Lucie Laroche

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Lucie Laroche Alpine skiing
nation CanadaCanada Canada
birthday 23rd October 1968 (age 51)
place of birth Quebec , Canada
Career
discipline Downhill , super-G
status resigned
End of career 1991
Placements in the Alpine Ski World Cup
 Overall World Cup 18th ( 1990/91 )
 Downhill World Cup 10. (1990/91)
 Super G World Cup 10. (1990/91)
 Podium placements 1. 2. 3.
 Departure 0 1 0
 Super G 0 0 1
 

Lucie Laroche (born October 23, 1968 in Québec , Québec ) is a former Canadian ski racer . Her older brothers Yves , Dominique , Alain and Philippe were active as freestyle skis.

The winter of 1990/91 was a successful season for the Canadian. In that season she achieved some top ranks in Downhill and Super-G :

  • March 15, 1991: 2nd place Downhill Vail I (USA)
  • December 15, 1990: 3rd place Super-G Meiringen (SUI)
  • February 24, 1991: 4th place Downhill Furano II (JAP)
  • March 2, 1991: 4th place Super-G Morioka (JAP)
  • February 24, 1991: 7th place Super-G Furano (JAP)
  • March 9, 1991: 7th place downhill Lake Louise (CAN)

Thanks to these results she achieved 8th place in the Super G World Cup and 10th place in the downhill. In the overall World Cup, she was 18th. At the Alpine World Ski Championships in Saalbach-Hinterglemm , she was 15th in the downhill. In 1989 and 1990 she was Canadian downhill champion. At the Pan American Games in Las Leñas in 1990 , she won the silver medal in the downhill. After a serious injury in the 1991/92 season, Laroche resigned.

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