Laura PEEL
AustraliaEvents and Medals
| Discipline | Event | Rank | Medal |
|---|---|---|---|
 Freestyle Skiing |
Women's Aerials | 5 |
Schedule
Biographical Information
Highlights
Historical Results
| Olympic Games | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Event | Year | Location |
| 5 | Women's Aerials | 2018 | PyeongChang, KOR |
| 7 | Aerials | 2014 | Sochi, RUS |
| World Championship | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Event | Year | Location | Result |
| 1 | Aerials Ladies | 2021 | Almaty, KAZ | 106.46 |
| 1 | Aerials Ladies | 2015 | Kreischberg, AUT | 88.47 |
| 4 | Aerials Ladies | 2019 | Park City, UT, USA | 87.77 |
| 8 | Aerials Ladies | 2017 | Sierra Nevada, ESP | 62.39 |
| 8 | Aerials Ladies | 2013 | Voss - Oslo, NOR | 43.00 |
| 11 | Aerials Ladies | 2011 | Deer Valley, UT, USA | 142.19 |
| World Cup Rankings | ||
|---|---|---|
| Season | All | Aerials |
| 2021/2022 | 3 | |
| 2020/2021 | 1 | |
| 2019/2020 | 5 | 1 |
| 2018/2019 | 14 | 3 |
| 2017/2018 | 41 | 7 |
| 2016/2017 | 28 | 6 |
| 2014/2015 | 30 | 8 |
| 2013/2014 | 33 | 9 |
| 2012/2013 | 17 | 4 |
| 2011/2012 | 11 | 4 |
| 2010/2011 | 55 | 17 |
| World Cup - Best Achievements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Aerials Ladies | Aerials Team Mixed | Aerials Team Qualification Ladies |
| 2021/2022 | 1 x 1st | 1 x 7th | |
| 2020/2021 | 2 x 1st | ||
| 2019/2020 | 2 x 1st | ||
| 2018/2019 | 1 x 1st | ||
| 2017/2018 | 2 x 3rd | 1 x 13th | |
| 2016/2017 | 1 x 3rd | 1 x 12th | |
| 2014/2015 | 2 x 4th | ||
| 2013/2014 | 1 x 5th | ||
| 2012/2013 | 2 x 2nd | ||
| 2011/2012 | 1 x 1st | ||
| 2010/2011 | 1 x 6th | ||
| Ten Best World Cup Performances in Current Season | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Event | Season | Location | Result |
| 1 | Aerials Ladies | 2021/2022 | Deer Valley, UT, USA | 118.05 |
| 2 | Aerials Ladies | 2021/2022 | Ruka, FIN | 99.37 |
| 4 | Aerials Ladies | 2021/2022 | Ruka, FIN | 77.70 |
| 7 | Aerials Team Mixed | 2021/2022 | Ruka, FIN | 227.68 |
| 9 | Aerials Ladies | 2021/2022 | Ruka, FIN | 71.55 |
| 13 | Aerials Ladies | 2021/2022 | Ruka, FIN | 76.84 |
| 16 | Aerials Ladies | 2021/2022 | La Relais, QC, CAN | 65.21 |
The Real Deal Peel (vis.org.au, 2020)
Spending time with friends and family, 10-pin bowling, ultimate frisbee, movies, fashion. Is a qualified yoga teacher and practices it daily at home and with her teammates. (owia.org, 17 Apr 2015; vis.org.au; olympics.com.au, 15 Aug 2017)
Athlete, student
Bachelor of Health Science (Food and Nutrition) - Charles Stuart University (Canberra)
Father, Bill Peel. Mother, Teresa Harringon.
English, French (attended bilingual primary school).
Flying Kangaroos
National: Michel Roth (SUI), David Morris (AUS)
2009 FIS event in Park City (Aerials - 11th)
2011 World Cup in Mont Gabriel (Aerials - 15th)
2021: 11 days before the 2021 World Championships she was hospitalized for a kidney infection. Made a full recovery and won a gold medal.
2014: Developed a 10cm cyst on her lung, due to inflammation, after being winded from landing on her back, after jumping off a water ramp (the height of a five-story building) in Quebec, Canada. (canberratimes.com.au, 16 Jan 2015)
2013: Crashed during a training camp in Ruka, Finland, nine months before the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games. Misjudged a twisting somersault and had not completed the trick before landing (leaving her short a quarter-twist and a quarter-flip). Required right ankle surgery but recovered in time to make her Olympic debut in Sochi. (theaustralian.com.au, 12 Feb 2018)
2012: Shoulder surgery. (smh.com.au, 16 Jan 2015)
2011
Started skiing at age three with her family at the Winter Sports Club at Perisher Valley in Kosciuszko National Park and had been doing gymnastics from age five (Woden Valley Gymnastics Club). It was the Victorian Institute of Sport who suggested she combine her two passions and take up aerial skiing.
Discovered in 2007 by five-time World champion Jacqui Cooper (AUS) when she was a teenage level-10 gymnast in Canberra. Cooper referred to Peel as her "stunt double", and as they were similar in stature, she gave her all her old uniforms. (smh.com.au, 16 Jan 2012; olympics.com.au, 15 Aug 2017; canberratimes.com.au, 16 Jan 2015).
“I love that aerial skiing pushes me to my absolute limit, it’s pretty cool to see how far you can go, and usually it’s a lot further than you think.” (owia.org, 17 Apr 2015)
Competing at the Olympic Winter Games, her 2015 World Championship win, and her 2019/20 season. (fis-ski.com, 23 Nov 2020)
"Pain is temporary, winning is forever." (vis.org.au 10 May 2015)
Snow Australia Awards Olympic Athlete of the Year (2015, 2020, 2021)
Honorary Life Member at Canberra Alpine Club
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- Gold Medal Event
