Aimé Gruet-Masson

Aimé Gruet-Masson
Association	France
birthday	December 8, 1940
place of birth	Septmoncel
date of death	July 12, 2014
Career
job	Biathlon coach
World Cup balance
last change: end of career

Aimé Gruet-Masson (born December 8, 1940 in Septmoncel ; † July 12, 2014 ) was a French biathlete .

Aimé Gruet-Masson made his debut at an international championship as part of the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble , where he was 42nd of the individual and tenth of the relay race with Daniel Claudon , Serge Legrand and Jean-Claude Viry . At the Biathlon World Championships in Zakopane in 1969 he was 49th of the individual. The next international championships followed a few years later. At the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo , the Frenchman was 51st in the individual and 13th and last alongside René Arpin , Noël Turrell and Daniel Claudon in the relay race. In the following three years Gruet-Masson always took part in the world championships . In 1973 he was 26th in Lake Placid , 35th in 1974 in Minsk and 21st in 1975 in Antholz , each in individual. When sprint races were held for the first time in 1974, he finished 25th, a year later he was 49th, also as the final runner of the French relay alongside René Arpin, Marius Falquy and Jean-Claude Viry eleventh. The last highlight was the third participation in the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck , where Aimé Gruet-Masson was used again in the individual and was 42nd there.

After his active career, Gruet-Masson became a coach and initially looked after the French junior national team. In 1981 he became head coach of the French, which he remained until 1984. From 1993 to 2002 he was a biathlon representative on the board of the French Ski Federation (FFS). He also worked for shooting sports in the Jura department .

Web links

• Aimé Gruet-Masson in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Results at www.the-sports.org