Marc-André Bédard (biathlete)

Marc-André Bédard
Full name	Marc-André Daniel Bédard
Association	Canada
birthday	February 19, 1986
place of birth	Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier, Canada
Career
society	Courcellette
Trainer	Jean Paquet
Admission to the national team	2000
Debut in the European Cup / IBU Cup	2006
European Cup / IBU Cup victories	1
Debut in the World Cup	2009
status	not active
End of career	2015
Medal table
JWM medals 0 × 2 × 1 × NAM medals 1 × 4 × 2 × KM medals 9 × 7 × 6 ×
Biathlon Junior World Championships silver Haute Maurienne 2004 Season silver Kontiolahti 2005 Season bronze Martell 2007 Season North American Championships silver 2007 Fort Kent sprint bronze 2007 Fort Kent persecution gold 2009 Valcartier Mixed silver 2009 Valcartier sprint silver 2010 Fort Kent Mass start bronze 2010 Fort Kent persecution silver 2013 Whistler Mass start Canadian Championships gold 2004 sprint bronze 2004 Mass start gold 2005 singles gold 2005 sprint bronze 2005 Mass start gold 2006 Valcartier sprint bronze 2006 Valcartier singles silver 2007 Charlo persecution bronze 2007 Charlo sprint gold 2009 Valcartier Mixed silver 2009 Valcartier sprint silver 2010 Canmore Mixed gold 2011 Charlo sprint silver 2011 Charlo persecution silver 2011 Charlo Mixed gold 2012 Valcartier sprint gold 2012 Valcartier persecution gold 2012 Valcartier Mass start silver 2013 Whistler Mass start silver 2013 Whistler Mixed bronze 2013 Whistler sprint bronze 2013 Whistler persecution
World Cup balance
last change: July 19, 2013

Marc-André Daniel Bédard (born February 19, 1986 in Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier , Québec ) is a Canadian biathlete .

Marc-André Bédard began biathlon in 2000 after having previously been a cross-country skier. He is not related to Myriam Bédard . He has competed regularly in European races since 2004 and takes part in the European Cup and also in European championships. His first appearance in the European Cup was in a relay race of the juniors in 2004, from 2006 he also started in individual races. At the same time, he was able to achieve some successes in junior competitions. In 2004 he won a medal in Haute-Maurienne , 2005 in Kontiolahti and 2007 in Martell at the junior world championships with the relay - first two silver medals and 2007 bronze medals - and in 2005 he was the best-placed North American in all competitions. At the Canadian Championships in 2004, 2005 and 2006, he won the sprint title and stood on the podium in almost all other competitions.

In Cesana , Italy , he won a sprint in the European Cup on March 12, 2008 after faultless shooting . After the two-time Olympic and world champion Myriam Bédard and Sandra Keith from Calgary , who won a race in the European Cup in 2003, he was only the third Canadian to win an international biathlon competition outside of North America. In the 2008/09 season, Bédard could not build on his successes from the previous season. In the races of the IBU Cup , he did not make it into the top twenty. Nevertheless, he was able to make his debut in the Biathlon World Cup in a sprint race in Trondheim in the same season and immediately reached the subsequent pursuit with 46th place. In Antholz he could in 2010 to reach the sprint with 20th place his best performance in the World Cup and first win World Cup points. Marc-André Bédard took part in the 2010 Winter Olympics. At his only start, with the relay, he finished 10th. At the North American Biathlon Championships in 2010 in Fort Kent , he was the only well-known Canadian biathlete to take part and won bronze in the pursuit race behind Wynn Roberts and Walt Shepard and silver behind Russell Currier in the mass start . In the overall standings of the Biathlon NorAm Cup 2009/10 , Bédard took eighth place in the overall standings and came first, second and third in each of the races. His third place overall in the 2011/12 season is remarkable , as he only contested four out of twelve races, but won them all. In the following season he finally won the NorAm Cup after two wins and second places . At the North American Championships in Summer Biathlon 2010 in Canmore , he won gold in the sprint as well as in the pursuit.

Placements in the biathlon world cup

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
3rd place
Top 10					1	1
Scoring		1	1		5	7th
Starts	4th	10	5		5	24
Status: after the 2012/13 season

Web links

• Marc-André Bédard's website
• Marc-André Bédard in the IBU database (English)