Yolaine Oddou

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Yolaine Oddou
Personal information
NationalityCanadian
Born (1990-03-20) 20 March 1990 (age 35)
Sport
CountryCanada
Sport Biathlon
Medal record
Youth World Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2009 Canmore 10 km individual

Yolaine Oddou (born 20 March 1990 [1] in Apprieu, France [2] ) is a French-Canadian biathlete who won Canada's woman biathlete of the year (the Myriam Bedard award) in 2009, [2] after winning the junior championships bronze medal and placing 11th in the sprint and 6th in the pursuit for biathlon. [3]

She has competed in the IBU Cup [4] and the World Championships and has been part of Canada's National Development Team for biathlon. [5]

Oddou, who moved to Canada with her family from France in 1999, [2] first tried biathlon while skiing at the Castor Kanik club in Valcatier. [6]

She studied sports at Cégep Garneau. She lives in Haute-Saint-Charles, Quebec. [7]

References

  1. "Yolaine Oddou - Fiche Joueur - Biathlon" . Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 "Canoe - Sports - Yolaine Oddou vise les J. O. de 2014".
  3. Cadorette, Stéphane (3 February 2009). "Vaillancourt et Oddou aux anges" . Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  4. "SkiTrax - Tag Archive - Yolaine Oddou" . Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  5. "Biggest Event Yet for Fast and Female Biathlon - Fast and Female" . Retrieved 23 February 2017.[ dead link ]
  6. Espaces. "Yolaine Oddou et Olivier Rochon : un hiver athlétique" . Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  7. http://www.nordinfo.com/Sports/2012-03-14/article-2927193/Dur-retour-pour-Yolaine-Oddou/1 [ dead link ]