Gaël Poirée

Gaël Poirée (born June 18, 1978 ) is a former French biathlete .

Gaël Poirée from La Chapelle-en-Vercors is the younger brother of the biathlon legend Raphaël Poirée and brother-in-law of Liv Grete Poirée . He started biathlon in 1993 and started for SC Dovares . In 1997 he took part in his first Junior World Championships in Forni Avoltri and was tenth in the individual. A year later he reached only the ranks 44 in the individual and 31 in the sprint in Jericho . In 1999 he made his debut in a relay race in Ruhpolding in the Biathlon World Cup . He was a starting runner and handed over to his brother in second place. In the end, the season finished eighth. He then made his debut in Champex-Lac in the Biathlon European Cup . Poirée came third in both the individual and the sprint. In 2000 the Frenchman started at a European championship for the first time. In Zakopane , a 14th place in the pursuit was his best result. A year later he achieved his best international result in Haute-Maurienne . In the individual, he won the bronze medal behind Günther Beck and Andreas Stitzl . At the beginning of the 2001/02 World Cup season , Poirée won World Cup points for the first time in Hochfilzen as 27th in the sprint. Only once again, as 16th in the Osrblie individual , could he achieve a better result in an individual race. With the relay he reached second place in Antholz with Gilles Marguet , Ferréol Cannard and Julien Robert behind Norway. Best result at the 2003 European Championships in Kontiolahti was eighth in the pursuit. A year later in Forni Avoltri Poirée was twelfth in the individual and ninth in the relay. Since the 2002/03 season, the Frenchman was almost only used in the European Cup. In Gurnigel in 2003, as in Brusson in 2004, he won a pursuit. In 2004 he ended his career.

Biathlon World Cup placements

The table shows all placements (depending on the year, including the Olympic Games and World Championships).

• 1st - 3rd Place: Number of podium placements
• Top 10: Number of placements in the top ten (including podium)
• Points ranks: Number of placements within the point ranks (including podium and top 10)
• Starts: Number of races run in the respective discipline

placement	singles	sprint	persecution	Mass start	Season	total
1st place
2nd place					1	1
3rd place
Top 10					2	2
Scoring	1	1			1	3
Starts	6th	11	5		4th	26th

Web links

• Gaël Poirée in the database of the IBU (English)