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| Born | 19 December 2000 Sallanches, France | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Biathlon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Paula Botet (born 19 December 2000) is a French biathlete. She has competed in the Biathlon World Cup since 2022. [1]
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Paula Botet (born 19 December 2000) is a French biathlete. She has competed in the Biathlon World Cup since 2022. [1]
Botet began competing in biathlon in 2011. She entered the Junior Cup in the 2017/2018 season. During the 2019/2020 season, she achieved third place in the overall standings, as well as in the individual rankings for sprint and pursuit. Following this success, she transitioned to the IBU Cup in the next season. At the 2020 Junior World Championships in Lenzerheide, she won the gold medal with the relay team, though her individual races placed her outside the top 10.
The following year, at the 2021 Junior World Championships in Obertilliach, she repeated her relay triumph, while achieving fifth place in the individual race. [2]
Botet made her World Cup debut at the first event of 2022 in Oberhof. [3] She finished 39th in both the sprint and pursuit events, earning her first World Cup points. At the seventh World Cup of the season, she competed for the first time in the French women's relay team in the third position, contributing to a bronze medal finish. She concluded her first World Cup season ranked 79th overall.
She spent the entire 2023–2024 season on the IBU Cup circuit, but her performance was hampered by shin pain, and she did not achieve any podium finishes. [4] She won the first sprint in Idre, which marked the start of the 2024–2025 IBU Cup season. [5]
Father — Yannick Bothe (osteopath, one of the first coaches of biathlete Martin Fourcade), mother — Véronique Claudel (born in 1966, biathlete). [6]
All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.
| Season | Overall | Individual | Sprint | Pursuit | Mass start | ||||||
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| Races | Points | Position | Points | Position | Points | Position | Points | Position | Points | Position | |
| 2021–22 | 9/22 | 25 | 79th | 1 | 62nd | 18 | 70th | 6 | 77th | — | — |
| 2022–23 | 3/20 | 26 | 68th | 6 | 62nd | 20 | 62nd | — | — | — | — |
| 2024–25 | To be determined | ||||||||||
| No. | Season | Date | Location | Level | Race | Place |
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| 1 | 2024–25 | 9 January 2025 |  Oberhof | World Cup | Sprint | 1st |
| No. | Season | Date | Location | Level | Race | Place | Teammate |
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| 1 | 2021–22 | 22 January 2021 |  Antholz-Anterselva | World Cup | Relay | 3rd | C. Chevalier, Braisaz-Bouchet, Bescond |
| 2 | 2024–25 | 17 January 2025 | Ruhpolding | World Cup | Relay | 3rd | Michelon, Braisaz-Bouchet, Simon |
3 medals (2 gold, 1 bronze)
| Year | Age | Individual | Sprint | Pursuit | Relay |
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 2018 Otepää | 18 | 44th | 44th | 36th | — |
 2019 Brezno-Osrblie | 19 | 49th | 43th | 16th | Bronze |
 2020 Lenzerheide | 20 | 15th | 14th | 26th | Gold |
 2021 Obertilliach | 21 | 5th | 16th | 11th | Gold |
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