Sophia Laukli (born 8 June 2000) is an American cross-country skier and trailrunner from Yarmouth, Maine. Her highest World Cup finish was first in the freestyle 10 km event at Val di Fiemme on January 7, 2024.[1] She previously skied for the Middlebury College ski team,[2] where she earned All-American honors placing second in the 5k freestyle,[3] and now races for the University of Utah ski team.[4] She was named in the United States Ski Team for the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.
| Sophia Laukli | |||||||||||||||
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| Country | U.S, Norwegian | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 June 2000 Yarmouth, Maine, United States | ||||||||||||||
| Ski club | University of Utah Ski Team | ||||||||||||||
| World Cup career | |||||||||||||||
| Seasons | 4 – (2021–present) | ||||||||||||||
| Indiv. starts | 39 | ||||||||||||||
| Indiv. podiums | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Indiv. wins | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Team starts | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Team podiums | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Overall titles | 0 – (53rd in 2022) | ||||||||||||||
| Discipline titles | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Updated on 7 January 2024. | |||||||||||||||
In 2023 she won the Marathon du Mont Blanc and Sierre-Zinal.[5]
Laukli has dual citizenship through her Norwegian father and speaks fluent Norwegian.[6]
Cross-country skiing results
editAll results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[7]
Olympic Games
edit| Year | Age | 10 km individual |
15 km skiathlon |
30 km mass start |
Sprint | 4 × 5 km relay |
Team sprint |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 21 | — | — | 15 | — | — | — |
World Championships
edit| Year | Age | 10 km individual |
15 km skiathlon |
30 km mass start |
Sprint | 4 × 5 km relay |
Team sprint |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 20 | 23 | 25 | 28 | — | — | — |
| 2023 | 22 | 25 | 29 | — | — | — | — |
World Cup
editSeason standings
edit| Season | Age | Discipline standings | Ski Tour standings | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | Distance | Sprint | U23 | Nordic Opening |
Tour de Ski | ||
| 2021 | 20 | 97 | 63 | — | 22 | — | — |
| 2022 | 21 | 53 | 34 | NC | 9 | — | 23 |
| 2023 | 22 | 58 | 47 | NC | 5 | — | 23 |
| 2024 | 23 | 20 | 15 | NC | — | — | 14 |
Individual podiums
edit- 1 victory – (1 SWC)
- 2 podiums – (2 SWC)
| No. | Season | Date | Location | Race | Level | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2022–23 | 8 January 2023 |  Val di Fiemme, Italy |
10 km Mass Start F | Stage World Cup | 3rd |
| 2 | 2023–24 | 7 January 2024 | Val di Fiemme, Italy |
10 km Mass Start F | Stage World Cup | 1st |
Team podiums
edit- 1 podium – (1 RL)
| No. | Season | Date | Location | Race | Level | Place | Teammate(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2023–24 | 3 December 2023 |  Gällivare, Sweden |
4 × 7.5 km Relay C/F | World Cup | 3rd | Diggins / Brennan / Kern |
References
edit- ^ "18TH TOUR DE SKI WOMEN". VAL DI FIEMME (ITA) 7TH WORLD CUP STAGE - FIS TOUR DE SKI.
- ^ "Sophia Laukli - 2021 - Nordic Skiing". Middlebury College. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
- ^ "RMISASkiing.com". Rmisaskiing.com. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
- ^ "Sophia Laukli - Skiing". University of Utah Athletics. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
- ^ "How American Sophia Laukli Won Switzerland's Sierre-Zinal Mountain Race". trailrunner. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
- ^ Unformatted reference https://www.usskiandsnowboard.org/athletes/sophia-laukli
- ^ "LAUKLI Sophia". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
External links
edit- Sophia Laukli at FIS (cross-country)
- Sophia Laukli at ITRA
- Sophia Laukli at Olympics.com
- Sophia Laukli at Olympedia
- Sophia Laukli at Team USA (archive September 20, 2022)
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