{{Short description|Austrian cyclist (born 2000)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2022}} {{expand German|topic=bio|date=September 2022|Laura Stigger}} {{Infobox cyclist | name = Laura Stigger | image = 20180927 UCI Road World Championships Innsbruck Women Juniors Road Race Laura Stigger 850 0408.jpg | caption = Stigger in 2018 | fullname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|2000|9|25|df=yes}} | birth_place = Innsbruck, Tyrol, Austria | height = | weight = | currentteam = {{UCI team code|SDW}} | disciplines = {{unbulleted list|Road|Mountain biking}} | role = Rider | ridertype = {{unbulleted list|Cross-country ''(MTB)''}} | amateuryears1 = | amateurteam1 = | proyears1 = 2025– | proteam1 = {{UCI team code|SDW|2025}} | majorwins = ;''Mountain bike'' :XC World Cup ::3 individual wins (2023, 2024, 2026) :Cape Epic (2021) | medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry| {{AUT}} }} {{MedalSport | Women's mountain bike race}} {{MedalCompetition|World Championships}} {{MedalGold | 2017 Cairns|{{nowrap|Junior Cross-country}}}} {{MedalGold | 2018 Lenzerheide|Junior Cross-country}} {{MedalCompetition|European Championships}} {{MedalGold | 2017 Darfo Boario Terme|Junior Cross-country}} {{MedalGold | 2018 Graz|Junior Cross-country}} {{MedalSport | Women's road bicycle racing}} {{MedalCompetition|World Championships}} {{MedalGold | 2018 Innsbruck|Junior road race}} | show-medals = no }} '''Laura Stigger''' (born 25 September 2000) is an Austrian racing cyclist, who rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam {{UCI team code|SDW}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/team-details/19527|title=Team SD Worx|work=UCI.org|publisher=Union Cycliste Internationale|access-date=26 January 2025}}</ref><ref name="Bio">{{cite web |url=https://www.procyclingstats.com/rider.php?id=216354 |title=Laura Stigger |work=ProCyclingStats |accessdate=27 September 2018 }}</ref> She won the women's junior road race at the 2018 UCI Road World Championships and the junior Mountain Bike race (XCO)<ref name="MTBworld_1_2017_2018">{{cite web|title=Stigger and Balmer win Junior XCO titles|publisher=nextmedia Pty Ltd.|url=https://www.ambmag.com.au/gallery/stigger-and-balmer-win-junior-xco-titles-512179|accessdate=2 October 2018|date=6 September 2018|language=en}}</ref> event at the 2018 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/world-championships-junior-women/2018/result |title=2018: World Championships – World Championships WJ – Road Race |work=ProCyclingStats |accessdate=27 September 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eurosport.com/cycling/world-championships/2018/uci-world-championships-watch-live-men-s-itt_sto6948876/story.shtml |title=UCI World Championships – Laura Stigger claims women's junior title |work=Eurosport |accessdate=27 September 2018}}</ref><ref name="2nd_road_race_2018">{{cite web|url=https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/racing/austrian-laura-stigger-wins-junior-womens-world-championship-road-race-front-home-crowds-395726 |title=Austrian Laura Stigger wins junior women's World Championship road race in front of home crowds |work=Cycling Weekly |date=27 September 2018 |accessdate=27 September 2018}}</ref> She also won the junior Mountain Bike race (XCO) event at the 2017 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships.<ref name="MTBworld_1_2017_2018"></ref>
To date, Stigger is the only Austrian cyclist to win both the Road World Championship and the Mountain Bike World Championship in the same year, winning both titles within twenty-two days.<ref name="MTBworld_1_2018">{{cite web|title=Cross-country Olympic – Lenzerheide – 05 Sep 2018 Results | publisher=UCI | url=https://dataride.uci.ch/Results/iframe/EventResults/159715?competitionId=51840&disciplineId=7|accessdate=3 October 2018|language=en}}</ref> The former was only her second road race ever.<ref name="2nd_road_race_2018"></ref>
In 2017 and 2018, she won every Junior Mountain Bike race she participated in, a total of 26 races, with most of them at international level.<ref name="MTBresults-stigger">{{cite web|title=Laura Stigger|publisher=MTBCrossCountry.com|url=http://mtbcrosscountry.com/riders/laura-stigger/results/|accessdate=4 October 2018|language=en}}</ref> It was the same when she was younger still.<ref name="MTBeurope_1_2014">{{cite web|title=2014 UEC European Youth Mountainbike Championship Results | publisher=UEC | url=http://uec.ch/resources/resultsPastEvents/mtb/mtb_2014.pdf|accessdate=5 October 2018|language=en}} see page 22</ref><ref name="MTBeurope_1_2016">{{cite web|title=2016 UEC European Youth Mountainbike Championships Results | publisher=UEC | url=https://racingteam-haiming.at/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/U17w-Over-All_.pdf|accessdate=5 October 2018|language=en}} see page 1</ref>
She competed in the cross-country race at the 2020 Summer Olympics.<ref>{{cite web |title=Tokyo 2020 – Cycling Mountain Bike – Results |url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/cycling-mountain-bike/results-women-s-cross-country-fnl-000100-.htm |website=olympics.com |access-date=4 August 2021 |archive-date=25 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210725202818/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/cycling-mountain-bike/results-women-s-cross-country-fnl-000100-.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Major results== ===Mountain bike=== {{div col|colwidth=25em}} ;2017 : 1st 20px Cross-country, UCI World Junior Championships : 1st 20px Cross-country, UEC European Junior Championships ;2018 : 1st 20px Cross-country, UCI World Junior Championships : 1st 20px Cross-country, UEC European Junior Championships ;2020 : 1st 20px Cross-country, National Championships : Swiss Bike Cup ::1st Gstaad : 1st Rund um den Roadlberg : UCI XCO World Cup ::5th Nové Město I ::5th Nové Město II ;2021 : National Championships ::1st 20px Short track ::1st 20px Eliminator : 1st 20px Overall Cape Epic (with Sina Frei) ::1st Prologue, Stages 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 & 7 : Swiss Bike Cup ::1st Basel : 1st Coppa Città Di Albenga : 2nd 15px Cross-country, UCI World Under-23 Championships : UCI XCO World Cup ::3rd Leogang ;2022 : UCI XCO World Cup ::3rd Leogang ::4th Petropolis ::4th Vallnord ;2023 : 4th Overall UCI XCO World Cup ::1st Snowshoe ::3rd Leogang ::4th Val di Sole : UCI XCC World Cup ::1st Nové Město ::1st Val di Sole ::1st Mont-Sainte-Anne : 1st Haiming ;2024 : National Championships ::1st 20px Cross-country ::1st 20px Short track : UCI XCO World Cup ::4th Crans-Montana ::5th Nové Město ;2026 : UCI XCO World Cup ::1st Nové Město {{div col end}}
===Road=== ;2018 : 1st 20px Road race, UCI World Junior Championships
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category-inline|Laura Stigger}} * {{UCI|549557}} * [https://mtbdata.com/riders/stigger-laura Laura Stigger] at MTB Data * [https://web.archive.org/web/20240730151128/https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/laura-stigger_1566128 Laura Stigger] at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics (archived, [https://paris2024.rtve.es/es/paris-2024/atleta/laura-stigger_1566128 alternate link]) * {{Olympics.com}} * {{Olympedia}} * {{InterSportStats}} * {{Team Austria|laura-stigger/2810}} * {{Instagram}}<!-- per WP:ELMINOFFICIAL, choose one official website only -->
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Stigger, Laura}} Category:2000 births Category:Living people Category:Austrian female cyclists Category:Place of birth missing (living people) Category:Cyclists at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics Category:Cyclists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic cyclists for Austria Category:Cyclists at the 2023 European Games Category:European Games competitors for Austria Category:Cyclists at the 2024 Summer Olympics Category:21st-century Austrian sportswomen