Laure Pequegnot (born 30 September 1975) is a French former

Alpine skier Alpine skiing, or downhill skiing, is the pastime of sliding down snow-covered slopes on skis with fixed-heel bindings, unlike other types of skiing ( cross-country, Telemark, or ski jumping), which use skis with free-heel bindings. Whether ...

. She was born in

Échirolles Échirolles (; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Isère Departments of France, department, southeastern France. Part of the Grenoble urban unit (agglomeration), it is the second-largest suburb of the city of Grenoble, which is immediately ...

Isère Isère ( , ; ; , ) is a landlocked Departments of France, department in the southeastern French Regions of France, region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Named after the river Isère (river), Isère, it had a population of 1,271,166 in 2019.

. She won a total of 3

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races, all in the slalom discipline. She became world junior champion in slalom, in 1994. She won World Cup discipline title, in slalom, in 2002. She competed at three

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, winning a silver medal in the Slalom event at the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics.Olympic results
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World Cup victories

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1975 births Living people Sportspeople from Échirolles Skiers from Isère French female alpine skiers Olympic silver medalists for France Alpine skiers at the 1998 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 2002 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics Olympic alpine skiers for France Olympic medalists in alpine skiing FIS Alpine Ski World Cup champions Medalists at the 2002 Winter Olympics Université Savoie Mont Blanc alumni 21st-century French sportswomen 20th-century French sportswomen {{Winter-Olympic-medalist-stub