Laure Barthélémy is a French

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

 cross country skier who has competed since 2005.

Barthélémy also competed in one Winter Olympics, earning her best finish of fifth in the team sprint

Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Women's team sprint

The women's team sprint cross-country skiing competition in the freestyle technique at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada was held on 22 February at Whistler Olympic Park in Whistler, British Columbia....

 event with Karine Laurent Philippot

Karine Laurent Philippot

Karine Laurent Philippot is a French cross country skier who has competed since 1994. Her best World Cup finish was second in a 10 km event in China in 2007....

 at Vancouver

Vancouver

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 in 2010

2010 Winter Olympics

The 2010 Winter Olympics, officially the XXI Olympic Winter Games or the 21st Winter Olympics, were a major international multi-sport event held from February 12–28, 2010, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with some events held in the suburbs of Richmond, West Vancouver and the University...

. She also finished first in the sprint event at the Junior World Ski Championships in Mals

Mals

Mals is a comune in South Tyrol in the Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about 80 km northwest of Trento and about 70 km northwest of Bolzano, on the border with Switzerland and Austria.-Geography:...

 in 2008, and second in the 10 km event.

At the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 in Liberec

Liberec

Liberec is a city in the Czech Republic. Located on the Lusatian Neisse and surrounded by the Jizera Mountains and Ještěd-Kozákov Ridge, it is the fifth-largest city in the Czech Republic....

, she finished 22nd in the individual sprint and 53rd in the 7.5 km + 7.5 km double pursuit. Barthélémy's best World Cup finish was fifth in a team sprint event in Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

in 2009.