Laure Coupat
Encyclopedia
Laure Coupat is a French
mountain bike orienteering
competitor
and World Champion. She won an individual gold medal in sprint at the 2002 World MTB Orienteering Championships
, and a silver medal in the relay with the French team.
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...
mountain bike orienteering
Mountain bike orienteering
Mountain bike orienteering is an orienteering endurance racing sport on a mountain bike where navigation is done along trails and tracks. Compared to foot orienteering, competitors usually are not permitted to leave the trail and track network. Navigation tactics are similar to ski-orienteering,...
competitor
Competition
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and World Champion. She won an individual gold medal in sprint at the 2002 World MTB Orienteering Championships
World MTB Orienteering Championships
The World Mountain Bike Orienteering Championships is the official event to award the titles of World Champions in mountain bike orienteering. The World Championships were first held in 2002, and from 2004 they have been organized every year...
, and a silver medal in the relay with the French team.