Background
Lauridsen was born in Esbjerg, Denmark.
Lauridsen was born in Esbjerg, Denmark.
Lauridsen represented her country at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing winning a bronze and gold medal. After a parachute accident in 2001 she was left with paralysis in both legs. In 2002 Lauridsen represented Denmark when she took part in the 2002 IPC Athletics World Championships in Lille entering the shot put as a category F55 athlete.
Four years later she was back on the international stage, but she had changed discipline to represent Denmark as a swimmer.
In the 2006 IPC Swimming World Championships held in Durban she entered five events winning medals in three, gold in the 150m individual medley Master of Science$ and silver in 50m backstroke S5 and the 50m breaststroke SB3. The next year, at an open meet in Berlin which acted as a quaifier for the 2008 Summer Paralympics, Lauridsen took gold in both the 100m backstroke S5 and the 150m individual medley SM4.
Her time in the 100m backstroke of 1:32.91 set a new world record and ensured her a place in the Beijing Paralympic Games. At the 2008 Summer Paralympics Lauridsen entered four events.
She came fifth in the 100m Backstroke S6, which was a strong performance given that she was up against athletes with less severe disabilities, as her S5 category was not run.
In 2009 she travelled to Rio de Janeiro to take part in the IPC World short course championships. She returned to Denmark with a bronze, two silvers and a gold in the 50m Breaststroke SB3.
At the 2010 IPC Swimming World Championships held in Eindhoven, Lauridsen not only successfully defended her 150m individual medley event, but added a second gold by winning the 50m Breaststroke SB3 along with a bronze in the 50m breaststroke SB3.