Paula Botet (born 19 December 2000) 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 ...
. She has competed in the
Biathlon World Cup
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since 2022.
Career
Botet began competing in biathlon in 2011. She entered the Junior Cup in the 2017/2018 season. During the 2019/2020 season, she achieved third place in the overall standings, as well as in the individual rankings for sprint and pursuit. Following this success, she transitioned to the
IBU Cup
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in the next season. At the
2020 Junior World Championships in
Lenzerheide
Lenzerheide ( Romansh: ''Lai'') is a mountain resort in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland at the foot of the Parpaner Rothorn. The village lies in the municipality Vaz/Obervaz in the district of Albula, sub-district Alvaschein.
Th ...
, she won the gold medal with the relay team, though her individual races placed her outside the top 10.
The following year, at the
2021 Junior World Championships in
Obertilliach
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Geography
It is located in East Tyrol, in a high valley of the upper Gail (river), Gail River east of the Kartitsch ...
, she repeated her relay triumph, while achieving fifth place in the individual race.
Botet made her
World Cup
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debut at the first event of 2022 in
Oberhof. She finished 39th in both the sprint and pursuit events, earning her first World Cup points. At the seventh World Cup of the season, she competed for the first time in the French women's relay team in the third position, contributing to a bronze medal finish. She concluded her first World Cup season ranked 79th overall.
She spent the entire 2023–2024 season on the IBU Cup circuit, but her performance was hampered by shin pain, and she did not achieve any podium finishes. She won the first sprint in
Idre
Idre is a locality and ski resort situated in Älvdalen Municipality, Dalarna County, Sweden with 794 inhabitants in 2010. It was also a historical parish and former municipality.
History
The two parishes ''Särna'' and ''Idre'' were originall ...
, which marked the start of the
2024–2025 IBU Cup season.
Personal life
Father — Yannick Bothe (osteopath, one of the first coaches of biathlete
Martin Fourcade
Martin Fourcade (; born 14 September 1988) is a retired French Biathlon, biathlete. He is a six-time Biathlon at the Winter Olympics, Olympic champion, a thirteen-time Biathlon World Championships, World Champion and a seven-time winner of the B ...
), mother —
Véronique Claudel
Véronique Claudel (born 22 November 1966 in Cornimont, France) is a former French biathlete. At the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville
Albertville (; Franco-Provençal, Arpitan: ''Arbèrtvile'') is a Subprefectures in France, subprefectu ...
(born in 1966, biathlete).
Biathlon results
All results are sourced from the
International Biathlon Union
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.
World Cup
Individual podiums
Relay podiums
Youth and Junior World Championships
''3 medals (2 gold, 1 bronze)''
References
External links
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2000 births
Living people
French female biathletes
Sportspeople from Sallanches
21st-century French sportswomen