skiing for the Dartmouth Ski Team for one season before deciding to return to biathlon.  She split the year between school and the competition season, spending spring and summer in Hanover, New Hampshire, and fall and winter training and racing with Maine Winter Sports Center.  Being named to the 2008 Senior World Championship team enabled Laura to earn a spot on the 2008/2009 National A Team.  She graduated from Dartmouth College in August 2011 with a B.A. in Biological Sciences and a minor in Jewish Studies, and now trains out of Lake Placid, New York.

World Championships Experience

• Most recent: 2011 – 13th (2 x 6 + 2 x 7.5km Relay - Mixed), 14th (4 x 6km Relay - Women), 44th (15km Individual - Women), 79th (7.5km Sprint - Women)
• Years of participation: 15km Individual - Women 2008, 2011; 2 x 6 + 2 x 7.5km Relay - Mixed 2008, 2009, 2011; 4 x 6km Relay - Women 2009, 2011; 7.5km Sprint - Women 2009, 2011; 10km Pursuit - Women 2009
• Top finish: 10th – 2009 (4 x 6km Relay - Women)