Simon Desthieux (born 3 December 1991) is a retired French

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/ref> olympic champion and world champion. He competed in the

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for France, where he finished 45th in the

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and 21st in the pursuit. Desthieux won his first

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medal in Hochfilzen 2017 when he was a part of men's relay team that became second. Next year he was a part of France's mixed relay team in the

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and won his first Olympic gold medal. In Antholz-Anterselva 2020 won his first World Championship title with men's relay. He announced his retirement after the 2021/22 season.

Biathlon results

Olympic Games

''2 medals (1 gold, 1 silver)''

World Championships

''3 medals (1 gold, 2 silver)'' :''*The single mixed relay was added as an event in 2019.''

World Cup

;World Cup rankings ;Individual victories ''2 victories'' (1 Sp, 1 MS) ;Relay victories ''11 victories''; victories at Winter Olympics are not counted as World Cup victories but are listed here.

Junior World Championships

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* 1991 births Biathletes at the 2014 Winter Olympics Biathletes at the 2018 Winter Olympics Biathletes at the 2022 Winter Olympics French male biathletes Living people Olympic biathletes of France People from Belley Biathlon World Championships medalists Medalists at the 2018 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic medalists in biathlon Olympic gold medalists for France Olympic silver medalists for France Sportspeople from Ain {{France-biathlon-bio-stub