Anne Floriet

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Anne Floriet
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Born (1963-06-01) 1 June 1963 (age 59)
Nationality French

Anne Floriet (born 1 June 1963) is a successful French paralympic athlete in the Biathlon.

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Life

Floriet was born in 1963 and was found to have Ollier disease [1] which is a non hereditary disease that effects bone structure.

Floriet competed at the 1998 and the 2002 Paralympics and as a result was chosen to be the flag bearer at next Paralympics.

In 2006 on the 11 March she won a Paralympic gold medal in the 12.5 km biathlon at the Games in Turin. [1] Floriet also won two bronze medals at the shorter biathlon event and the 10 km skiing event.

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References

  1. 1 2 Anne Floriet, canalblog, retrieved 14 February 2014