Simon Fourcade
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Association | France | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
birthday | 25th April 1984 (age 36) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
place of birth | Perpignan , France | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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job | Sports soldier | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
society | Villard de Lans Ski Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Trainer | Siegfried Mazet | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Admission to the national team |
2001 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Debut in the World Cup | 2004 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Cup victories | 8 (season) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
status | resigned | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
End of career | March 24, 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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World Cup balance | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Overall World Cup | 2011/2012 ) | 5. (|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Individual World Cup | 1. (2011/2012) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sprint World Cup | 2009/2010 ) | 9. (|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pursuit World Cup | 10. (2011/2012) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mass start world cup | 6. (2011/2012) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Simon Fourcade (born April 25, 1984 in Perpignan ) is a former French biathlete . He was multiple junior world champion, world champion with the mixed relay and was able to win the world cup in the individual discipline. He is the four years older brother of Martin Fourcade .
Career
Simon Fourcade has been involved in biathlon since 1998 and has been a member of the French national team since 2001. The sports soldier from Villard-de-Lans starts for the Villard de Lans Ski Club .
Even as a junior, Fourcade was extremely successful. In 2003 in Kościelisko he won the individual title, in 2004 in Haute-Maurienne in the sprint and the pursuit, each before the later Olympic relay winner Michael Rösch and in 2005 in the pursuit in Kontiolahti . There are also four vice junior world championships between 2002 and 2005.
In the World Cup he was used for the first time in the final of the 2003/04 season at Holmenkollen in Oslo . After a 54th place in the sprint, he advanced to 27th place during the pursuit. At the 2006 Olympic Games in Turin he was used in the individual competition, where he was 31st. Fourcade experienced his first world championship in 2006 in Pokljuka , where he was only used in the relay. In the following season, at the 2007 World Cup in Antholz , he took part in all competitions. After a 37th place in the sprint and a 25th place in the pursuit, Fourcade achieved his best individual placements ever with the two eighth places in the individual and in the mass start. Fourcade achieved the first podium on March 1, 2007 when he finished second in the individual race in Lahti behind his compatriot Raphaël Poirée . In the winter of 2007/08 the Frenchman was in the top ten ten times and finished the season 17th. The following 2008/2009 season was even more successful for Fourcade. At the start in Östersund he was able to run on the podium for the second time with third place in the sprint. In addition to numerous other placements among the top ten at the World Cup events, the World Cup in Pyeongchang was the highlight of the season. Simon Fourcade won the gold medal with the French mixed relay and was able to reach the top 10 in all races. In the overall World Cup he finished 15th at the end of the season. Fourcade took part in the 2010 Winter Olympics again in Vancouver . His best result was 14th place in the mass start. In the overall World Cup standings, Fourcade was seventh at the end of his best season to date, the 2009/2010 season . However, he was able to improve his best result in the overall World Cup in the 2011/2012 season to fifth place.
Due to a compartment syndrome , the 2012/2013 season began for Fourcade with an operation, which meant that he could not take part in the first World Cup races. He completed his first race in Oberhof, but with little success. Also at the Biathlon World Championships 2013 in Nove Mesto na Moravě participated Fourcade. He won a silver medal with the men's relay and was twice in the top ten. The best result of the season he achieved at the World Cup final in Khanty-Mansiysk , he was second behind the Austrian Christoph Sumann in pursuit.
He ended his career after the 2018/19 season.
statistics
World Cup victories
- team
No. | date | place | discipline |
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1. | February 19, 2009 | Pyeongchang (World Cup) | Mixed season 1 |
2. | December 6, 2009 | Ostersund | Season 2 |
3. | January 22, 2012 | Antholz | Season 3 |
4th | January 10, 2013 | Ruhpolding | Season 3 |
5. | 20th January 2013 | Antholz | Season 3 |
6th | 19th January 2014 | Antholz | Season 3 |
7th | November 30, 2014 | Ostersund | Mixed season 4 |
8th. | 5th March 2017 | Pyeongchang | Season 5 |
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
- Relay: including mixed relays
placement | singles | sprint | persecution | Mass start | Season | total |
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1st place | 7th | 7th | ||||
2nd place | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | |
3rd place | 1 | 1 | 7th | 9 | ||
Top 10 | 13 | 17th | 19th | 12 | 40 | 101 |
Scoring | 22nd | 56 | 49 | 31 | 46 | 204 |
Starts | 26th | 90 | 57 | 31 | 46 | 250 |
As of March 22, 2015 |
Web links
- Simon Fourcade in the database of the IBU (English)
- Simon Fourcade at biathlon.xc-ski.de
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Fourcade, Simon |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French biathlete |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 25, 1984 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Perpignan , France |