Franck Badiou (born 24 March 1967) is a French former

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, Olympic medallist and coach. He won silver medal in the

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at the

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. He was also

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in the same discipline in 1993. Badiou was born in

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. He took up shooting relatively late, at the age of 14, after talking about the sport with a school friend who was a pistol shooter. After retiring from competition, Badiou was a coach for the

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for eight years. In 2005, he started working for the French biathlon team, preparing the squad's rifles. In 2016, he was appointed as the men's team's shooting coach. Badiou stepped down from the role in 2018, being succeeded by Patrick Favre.

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1967 births Living people French male sport shooters Shooters at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic shooters for France Olympic silver medalists for France Olympic medalists in shooting French sports coaches Shooting coaches Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics 20th-century French sportsmen {{France-sportshooting-bio-stub