Florent Claude

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Florent Claude
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Florent Claude in 2023
Personal information
NationalityBelgian
Born (1991-11-11) 11 November 1991 (age 34)
Remiremont, France [1]
Sport
SportBiathlon
Medal record
Men's biathlon
Representing Flag of France.svg  France (up to 2016)
Representing Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium (from 2017)
Junior World Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2012 Kontiolahti 10 km sprint
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2012 Kontiolahti4 × 7.5 km relay
Youth World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2009 Canmore 3 × 7.5 km relay
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2010 Torsby 3 × 7.5 km relay

Florent Claude (born 11 November 1991) is a French-born Belgian biathlete.

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Biography

Florent Claude is originally a French biathlete, born in Remiremont, in the Vosges, in 1991. He has a Master in physical training from the Université Grenoble Alpes. Due to a lack of chances to compete at the highest biathlon level in France, he relocated to Belgium, where he formed a team with Michael Rösch, another naturalized experienced biathlete (Olympic gold medal in the relay in 2006 with Germany). In June 2017 Claude acquired the Belgian nationality. [2] His brothers Fabien Claude and Emilien Claude are also biathletes and compete for France.

In 2018, Claude competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics with Michael Rösch as the first Belgian Olympic biathletes ever. [3] Their relay teammate Thierry Langer also competed but as a cross-country skier, not a biathlete as the men's relay team failed to qualify for the Olympics. But at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Belgium did qualify and fielded for the first time ever a team in the men's biathlon, and Claude competed in both individual events and the men's team relay event. [4] Four years later, Belgium qualified and fielded a full men's and women's biathlon team for the first time in its winter sports history, and Claude competed in both individual events, the men's team relay event and the mixed team relay event. [5]

Biathlon results

All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.

Olympic Games

EventIndividualSprintPursuitMass startRelayMixed relay
Flag of South Korea.svg 2018 Pyeongchang 54th55th57th———
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg 2022 Beijing 75th84th——20th—
Flag of Italy.svg 2026 Milano Cortina 46th38th50th—19th18th

World Championships

EventIndividualSprintPursuitMass startRelayMixed relaySingle mixed relay
Flag of Sweden.svg 2019 Östersund 32nd71st——23rd——
Flag of Italy.svg 2020 Rasen-Antholz 25th34th32nd—19th—20th
Flag of Slovenia.svg 2021 Pokljuka 19th21st25th24th22nd21st15th
Flag of Germany.svg 2023 Oberhof 27th67th——19th14th17th
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg 2024 Nové Město na Moravě 37th32nd29th—22nd8th16th
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg 2025 Lenzerheide 39th17th14th22nd14th10th13th
*During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program.


Results

Notes

  1. ↑ "Florent CLAUDE". Olympics.com. Archived from the original on 1 February 2022. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  2. ↑ Weynants, M. (7 June 2017). "Le biathlète Florent Claude est officiellement belge". RTBF. Archived from the original on 6 August 2018. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
  3. ↑ "Michael Rösch klaar voor Winterspelen: "Florent Claude en ik vertegenwoordigen België in biatlon"". De Standaard. Belga. 20 January 2018. Archived from the original on 6 August 2018. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
  4. ↑ "Le biathlon, sport le mieux représenté au sein du Team Belgium à Pékin" [Biathlon, the sport best represented within Team Belgium in Beijing] (in French). Belgian Olympic and Interfederal Committee. 22 January 2022. Retrieved 27 February 2026.
  5. ↑ "Winter Olympics 2026 Full Belgian men's & women's teams at the Winter Olympics". Belgium Biathlon. Retrieved 27 February 2026.
  6. ↑ "Florent Claude". Team Belgium. Belgian Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 6 August 2018. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
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