Laura Tavares
Laura Tavares 
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 United States
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| birthday | December 12, 1965 |
| place of birth | Newark |
| Career | |
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| Debut in the World Cup | 1993 |
| status | resigned |
| End of career | 1994 |
| World Cup balance | |
| last change: end of career | |
Laura "Laurie" Tavares (born December 12, 1965 in Newark ) is a former American biathlete .
Laura Tavares made her debut in the Biathlon World Cup in the 1992/93 season and was 33rd in a sprint in Östersund . It was not until shortly before the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer that Tavares in Antholz was the 18th of an individual to achieve World Cup points for the first time in the 1993/94 season . At the Games, it was used in two races. In singles, she was 32nd, with Beth Coats , Joan Miller Smith and Joan Guetschow , she was eighth in the season. A little later she was with Gillian Sharp , Joan Miller Smith and Beth Coats at the Biathlon World Championships in 1994 in Canmore , where only the non-Olympic team competition was carried out fifth. After the end of the season, she ended her active biathlon career. 1997 and 1998 she contested several FIS races in North America.
Biathlon World Cup placements
The table shows all placements (depending on the year, including the Olympic Games and World Championships).
- 1st - 3rd Place: Number of podium placements
- Top 10: Number of placements in the top ten (including podium)
- Points ranks: Number of placements within the point ranks (including podium and top 10)
- Starts: Number of races run in the respective discipline
- Relay: including mixed relay
| placement | singles | sprint | persecution | Mass start | team | Season | total |
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| 1st place | |||||||
| 2nd place | |||||||
| 3rd place | |||||||
| Top 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Scoring | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Starts | 5 | 6th | 1 | 1 | 13 | ||
| Status : End of career, data may not be complete, including World Cups and Olympic Games | |||||||
Web links
- Laura Tavares in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Laura Tavares in the IBU database (English)
- Laura Tavares in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
- Results for Mary Ostergren at the-sports.org (English)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Tavares, Laura |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Tavares, Laurie |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American biathlete |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 12, 1965 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Newark |