# Laurenne Ross

Laurenne Ross (born August 17, 1988) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from the United States. She specialized in the speed events of downhill and super G.
Born in Edmonton, Alberta in Canada, Ross was on skis at age two at the Snow Valley ski hill, as her father was a former alpine racer. The family moved to Klamath Falls, Oregon, when she was age 7 and Ross skied and raced at Mount Bachelor near Bend. She was selected to the U.S. Ski Team in 2006, and made her World Cup debut in December 2009. Ross was moved up to the World Cup team for the 2011 season and represented the U.S. at the 2011 World Championships, where she finished tenth in the women's downhill. Ross attained her first World Cup podium in March 2013, placing second in a downhill at Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.
In the summer of 2013, Ross switched from Atomic to Völkl skis.
Ross divided her time between the professional ski circuit and the University of Oregon in Eugene, where she currently studies art.

## World Cup results
### Season standings

| Season | Age | Overall | Slalom | Giant Slalom | Super G | Downhill | Combined |
| 2010^ | 21 | 115 | — | — | — | 46 | — |
| 2011 | 22 | 40 | — | — | 16 | 30 | 22 |
| 2012 | 23 | 49 | — | — | 29 | 22 | 28 |
| 2013 | 24 | 26 | — | — | 13 | 16 | 20 |
| 2014 | 25 | 80 | — | — | — | 34 | 20 |
| 2015 | 26 | 26 | — | — | 18 | 11 | 17 |
| 2016 | 27 | 18 | — | — | 8 | 10 | 16 |
| 2017 | 28 | 25 | — | — | 17 | 9 | 24 |
| 2018 | 29 | 65 | — | — | 32 | 32 | — |
| 2019 | 30 | 57 | — | — | 32 | 25 | — |
    Standings through 3 February 2019
    ^ Only four World Cup starts during 2010 season, while on Nor-Am/European Cup circuit.

### Top ten finishes

* 2 podiums (1 DH, 1 SG)
| Season | Date | Location | Discipline | Place |
| 2011 | 6 Mar 2011 | Tarvisio, Italy | Super G | 4th |
| 2012 | 4 Feb 2012 | Garmisch, Germany | Downhill | 10th |
| 2013 | 12 Jan 2013 | St. Anton, Austria | Downhill | 5th |
| 2013 | 1 Mar 2013 | Garmisch, Germany | Super G | 9th |
| 2013 | 2 Mar 2013 | Garmisch, Germany | Downhill | 2nd |
| 2015 | 5 Dec 2014 | Lake Louise, Canada | Downhill | 4th |
| 2015 | 6 Dec 2014 | Lake Louise, Canada | Downhill | 6th |
| 2015 | 16 Jan 2015 | Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy | Downhill | 4th |
| 2015 | 18 Jan 2015 | Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy | Downhill | 9th |
| 2016 | 19 Dec 2015 | Val d'Isère, France | Downhill | 10th |
| 2016 | 6 Feb 2016 | Garmisch, Germany | Downhill | 5th |
| 2016 | 7 Feb 2016 | Garmisch, Germany | Super G | 10th |
| 2016 | 19 Feb 2016 | La Thuile, Italy | Downhill | 5th |
| 2016 | 20 Feb 2016 | La Thuile, Italy | Downhill | 5th |
| 2016 | 21 Feb 2016 | La Thuile, Italy | Super G | 9th |
| 2016 | 27 Feb 2016 | Soldeu, Andorra | Super G | 2nd |
| 2016 | 13 Mar 2016 | Lenzerheide, Switzerland | Combined | 7th |
| 2016 | 17 Mar 2016 | St. Moritz, Switzerland | Super G | 5th |
| 2017 | 2 Dec 2016 | Lake Louise, Canada | Downhill | 9th |
| 2017 | 3 Dec 2016 | Lake Louise, Canada | Downhill | 7th |
| 2017 | 16 Dec 2016 | Val d'Isère, France | Combined | 10th |
| 2017 | 29 Jan 2017 | Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy | Super-G | 10th |
| 2017 | 4 Mar 2017 | Jeongseon, South Korea | Downhill | 4th |
| 2017 | 5 Mar 2017 | Jeongseon, South Korea | Super-G | 6th |
| 2017 | 15 Mar 2017 | Aspen, USA | Downhill | 5th |
| 2018 | 16 Dec 2017 | Val d'Isère, France | Super-G | 8th |
| 2019 | 18 Jan 2019 | Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy | Downhill | 9th |

## World Championship results

| Year | Age | Slalom | Giant  slalom | Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
| 2011 | 22 | — | — | 16 | 10 | 28 |
| 2013 | 24 | — | DNF2 | 26 | — | 11 |
| 2015 | 26 | — | — | 15 | 17 | 14 |
| 2017 | 28 | — | — | 14 | 5 | 15 |
| 2019 | 30 | — | — | DNF | — | — |
| 2021 | 32 | | | – | 26 | |

## Olympic results

| Year | Age | Slalom | Giant  slalom | Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
| 2014 | 25 | — | — | DNF1 | 11 | DNF1 |
| 2018 | 29 | — | — | 15 | 15 | — |

## Video

* You Tube.com – Mt. Bachelor – Laurenne Ross – December 2011