Brigitte Albrecht-Loretan Explained

Brigitte Albrecht-Loretan
Birth Date:	6 October 1970
Birth Place:	Lax, Switzerland
Club:	SC Obergoms
Seasons:	11 – (1992–2002)
Teamwins:	1
Totalpodiums:	0
Teampodiums:	2
Individual Starts:	126
Team Starts:	25
Wcoveralls:	0 – (12th in 1997)
Wctitles:	0
Show-Medals:	yes

Brigitte Albrecht-Loretan (born Brigitte Albrecht, 6 October 1970) is a retired Swiss cross-country skier who competed from 1992 to 2002. She won a bronze medal in the 4 × 5 km relay at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City and had her best individual finish with a seventh place in the 30 km event at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano.

Albrecht-Loretan's best finish at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships was an 11th in the 15 km event in 1999. She also has twenty victories at various levels in her career from 1995 to 2002.

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).^[1]

Olympic Games

• 1 medal – (1 bronze)

Year	Age	5 km	10 km	15 km	Pursuit	30 km	Sprint	4 × 5 km   relay
	21							9
	23					37
	27
	31

World Championships

Year	Age	5 km	10 km	15 km	Pursuit	30 km	Sprint	4 × 5 km   relay
	22	46		25	36	25		7
	24	46		—	25	32		7
	26	33		14	14	26		8
	28	21		11	14	15		5
	30		—	—	41		—	—

a. Cancelled due to extremely cold weather.

World Cup

Season standings

Season	Age
		Overall	Long Distance	Middle Distance	Sprint
	21	15
	22	33
	23	46
	24	44
	25	24
	26	12	16		12
	27	17	18		15
	28	15	17		15
	29	40	28	37	56
	30	50			57
	31	78			—

Team podiums

• 1 victory – (1)
• 2 podiums – (2)

No.	Season	Date	Location	Race	Level	Place	Teammate
1	1997–98	10 March 1998	Falun, Sweden	6 × 1.6 km Team Sprint F	World Cup	1st	Honegger
2	1998–99	8 March 1999	Vantaa, Finland	Team Sprint F	World Cup	3rd	Honegger

Notes and References

1. Web site: ALBRECHT LORETAN Brigitte. . FIS-Ski . International Ski Federation . 23 December 2019.