Laura Orgué Explained

Full Name:Laura Orgué Vila
Birth Date:11 September 1986
Birth Place:Barcelona, Spain
Sport:Cross-country skiing
Sky running
Worlds:6 Skyrunning World Cup
  • Vertical Kilometer
    • 2012
    • 2013
    • 2014
    • 2015
  • SkyRace
    • 2015
    • 2017
Medaltemplates-Title:Skyrunning

Laura Orgué Vila (born 11 September 1986, in Barcelona, Spain) is a Spanish cross country skier and sky runner who has competed since 2004. Competing in three Winter Olympics, she earned her best finish of 10th in the 30 km skating at Sochi in 2014. In 2014, she switched her focus from skiing to trail running.[1]

Biography

At the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 in Liberec, Orgue finished 29th in the 30 km, 35th in the 10 km, and did not start the individual sprint event.Same year, in 2009, she reached the bronze medal on 10 km F at the U23 World Championships in Praz de Lys-Sommand. Furthermore, she finished second in the OPA Cup (European league).

Her best World Cup finish was 17th in a 10 km event at Poland in 2014.

Olympic results

SeasonDateLocationDisciplinePlace
center rowspan=2200612 February 2006 Turin, Italy15km Pursuit63rd
16 February 2006 Turin, Italy10km C63rd
center rowspan=3201015 February 2010 Vancouver, Canada10km F38th
19 February 2010 Vancouver, Canada15km Pursuit27th
27 February 2010 Vancouver, Canada30km C36th
center rowspan=320148 February 2014 Sochi, Russia15km Skiathlon25th
13 February 2014 Sochi, Russia10km C28th
22 February 2014 Sochi, Russia30km F10th

See also

Notes and References

  1. http://www.irunfar.com/2015/05/laura-orgue-pre-2015-zegama-marathon-interview.html iRunFar: Laura Orgué Pre-2015 Zegama Marathon Interview.