Laëtitia Roux (born 21 June 1985) is a French

ski mountaineer Ski mountaineering (abbreviated to skimo) is a skiing discipline that involves climbing mountains either on skis or carrying them, depending on the steepness of the ascent, and then descending on skis. There are two major categories of equipment ...

. Roux was born in

Savines-le-Lac Savines-le-Lac (; Vivaro-Alpine: ''Savina lo Lac'') is a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department in southeastern France. Population Twin towns — sister cities Savines-le-Lac is twinned with: * Luserna San Giovanni, Italy See also *Co ...

and started ski-mountaineering at the age of nine. In autumn of 2005, she joined the PACA section of the

Fédération française de la montagne et de l’escalade The French Federation of Mountaineering and Climbing (, FFME), located in Paris, is the French federation of mountain and climbing sports, especially of non-motorized alpine sports like mountaineering, canyoning, climbing, mountain touring and hiki ...

(FFME). She competed in December of the same year at the Alpi-Champsaur race. Roux is a member of the Team Ecrins Hautes-Alpes and the international Dynafit team. She has been a member of the French national selection since 2007 and lives in

Grenoble Grenoble ( ; ; or ; or ) is the Prefectures in France, prefecture and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of the Isère Departments of France, department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Regions of France, region ...

Selected results

* 2006: ** 9th,

World Championship A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game ...

vertical race A vertical race is a special kind of ski mountaineering without the typical downhill skiing after ascending. At the mountain running and climbing passages the runners have to carry their skis in their backpacks. Vertical races for women and men are ...

* 2007: ** 1st,

European Championship A European Championship is the top level international sports competition between European athletes or sports teams representing their respective countries or professional sports clubs. In the plural, the European Championships also refers t ...

vertical race ** 1st, European Championship single race ** 1st,

Tour du Rutor Tour or Tours may refer to: Travel * Tourism, travel for pleasure * Tour of duty, a period of time spent in military service * Campus tour, a journey through a college or university's campus * Guided tour, a journey through a location, directed ...

(together with Gloriana Pellissier)''Tour du Rutor''
** 2nd, European Championship relay race (together with

Corinne Favre Corinne Favre (born 15 December 1970) is a French professional ski instructor, competitive ski mountaineer,

and Véronique Lathuraz) * 2008: ** 1st, World Cup race in Massongex ** 2nd,

single race ** 8th, European Championship vertical race * 2009: ** 1st, ''Valtellina Orobie'' World Cup race ** 1st, Dachstein Xtreme ** 3rd,

relay race (together with Véronique Lathuraz and Corinne Favre) ** 4th, European Championship vertical race ** 7th, European Championship single race * 2010: ** 1st,

single race ** 2nd, World Championship vertical race ** 4th, World Championship combination rankingISMF World championship combined ranking - women
, ISMF. ** 5th, World Championship relay race (together with

Valentine Fabre Valentine Fabre (; born 26 September 1976) is a French ski mountaineer. She works as a military physician in the 93rd Mountain Artillery Regiment and was married to the late ski mountaineer Laurent Fabre. Selected results * 2005: ** 2nd, Fr ...

and Sandrine Favre) * 2011: ** 1st,

sprint ** 2nd, World Championship single race ** 2nd, World Championship vertical race ** 2nd, World Championship relay, together with Sandrine and Émilie Favre ** 2nd, World Championship vertical, combined ranking * 2012: ** 1st,

single ** 1st, European Championship vertical race ** 3rd, World Championship vertical, combined ranking ** 4th, European Championship relay, together with Corinne Favre and Émilie Favre ** 1st, Patrouille de la Maya, together with

Séverine Pont-Combe Séverine Pont-Combe (born 28 June 1979) is a Swiss ski mountaineer and long-distance runner. She was born in Meyrin. She currently lives in Bernex.

and Mireia Miró Varela

Patrouille des Glaciers

* 2006: 4th, together with

Marie Troillet Marie Troillet (born 24 March 1983) is a Swiss ski mountaineer. Troillet was born in Bagnes. She started ski mountaineering in 2000 and has been member of the national team since 2004 as well as member of the Dynafit-Team since 2005. Marie Troi ...

and Laëtitia Currat * 2008: 2nd, together with Corinne Favre and Nathalie Bourillon * 2012: 1st, together with Mireia Miró Varela and

Séverine Pont-Combe Séverine Pont-Combe (born 28 June 1979) is a Swiss ski mountaineer and long-distance runner. She was born in Meyrin. She currently lives in Bernex.

Pierra Menta

* 2008: 1st, together with

Nathalie Etzensperger Nathalie Etzensperger-Nanzer, née Nanzer (born 6 August 1968), is a female Swiss ski mountaineer and long-distance runner. Etzensperger was born in Gamsen, where she grew up. She started top-class sports at the age of 24 years, and is married ...

* 2009: 3rd, together with Véronique Lathuraz * 2010: 2nd, together with Mireia Miró Varela * 2011: 1st, together with Mireia Miró Varela * 2012: 2nd, together with Séverine Pont-Combe * 2017: 1st, together with

Emelie Forsberg Emelie Tina Forsberg (born December 11, 1986) is a Swedish athlete specializing in trail running (skyrunning, mountain running) and ski mountaineering. She has won repeated victories in different disciplines, including European and World Champion ...

* 2018: 2nd, together with

Trofeo Mezzalama

* 2009: 1st, together with

Francesca Martinelli Francesca Martinelli (born 13 March 1971) is an Italian ski mountaineer. Martinelli was born in Milan. She started ski mountaineering in 1980 and competed first in the ''Gara dell'Adamello'' race in 2003. Two years after she became a member of t ...

and

Roberta Pedranzini Roberta Pedranzini (born 21 August 1971) is an Italian ski mountaineer. Pedranzini was born in Bormio. She started ski mountaineering in 2000 and competed first in the ''Giro del Monviso'' race in 2003. She has been member of the Italian nationa ...

* 2011: 2nd, together with Mireia Miró Varela and Nathalie Etzensperger * 2017: 1st, together with

and Jennifer Fiechter

References

External links

Laëtitia Roux
at ''www.laetitiaroux.com''
Laëtitia Roux
at ''skimountaineering.org'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Roux, Laetitia 1985 births Living people French female ski mountaineers World ski mountaineering champions Skiers from Hautes-Alpes French sky runners Skyrunning World Championships winners French female long-distance runners 21st-century French women 21st-century French sportswomen