Laura Spector
Birthday: October 30, 1987
Height: 152cm
Weight: 51kg
Hometown: Lenox, MA
Coach: Per Nilsson and Patrick Coffey
Skis: Madshus
Boots: Madshus
Poles: Exel
College: Dartmouth College
Hobbies: Reading, cooking
Website: http://blogs.fasterskier.com/lauraspector
Laura began her ski career at age 13 as part of a high school team in Western Massachusetts. After three years she enrolled at the Green Mountain Valley School in Waitsfield, Vermont to pursue skiing at a higher level and begin competing in biathlon races. In 2005 she qualified for her first Junior World Championships in Kontiolahti, Finland. After graduating from high school she spent one year training with the Junior National Biathlon Team in Grand Rapids, Minnesota. The next fall she enrolled at Dartmouth College, skiing for the Dartmouth Ski Team for one season before deciding to return to biathlon. She split the year between school and the competition season, spending spring and summer in Hanover, New Hampshire and fall and winter training and racing with Maine Winter Sports Center. Naming to the 2008 Senior World Championship team enabled Laura to earn a spot on the 2008/2009 National A Team. She now trains out of Lake Placid, New York when she is not taking classes at Dartmouth.
2008/09 Season Top Results
10th Relay, WCH Pyeongchang, KOR
58th Sprint, WCH Pyeongchang, KOR
58th Pursuit, WCH Pyeongchang, KOR
2007/08 Season Top Results
20th Sprint, JWCH Ruhpolding, GER
62nd Individual, WCH Ostersund, SWE
6th Pursuit, ECH Nove Mesto, CZE
