Florent_Claude
Florent Claude
French-born Belgian biathlete
Florent Claude (born 11 November 1991) is a French-born Belgian biathlete.
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| Nationality | Belgian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1991-11-11) 11 November 1991 (age 32) Remiremont, France[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Biathlon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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.[2] His brothers Fabien Claude and Emilien Claude are also biathletes and compete for France.
In 2018, Claude competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics with Michael Rösch as the first Belgian Olympic biathletes ever.[3] 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.
All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.
Olympic Games
| Event | Individual | Sprint | Pursuit | Mass start | Relay | Mixed relay |
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 2018 Pyeongchang |
54th | 55th | 57th | — | — | — |
 2022 Beijing |
75th | 84th | — | — | 20th | — |
World Championships
| Event | Individual | Sprint | Pursuit | Mass start | Relay | Mixed relay | Single mixed relay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 2019 Östersund |
32nd | 71st | — | — | 23rd | — | — |
 2020 Rasen-Antholz |
25th | 34th | 32nd | — | 19th | — | 20th |
 2021 Pokljuka |
19th | 21st | 25th | 24th | 22nd | 21st | 15th |
 2023 Oberhof |
27th | 67th | — | — | 19th | 14th | 17th |
 2024 Nové Město na Moravě |
37th | 32nd | 29th | — | 22nd | 8th | 16th |
- *During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program.
- 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 and one in cross-country skiing (2017)
- 9th in the 10 km sprint event at the 2018 European Championships[4]
- "Florent CLAUDE". Olympics.com. Archived from the original on 1 February 2022. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
- Weynants, M. (7 June 2017). "Le biathlète Florent Claude est officiellement belge". RTBF. Archived from the original on 6 August 2018. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
- "Michael Rösch klaar voor Winterspelen: "Florent Claude en ik vertegenwoordigen België in biatlon"". De Standaard. Belga. 20 January 2018. Archived from the original on 6 August 2018. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
- "Florent Claude". Team Belgium. Belgian Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 6 August 2018. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
- Official website
- Florent Claude at IBU BiathlonWorld.com
- Florent Claude at IBU BiathlonResults.com
- Florent Claude at Olympedia
- Florent Claude at Olympics.com
- Florent Claude at Team Belgium (in Dutch and French)
