Jerome LAPORAL

France

Bobsleigh

Date of Birth: 15 Sep 1993

Age: 28

Gender: Male

Place of birth: MARIE-GALANTE

Birth Country:

France

Residence: LILLE

Residence Country:

France

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Bobsleigh	4-man FRA France	19

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	4-man Official Training Heat 1	Finished
After Heat 1	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	4-man Official Training Heat 2	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	4-man Official Training Heat 3	Finished
After Heat 3	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	4-man Official Training Heat 4	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	4-man Official Training Heat 5	Finished
After Heat 5	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	4-man Official Training Heat 6	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	4-man Heat 1	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	4-man Heat 2	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	4-man Heat 3	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	4-man Heat 4	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Historical Results

World Cup - Best Achievements
Season	4-man
2021/22	1 x 8th, 1 x 9th, 1 x 11th
2019/20	1 x 14th, 1 x 15th, 1 x 17th
2018/19	1 x 8th, 1 x 17th, 1 x 19th

Ten Best World Cup Performances in Current Season
Rank	Event	Season	Location	Result
8	4-man	2021/22	Altenberg, GER	1:50.01
9	4-man	2021/22	Innsbruck, AUT	1:42.50
11	4-man	2021/22	St. Moritz, SUI	2:10.38
17	4-man	2021/22	Altenberg, GER	1:49.83
17	4-man	2021/22	Winterberg, GER	1:50.33
21	4-man	2021/22	Winterberg, GER	55.84
21	4-man	2021/22	Winterberg, GER	54.60
22	4-man	2021/22	Innsbruck, AUT	51.36

Occupation:

Athlete, Police officer

Family:

Two brothers.

Languages spoken:

French

Club name:

Albertville Olympique Sport

Coach:

Personal: Nicolae Istrate (ROU), Max Robert (FRA)

Position style:

Crew

Other sports:

Athletics: Competed as a sprinter for Lille Metropole Athletisme. In 2017, ran the 60m in 6.83 seconds, which ranked - at the time - in the top-20 performances in French history.

Debut:

2019 World Cup in Innsbruck (Four-man - 19th)

Start:

In 2018, he was recruited over Facebook by Max Robert, bronze medallist in the four-man at the Nagano 1998 Olympic Winter Games, who was impressed by his 60 metre times. Laporal's athletics coach also encouraged him to try bobsleigh. "He said to me, 'Go for it, go for it. You have a chance, you must not miss it.'" (la1ere.francetvinfo.fr, 25 Jan 2019)

Reason:

"It takes enormous concentration at the start - the soul of a warrior, not asking questions, and smashing the trail like a Viking." (lavoixdunord.fr, 1 Jan 2019)

General Interest

HERITAGE
Grew up on Marie-Galante, an island of Guadeloupe in the Lesser Antilles, but moved to France in 2012. "It is a pride to represent Marie-Galante on the French team. I believe that I am the only Marie-Galantais in the history of this sport." (la1ere.francetvinfo.fr, 25 Jan 2019)

Milestones

Finished 10th in the four-man at the 2020 European Championships.

Two top-10 World Cup results in the four-man in 2021/22, placing ninth in Innsbruck and eighth in Altenberg (with Romain Heinrich).

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event

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