Florent Claude (born 11 November 1991) is a French-born Belgian

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 ...

Biography

Florent Claude is originally a French biathlete, born in

Remiremont Remiremont () is a town and Communes of France, commune in the Vosges department, northeastern France, situated in southern Grand Est. The town has been an abbatial centre since the 7th century, is an economic crossroads of the Moselle and Moselo ...

, in the

Vosges The Vosges ( , ; ; Franconian and ) is a range of medium mountains in Eastern France, near its border with Germany. Together with the Palatine Forest to the north on the German side of the border, they form a single geomorphological unit and ...

, in 1991. He has a Master in physical training from the

Université Grenoble Alpes The (, ''Grenoble Alps University'', abbr. UGA) is a ''grand établissement'' in Grenoble, France. Founded in 1339, it is the third largest university in France with about 60,000 students and over 3,000 researchers. Established as the Univer ...

. Due to a lack of chances to compete at the highest biathlon level in France, he relocated to Belgium, where he formed a team with

Michael Rösch Michael Rösch (born 4 May 1983) is a German and Belgian (since 2014) former biathlete. Life and career He is the son of the former biathlete Eberhard Rösch. He was junior world champion four times, three times in the relay and once in the ...

, another naturalized experienced biathlete (Olympic gold medal in the relay in 2006 with Germany). In June 2017 Claude acquired the Belgian nationality. His brothers

Fabien Claude Fabien Claude (born 22 December 1994) is a French biathlete. 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 Wo ...

and Emilien Claude are also biathletes and compete for France. In 2018, Claude competed at the

2018 Winter Olympics The 2018 Winter Olympics (), officially the XXIII Olympic Winter Games (; ) and also known as PyeongChang 2018 (), were an international winter multi-sport event held between 9 and 25 February 2018 in Pyeongchang County, South Ko ...

with Michael Rösch as the first Belgian Olympic biathletes ever. Their relay teammate Thierry Langer also competed but as a cross-country skier, not a biathlete. The Belgian biathlon relay team did not qualify for the Olympics.

Biathlon results

All results are sourced from the

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Olympic Games

World Championships

:''*During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program.''

Results

*2nd at the Junior World Championships in the 10 km sprint event (2012) *1st (2009) and 2nd (2010) at the Junior World Championships in the relay event with the French team *3rd at the French championships 2016 in the sprint and pursuit events *4 titles at the Belgian championships: 3 in biathlon and one in cross-country skiing (2017) *9th in the 10 km sprint event at the 2018 European Championships

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* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Claude, Florent 1991 births Sportspeople from Remiremont Skiers from Vosges (department) French male biathletes Belgian male biathletes Olympic biathletes for Belgium Biathletes at the 2018 Winter Olympics Biathletes at the 2022 Winter Olympics Living people Naturalised citizens of Belgium 21st-century French sportsmen 21st-century Belgian sportsmen