Laurie Stephens

United States of America

Alpine Skiing

Biography

Impairment information

Type of Impairment

Spinal Cord Injuries

Origin of Impairment

Congenital

Classification

LW12-1

Further personal information

Residence

Aspen, CO, USA

Occupation

Athlete

Languages

English

Higher education

Recreation Management - University of New Hampshire: United States

Sport specific information

When and where did you begin this sport?

She began skiing at age 12 at Loon Mountain in New Hampshire, United States of America. She started racing at about age 15.

Why this sport?

She first tried the sport with a group of adaptive athletes.

General interest

Hobbies

Reading, knitting. (teamusa.org, 01 Jan 2019)

Awards and honours

In 2016 she received the West Family Award as the outstanding certified official of the year from the US Ski and Snowboard [USSA] organisation. (usskiandsnowboard.org, 10 Jun 2020)

She was named the 2006 Paralympic Sportswoman of the Year by the United States Olympic Committee [USOC]. (teamusa.org, 07 Mar 2018)

Other sports

She has competed in Para swimming and previously held two US records in the sport. (teamusa.org, 01 Mar 2014)

Impairment

She was born with spina bifida. (usparalympics.org, 13 Dec 2010)

Results

		Unit	Date	Rank

Torino 2006 Paralympic Winter Games (Torino, Italy)
Event	Unit	Rank
Women's Downhill Sitting	Final Round	1
Women's Slalom Sitting	Final Round	7
Women's Giant Slalom Sitting	Final Round	2
Women's Super-G Sitting	Final Round	1

Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Winter Games (Vancouver, Canada)
Event	Unit	Rank
Women's Slalom Sitting	Final Round	5
Women's Giant Slalom Sitting	Final Round	5
Women's Super Combined Sitting	Final Round	5
Women's Super-G Sitting	Final Round	4
Women's Downhill Sitting	Final Round	2

2011 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships (Sestriere, Italy)
Event	Unit	Date	Rank
Women's Downhill Sitting	Final	2011-01-16	2
Women's Super-G Sitting	Final	2011-01-18	2
Women's Super-Combined Sitting	Final	2011-01-19	3
Women's Giant Slalom Sitting	Final	2011-01-21	9999

IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships (La Molina, Spain)
Event	Unit	Date	Rank
Women's Downhill Sitting	Race 1	2013-02-20	1
Women's Super-G Sitting	Race 1	2013-02-21	3
Women's Slalom Sitting	Race 1	2013-02-24	9999
Women's Super-Combined Sitting	Race 1	2013-02-25	5
Women's Giant Slalom Sitting	Race 1	2013-02-26	9999

Paralympic Winter Games 2014 (Sochi, Russia)
Event	Unit	Date	Rank
Women's Downhill Sitting	Final Round	2014-03-08	3
Women's Super-G Sitting	Final Round	2014-03-10	3
Women's Slalom Sitting	Final Round	2014-03-12	4
Women's Super Combined Sitting	Final Round	2014-03-14	9999
Women's Giant Slalom Sitting	Final Round	2014-03-16	6

2015 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships Panorama (Panorama, Canada)
Event	Unit	Date	Rank
Women's Downhill Sitting	Race 1	2015-03-04	4
Women's Super-G Sitting	Race 1	2015-03-05	9999
Women's Super-Combined Sitting	Race 1	2015-03-07	3
Women's Giant Slalom Sitting	Race 1	2015-03-08	5
Women's Slalom Sitting	Race 1	2015-03-10	5

2017 IPC Alpine skiing World Championships Tarvisio, ITA (Tarvisio, Italy)
Event	Unit	Date	Rank
Women's Downhill Sitting	Race 1	2017-01-25	9999
Women's Super-G Sitting	Race 1	2017-01-26	4
Women's Super-Combined Sitting	Race 1	2017-01-28	5
Women's Giant Slalom Sitting	Race 1	2017-01-30	6
Women's Slalom Sitting	Race 1	2017-01-31	5

Pyeongchang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games (Pyeongchang, South Korea)
Event	Unit	Date	Rank
Women's Downhill Sitting	Final	2018-03-10	3
Women's Super-G Sitting	Final	2018-03-11	5
Women's Super Combined Sitting	Final	2018-03-13	4
Women's Giant Slalom Sitting	Final	2018-03-14	7
Women's Slalom Sitting	Final	2018-03-18	5

Kranjska Gora/Sella Nevea 2019 World Para Alpine Skiing Championships (Kranjska Gora/Sella Nevea, Slovenia)
Event	Unit	Date	Rank
Women's Giant Slalom Sitting	Race 1	2019-01-22	9999
Women's Downhill Sitting	Race 1	2019-01-30	5
Women's Super-Combined Sitting	Race 1	2019-01-31	4
Women's Super-G Sitting	Race 1 (from SC)	2019-01-31	3