French
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biathlete
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. He won a gold medal in the 12.5 km pursuit at the
2006 Winter Olympics
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in
Turin
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and a bronze medal in the
2002 Winter Olympics
The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Salt Lake 2002 (; Gosiute dialect, Gosiute Shoshoni: ''Tit'-so-pi 2002''; ; Shoshoni language, Shoshoni: ''Soónkahni 2002''), were an international wi ...
in
Salt Lake City
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.
He was also a member of the winning
Biathlon World Championship
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relay team in 2001, and the 2004 team which won bronze. At the Biathlon World Championship 2007 in Antholz, Defrasne earned a bronze medal, in the 12.5 km pursuit and a silver medal in the Mixed Relay event. In 2009 at the World Championships in Pyeongchang, Defrasne was part of the victorious mixed relay team.
Defrasne served as the flagbearer for
France at the 2010 Winter Olympics
France participated at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Medalists
Alpine skiing
France qualified 22 skiers, most of any nation at the Games.2009–10 season.
Biathlon results
All results are sourced from the
International Biathlon Union
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.
Olympic Games
''3 medals (1 gold, 2 bronze)''
:''*Mass start was added as an event in 2006.''
World Championships
''6 medals (2 gold, 1 silver, 3 bronze)''
:''*During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program.''
:''**The mixed relay was added as an event in 2005.''
Individual victories
''3 victories (1 In, 1 Sp, 1 Pu)''
:''*Results are from UIPMB and IBU races which include the
Biathlon World Cup
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,
Biathlon World Championships
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and the
Winter Olympic Games
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