Anaïs Bescond (born 15 May 1987) is a retired French biathlete, olympic champion and world champion. She is also a

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Career

Bescond was born in Aunay-sur-Odon. She moved to Morbier, in the Jura region, with her family and began skiing. She competed at the

Biathlon World Championships 2011 The 44th Biathlon World Championships was held in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia from March 3–13, 2011. There was a total of 11 competitions: sprint, pursuit, individual, mass start, and relay races for men and women, and mixed relay. All the even ...

, and won a silver medal in the relay with the French team, a result repeated at the

Biathlon World Championships 2012 The 45th Biathlon World Championships were held in Ruhpolding, Germany, from 1 to 11 March 2012. There were total of 11 competitions held: sprint, pursuit, individual, mass start and relay races for men and women, and a mixed relay. All events ...

. She won her first victory on the World Cup biathlon sprint at Antholz-Anterselva, played on 16 January 2014. Bescond competed in the Sochi

2014 Winter Olympics , ''Zharkie. Zimnie. Tvoi'') , nations = 88 , events = 98 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , athletes = 2,873 , opening = 7 February 2014 , closing = 23 February 2014 , opened_by = President Vladimir Putin , cauldron = , stadium = Fisht Olympic ...

for France. Her best performance was two 5th places in the

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and

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. At the Pyeongchang

2018 Winter Olympics , nations = 93 , athletes = 2,922 (1,680 men and 1,242 women) , events = 102 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , opening = , closing = , opened_by = President Moon Jae-in , cauldron = Kim Yun-a , stadium = Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium , winte ...

, she finished at the 3rd place in the pursuit, claimed gold with the French Team in the mixed relay and took bronze in the relay. She announced her retirement after the 2021/22 season.Anaïs Bescond, triple médaillée olympique, met un terme à sa carrière
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Biathlon results

Olympic Games

''3 medals (1 gold, 2 bronze)''

World Championships

''8 medals (1 gold, 6 silver, 1 bronze)'' :''*The single mixed relay was added as an event in 2019.''

World Cup

;World Cup rankings ;Individual victories ''1 victory (1 Sp)'' ;Relay victories 2020-01-11 IBU World Cup Biathlon Oberhof IMG 2937 by Stepro

''13 victories''

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* * * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bescond, Anais 1987 births Living people French female biathletes Sportspeople from Calvados (department) Biathlon World Championships medalists Biathletes at the 2014 Winter Olympics Biathletes at the 2018 Winter Olympics Biathletes at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic biathletes for France Medalists at the 2018 Winter Olympics Olympic medalists in biathlon Olympic gold medalists for France Olympic bronze medalists for France 21st-century French women