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

Personal information
Born	(1970-10-06) October 6, 1970 Lax, Switzerland
Sport
Country	Switzerland
Sport	Skiing
Club	SC Obergoms
World Cup career
Seasons	11 – (1992–2002)
Indiv. starts	126
Indiv. podiums	0
Team starts	25
Team podiums	2
Team wins	1
Overall titles	0 – (12th in 1997)
Discipline titles	0
Medal record Women's cross-country skiing Representing Switzerland Olympic Games 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).

Olympic Games

• 1 medal – (1 bronze)

Year	Age	5 km	10 km	15 km	Pursuit	30 km	Sprint	4 × 5 km   relay
1992	21	20	—N/a	—	37	17	—N/a	9
1994	23	—	—N/a	38	—	37	—N/a	5
1998	27	10	—N/a	—	10	7	—N/a	4
2002	31	—N/a	—	31	29	—	—	Bronze

World Championships

Year	Age	5 km	10 km	15 km	Pursuit	30 km	Sprint	4 × 5 km   relay
1993	22	46	—N/a	25	36	25	—N/a	7
1995	24	46	—N/a	—	25	32	—N/a	7
1997	26	33	—N/a	14	14	26	—N/a	8
1999	28	21	—N/a	11	14	15	—N/a	5
2001	30	—N/a	—	—	41	CNX[a]	—	—

a. ¹ Cancelled due to extremely cold weather.

World Cup

Season standings

Season	Age
		Overall	Long Distance	Middle Distance	Sprint
1992	21	15	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a
1993	22	33	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a
1994	23	46	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a
1995	24	44	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a
1996	25	24	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a
1997	26	12	16	—N/a	12
1998	27	17	18	—N/a	15
1999	28	15	17	—N/a	15
2000	29	40	28	37	56
2001	30	50	—N/a	—N/a	57
2002	31	78	—N/a	—N/a	—

Team podiums

• 1 victory – (1 TS)
• 2 podiums – (2 TS)

No.	Season	Date	Location	Race	Level	Place	Teammate
1	1997–98	10 March 1998	Falun, Sweden	6 × 1.6 km Team Sprint F	World Cup	1st	Honegger
2	1998–99	8 March 1999	Vantaa, Finland	Team Sprint F	World Cup	3rd	Honegger

External links

• Brigitte Albrecht Loretan at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
• Brigitte Albrecht Loretan at Olympics.com
• Brigitte Albrecht at Olympic.org (archived)
• Brigitte Albrecht-Loretan at Olympedia