Laurence Baldauff
Personal information
Born (1974-11-19) 19 November 1974 (age 49)
Luxembourg[1]
Height164 cm (5 ft 5 in)[2]
Sport
Country Luxembourg
SportArchery
Eventrecurve
Updated on 28 May 2021.

Laurence Baldauff (born 19 November 1974[2]) is a Luxembourgish recurve archer who represented Austria at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Career

Baldauff began practising archery at the age of sixteen while attending a sports camp.[3] She made her international debut at the 1993 World Championships,[4] but after failing to qualify for the 2000 Summer Olympics she chose to prioritise her career in environmental management. She later returned to the sport in 2010 under the Austrian flag.[1]

She competed in the individual recurve event and the team recurve event at the 2015 World Archery Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark.[5] She later qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, becoming her country's first Olympic representative in the sport since 1984.[4] At 41 years old, she was the oldest athlete in the Austrian team.[6] After finishing 41st of the 64 competitors in the preliminary ranking round, which determined the seedings for the subsequent elimination stages of the women's individual event, Baldauff was defeated by Bombayla Devi Laishram in the opening knockout round.[7]

In 2018, Baldauff switched from representing Austria to Luxembourg.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b Riezinger, Birgit (1 August 2016). "Laurence Baldauff: Der perfekte Schuss ist das Ziel" [Laurence Baldauff: The perfect shot is the goal]. Der Standard (in German). Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Laurence Baldauff". Rio 2016. Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  3. ^ Huber, Karl (23 May 2016). "„Es kann alles passieren"" ["Anything is possible"] (in German). Österreichischer Rundfunk. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  4. ^ a b Dziacko, Katharina (8 January 2016). "Austria's first Olympic qualifier: Laurence Baldauff". World Archery Federation. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  5. ^ "2015 World Archery Championships: Entries by country" (PDF). ianseo.net. pp. 7–18. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  6. ^ "Team-"Seniorin" Baldauff eröffnet für Österreich Rio-Spiele". Salzburger Nachtrichten (in German). APA. 4 August 2016. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  7. ^ "Bogenschießen: Frühes Aus für Baldauff" [Archery: Early exit for Baldauff]. Die Presse (in German). APA. 10 August 2016. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  8. ^ Scholtes, Sarah (16 November 2018). "Neue Olympiahoffnung" [New Olympic hope]. Luxemburger Wort (in German). Retrieved 28 May 2021.

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