Florent Claude

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

Florent Claude in Hochfilzen in 2012

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.[1] His brothers Fabien Claude and Emilien Claude are also biathletes and compete for France.

In 2018, Claude competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics together with Michael Rösch as the first Belgian Olympic biathletes ever.[2] Their relay teammate Thierry Langer also competed, but as a cross-country skier, not a biathlete. The Belgian biathlon relay team did not qualify for the Olympics.

Biathlon results

All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.

Olympic Games

0 medals

Event Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass start Relay Mixed relay
2018 Pyeongchang 54th 55th 57th — — —
*The mixed relay was added as an event in 2014.

Results
  • 2nd at the Junior World Championships in the 10 km sprint event (2012)
  • 1st (2009) and 2nd (2010) at the Junior World Championships in the relay event with the French team
  • 3rd at the French championships 2016 in the sprint and pursuit events
  • 4 titles at the Belgian championships: 3 in biathlon, one in cross-country skiing (2017)
  • 9th in the 10 km sprint event at the 2018 European Championships[3]

Notes
  1. Weynants, M. (7 June 2017). "Le biathlète Florent Claude est officiellement belge". RTBF. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
  2. "Michael Rösch klaar voor Winterspelen: "Florent Claude en ik vertegenwoordigen België in biatlon"". De Standaard. Belga. 20 January 2018. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
  3. "Florent Claude". Team Belgium. Belgian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
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