Laura Peel (born 29 September 1989) is an Australian freestyle skier. She was two time world champion (2015, 2021) and two time World Cup winner, at the women's aerials discipline. She competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, in women's aerials,[1] at the 2018 Winter Olympics, in women's aerials, where she placed fifth,[2] and at the 2022 Winter Olympics, in Women's aerials, where she placed fifth.[3][4]

Laura Peel
Country Australia
Born (1989-09-29) September 29, 1989 (age 35)
Canberra, Australia
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
World Cup career
Seasons13 (2011-2023)
Starts70
Podiums22
Wins9
Discipline titles2 – AE (2020, 2021)
Medal record
Women's freestyle skiing
Representing  Australia
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Kreischberg Aerials
Gold medal – first place 2021 Almaty Aerials
Updated on 24 May 2023.

She competed at the FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships 2011 in Utah, and at the FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships 2013 in Voss. At the 2015 World Championships she won her first world title.

World Cup results

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Race podiums

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Season
Date Location Discipline Place
2012 15 January 2012   Mont Gabriel, Canada Aerials 3rd
17 February 2012   Kreischberg, Austria Aerials 1st
2013 1 February 2013   Deer Valley, United States Aerials 2nd
17 February 2013   Sochi, Russia Aerials 2nd
2017 4 March 2017   Moscow, Russia Aerials 3rd
2018 19 January 2018   Lake Placid, United States Aerials 3rd
20 January 2018 3rd
2019 16 February 2019   Moscow, Russia Aerials 2nd
2 March 2019   Shimao Lotus Mountain, China Aerials 1st
2020 21 December 2019   Shimao Lotus Mountain, China Aerials 3rd
15 February 2020   Moscow, Russia Aerials 2nd
22 February 2020   Minsk, Belarus Aerials 1st
8 March 2020   Krasnoyarsk, Russia Aerials 1st
2021 4 December 2020   Ruka, Finland Aerials 1st
16 January 2021   Yaroslavl, Russia Aerials 1st
23 January 2021   Moscow, Russia Aerials 2nd
30 January 2021   Minsk, Belarus Aerials 2nd
2022 11 December 2021   Ruka, Finland Aerials 2nd
12 January 2022   Deer Valley, United States Aerials 2nd
2023 22 January 2023   Le Relais, Canada Aerials 1st
5 March 2023   Engadin, Switzerland Aerials 2nd
19 March 2023   Almaty, Kazakhstan Aerials 1st

World Championships results

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Year Age Aerials Aerials team
  2011 Deer Valley 21 11
  2013 Voss 23 8
  2015 Kreischberg 25 1
  2017 Sierra Nevada 27 8
  2019 Deer Valley 29 4 7
  2021 Almaty 31 1
  2023 Georgia 33 7
  • The Aerials team was added as an event in 2019.

Olympic results

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Year Age Aerials Aerials team
  2014 Sochi 24 7
  2018 Pyeongchang 28 5
  2022 Beijing 32 5
  • The Aerials team was added as an event in 2022.

References

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  1. ^ "Laura Peel". Sochi2014.com. Organizing Committee of the XXII Olympic Winter Games and XI Paralympic Winter Games of 2014 in Sochi. Archived from the original on 23 February 2014. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
  2. ^ "Laura Peel". olympedia.org. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  3. ^ "Laura PEEL Freestyle Skiing - Beijing 2022 Olympics". 21 February 2022. Archived from the original on 21 February 2022. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
  4. ^ "Laura Peel Olympic Profile | NBC Olympics". www.nbcolympics.com. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
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