Laurianne Desmarais-Gilbert competes in freestyle skiing.Darren Calabrese/COC
Darren Calabrese/COC

Laurianne Desmarais-Gilbert

Biography

Laurianne Desmarais-Gilbert is set to make her Olympic debut at Milano Cortina 2026.

In her second appearance at the senior FIS World Championships in 2025, Desmarais-Gilbert had one of the competitions of her life as she finished fourth in moguls.

Desmarais-Gilbert made her FIS World Cup debut in January 2019. After only entering Canadian-hosted events for a few years, she began competing fulltime on the circuit during the 2022-23 season. She posted her career-best result on the circuit in February 2024 when she finished eighth in moguls in Deer Valley.  

Desmarais-Gilbert finished third in the Nor-Am Cup standings for moguls/dual moguls in 2021-22 when she posted two podium finishes. She first competed in Nor-Am Cup events in 2014.

She competed at the FIS Junior World Championships in 2016 and 2017.

A Little More About Laurianne

Getting into the Sport: Comes from a skiing family so was on skis at a young age… Her mother had spent time teaching her how to ski bumps and when she was 10 her local ski hill started a moguls club… Realized at age 16 that she wanted to start competing seriously… Made the national team in 2018… Outside Interests: Enjoys camping and hiking…

Olympic Highlights

Games Sport Event Finish
Milano Cortina 2026Freestyle SkiingMoguls - Women12
Milano Cortina 2026Freestyle SkiingDual Moguls - Women21

Notable International Results

Olympic Winter Games: 2026 - 12th (moguls), 21st (dual moguls)

FIS World Championships: 2025 – 4th (moguls), 10th (dual moguls); 2023 – 10th (dual moguls), 11th (moguls)

FIS Junior World Championships: 2017 – 6th (moguls), 13th (dual moguls); 2016 – 20th (dual moguls), 30th (moguls)