Brigitte Albrecht-Loretan

Brigitte Albrecht-Loretan (born Brigitte Albrecht, 6 October 1970) is a retired Swiss cross-country skier who competed from 1992 to 2002. She won a bronze medal in the 4 × 5 km relay at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City and had her best individual finish with a seventh place in the 30 km event at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano.

Brigitte Albrecht-Loretan
Country  Switzerland
Born (1970-10-06) October 6, 1970
Lax, Switzerland
Ski clubSC Obergoms
World Cup career
Seasons11 – (19922002)
Team wins1
Indiv. podiums0
Team podiums2
Indiv. starts126
Team starts25
Overall titles0 – (12th in 1997)
Discipline titles0
Medal record
Women's cross-country skiing
Representing   Switzerland
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Salt Lake City 4 × 5 km relay

Albrecht-Loretan's best finish at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships was an 11th in the 15 km event in 1999. She also has twenty victories at various levels in her career from 1995 to 2002.

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[1]

Olympic Games

  • 1 medal – (1 bronze)
 Year   Age   5 km   10 km   15 km   Pursuit   30 km   Sprint   4 × 5 km 
 relay 
1992212037179
19942338375
199827101074
2002313129Bronze

World Championships

 Year   Age   5 km   10 km   15 km   Pursuit   30 km   Sprint   4 × 5 km 
 relay 
199322462536257
1995244625327
199726331414268
199928211114155
20013041CNX[a]
a. 1 Cancelled due to extremely cold weather.

Season standings

 Season   Age 
Overall Long Distance Middle Distance Sprint
19922115
19932233
19942346
19952444
19962524
199726121612
199827171815
199928151715
20002940283756
2001305057
20023178

Team podiums

  • 1 victory – (1 TS)
  • 2 podiums – (2 TS)
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place Teammate
11997–9810 March 1998Sweden Falun, Sweden6 × 1.6 km Team Sprint FWorld Cup1stHonegger
2 1998–99 8 March 1999Finland Vantaa, FinlandTeam Sprint FWorld Cup3rdHonegger

References

  1. "ALBRECHT LORETAN Brigitte". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 23 December 2019.


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