Emmanuelle Claret (30 October 1968 – 11 May 2013) was a French
biathlete
The biathlon is a winter sport that combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting. It is treated as a race, with contestants skiing through a cross-country trail whose distance is divided into shooting rounds. The shooting rounds are not ti ...
. Her best performance came in 1996 when she became world champion in the
Biathlon World Championships 1996
The 31st Biathlon World Championships were held in 1996 for the third time in Ruhpolding, Germany.
Men's results
20 km individual
10 km sprint
Team event
4 × 7.5 km relay
Women's results
15 km individual
7.5 km sprint
Team eve ...
in
Ruhpolding
Ruhpolding is the municipality with the biggest area of the Traunstein (district), Traunstein district in southeastern Bavaria, Germany. It is situated in the south of the Chiemgau region in the Alps and next to the Austrian border.
The economy ...
at 15 km. She also won a silver medal with the French relay at the same championships. She won the overall World Cup in 1996. She has won three individual victories in the world cup.
She died of
leukemia
Leukemia ( also spelled leukaemia; pronounced ) is a group of blood cancers that usually begin in the bone marrow and produce high numbers of abnormal blood cells. These blood cells are not fully developed and are called ''blasts'' or '' ...
on 11 May 2013, aged 44.
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1968 births
2013 deaths
Deaths from leukemia in France
Sportspeople from Gap, Hautes-Alpes
Skiers from Hautes-Alpes
French female biathletes
Olympic biathletes for France
Biathletes at the 1994 Winter Olympics
Biathletes at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Biathlon World Championships medalists
Université Savoie Mont Blanc alumni
20th-century French sportswomen
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