Jeanne Richard

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Jeanne Richard
Richard J. - Biathlon WCh 2024 Nove Mesto 2366.jpg
Richard in 2024
Personal information
NationalityFrench
Born (2002-04-13) 13 April 2002 (age 22)
Thonon-les-Bains, France
Professional information
Sport Biathlon
ClubLes Gets
IBU Cup debut2021
World Cup debut2024
World Championships
Teams1 (2024)
World Cup
Seasons1 (2023/24-)
All victories1
Medal record
Women's biathlon
Representing Flag of France.svg  France
Youth Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2020 Lausanne Single mixed relay
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2020 Lausanne 10 km individual
Junior World Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2023 Shchuchinsk 7.5 km sprint
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2023 Shchuchinsk10 km pursuit
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2023 Shchuchinsk12.5 km individual
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2023 Shchuchinsk4 × 6 km relay
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2023 Shchuchinsk4 × 6 km W+M relay
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Soldier Hollow 4 × 6 km relay
Youth World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 Obertilliach 10 km individual
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2021 Obertilliach3 × 6 km relay

Jeanne Richard (born 13 April 2002) [1] is a French olympic biathlete. [2] [3]

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Career

Richard participated at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics in the biathlon competition, being awarded the silver medal in the girls' individual. [4] Richard also participated in the single mixed relay event, winning the gold medal with her teammate Mathieu Garcia. [4]

Richard participated at the Biathlon Junior World Championships 2021, being awarded the gold medal in the youth women's 10 km individual event. [5] She also participated in the youth women's 3 × 6 km relay event, being awarded the gold medal with her teammates, Fany Bertrand and Maya Cloetens. [5] Richard participated at the Biathlon Junior World Championships 2022 in the junior women's 4 × 6 km relay event, being awarded the bronze medal with her teammates Camille Coupé, Noémie Remonnay and Océane Michelon. [5] In shooting, Jeanne Richard shoulder left.

Biathlon results

All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union. [6]

World Championships

EventIndividualSprintPursuitMass startRelayMixed relaySingle mixed relay
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg 2024 Nové Město 15th18th

World Cup

World Cup rankings
SeasonOverallIndividualSprintPursuitMass start
PointsPositionPointsPositionPointsPositionPointsPositionPointsPosition
2023–24 -39th-58th-31st-30th-
Relay victories

1 victory

No.SeasonDateLocationDisciplineLevelTeam
1 2023–24 10 January 2024 Flag of Germany.svg Ruhpolding Relay Biathlon World Cup Jeanmonnot / Richard / Chauveau / Simon

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References

  1. "Jeanne Richard". International Olympic Committee . Retrieved 26 March 2022.
  2. Bonnot, Claire (29 March 2021). "Jeanne Richard: "In biathlon, I can go very far in my head."" (in French). Retrieved 26 March 2022.
  3. "Jeanne Richard – Biathlon". LesGets. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
  4. 1 2 "Lausanne 2020 Results". 2020 Winter Youth Olympics . Archived from the original on 23 January 2020. Retrieved 26 March 2022 via Wayback Machine.
  5. 1 2 3 "DataCenter". Archived from the original on 19 March 2022. Retrieved 26 March 2022 via Wayback Machine.
  6. International Biathlon Union. Jeanne Richard. IBU Datacenter. Retrieved 10 January 2024.