Fabien Claude (born 22 December 1994) is 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 ...
.
Career
His first year in biathlon was 2006. He made his international debut in 2011. He won the Junior Men's pursuit and placed 2nd with the French relay team at the
Biathlon Junior World Championships 2014
The 2014 Biathlon Junior World Championships
Biathlon Junior World Championships were first held in 1967 for men and in 1989 for women. According to the International Biathlon Union rules, biathletes qualify as Junior if they turn 20, 21 or 22 du ...
. He was part of the French relay team that achieved 3rd place in the relay in
Hochfilzen
Hochfilzen is a town and municipality in the Kitzbühel (district), Kitzbühel district of the Austrian state of Tyrol (state), Tyrol. It is located in the Pillersee valley 5 km east of Fieberbrunn. Population was 1,147 in 2016.
It is a popu ...
during the 2019–20 season. His first individual podium position was 3rd place in the individual discipline in
Pokljuka
The Pokljuka Plateau () is a forested karst plateau at an elevation of around , located in the Julian Alps in northwestern Slovenia.
The plateau is known for its forests, pasture, mountain pastures (Javornik, Lipanca, Uskovnica, Zajamniki, etc ...
during the
2019–20 season. His second podium was 2nd place in the pursuit in Kontiolahti during the
2020–21 season. His brothers
Florent Claude and
Emilien Claude are also biathletes.
Biathlon results
All results are sourced from the
International Biathlon Union
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.
[International Biathlon Union]
Fabien Claude
IBU Datacenter. Retrieved 06 February 2024.
Olympic Games
''1 medal (1 silver)''
World Championships
''2 medals (1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)''
:''*The single mixed relay was added as an event in 2019.''
World Cup
;World Cup rankings
;Relay victories
''7 victories''
References
External links
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1994 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Épinal
Skiers from Vosges (department)
French male biathletes
Biathletes at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics
Biathletes at the 2022 Winter Olympics
Medalists at the 2022 Winter Olympics
Olympic biathletes for France
Olympic silver medalists for France
Olympic medalists in biathlon
21st-century French sportsmen
Biathlon World Championships medalists
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