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Francois BRAUD

France

Gender: Male
Nationality: France

Birthday: 27 July 1986
Age: 27

Height: 1.77 m (5' 10'')
Weight: 65 kg / 143 lbs

Place of Birth: France, Pontarlier
Place of Residence: -

Nordic Combined

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Athlete competitions and results

12 February, 13:30 Individual Gundersen NH / 10 km, Competition Round
Francois BRAUD
Time difference: +1:12
Rank: 24

12 February, 16:30 Individual Gundersen NH / 10 km, Cross-Country
Francois BRAUD
Time: 25:09.3 (+1:19.1)
Rank: 17

18 February, 13:30 Individual Gundersen LH / 10 km, Competition Round
Francois BRAUD
Time difference: +1:34
Rank: 19

18 February, 16:00 Individual Gundersen LH / 10 km, Cross-Country
Francois BRAUD
Time: 24:05.2 (+37.7)
Rank: 5

20 February, 12:00 Team Gundersen LH / 4x5 km, Competition Round
Team: FRA
Time difference: +0:35
Rank: 4

20 February, 15:00 Team Gundersen LH / 4x5 km, Cross-Country
Team: FRA
Time: 47:51.3 (+1:12.8)
Rank: 6

Additional Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
Olympic Winter Games
4	Team Gundersen LH / 4x5km	2010	Vancouver, BC, CAN	50:11.4
5	Team Gundersen LH / 4x5km	2006	Torino, ITA	51:24.6
14	Individual Gundersen LH / 10km	2010	Vancouver, BC, CAN	26:59.6
34	Individual Gundersen NH / 10km	2010	Vancouver, BC, CAN	27:52.3
42	Individual Gundersen NH / 15km	2006	Torino, ITA	47:02.3
World Championships
1	Team Gundersen NH / 4x5km	2013	Val di Fiemme, ITA	57:34.0
4	Team Gundersen LH / 4x5km	2011	Oslo, NOR	48:04.2
5	Team Gundersen NH / 4x5km	2011	Oslo, NOR	49:38.2
9	Individual Gundersen LH / 10km	2011	Oslo, NOR	26:34.3
19	Individual Gundersen LH / 10km	2013	Val di Fiemme, ITA	29:24.9
20	Individual Gundersen NH / 10km	2011	Oslo, NOR	26:52.2
36	Individual Gundersen NH / 10km	2013	Val di Fiemme, ITA	31:36.4

World Cup Rankings overview - displays all rankings from 2010/11, top three for earlier seasons

Season	Overall
2013/2014	27
2012/2013	22
2011/2012	23
2010/2011	19

Best performance per season in World Cup events from 2010/2011

Season	NH/10km	NH/5km	LH/15km	LH/10km	PR-LH/10km	Team NH/4x5km	Team LH/4x5km	TSP LH/2x7.5km	TSP NH/2x7.5km
2013/2014	1 x 6th	1 x 26th	-	1 x 14th	-	-	1 x 2nd	1 x 10th	1 x 11th
2012/2013	1 x 7th	-	1 x 10th	3 x 13th	1 x 11th	1 x 5th	1 x 2nd	1 x 9th	-
2011/2012	1 x 9th	-	-	1 x 4th	1 x 31st	1 x 4th	-	1 x 3rd	1 x 10th
2010/2011	1 x 7th	-	-	1 x 10th	-	1 x 3rd	-	-	-

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
Ten best World Cup performances in current season
2	Team Gundersen LH / 4x5km	2013/2014	Oberstdorf, GER	50:03.6
4	Team Gundersen LH / 4x5km	2013/2014	Kuusamo, FIN	53:55.6
6	Individual Gundersen NH / 10km	2013/2014	Lillehammer, NOR	27:14.3
10	Team Sprint LH / 2x7.5km	2013/2014	Chaux-Neuve, FRA	36:38.6
11	Team Sprint NH / 2x7.5km	2013/2014	Ramsau, AUT	35:09.8
14	Individual Gundersen LH / 10km	2013/2014	Kuusamo, FIN	29:47.0
15	Individual Gundersen LH / 10km	2013/2014	Oberstdorf, GER	28:45.9
16	Individual Gundersen LH / 10km	2013/2014	Lillehammer, NOR	31:52.9
26	Individual Gundersen NH / 5km	2013/2014	Seefeld, AUT	13:42.7
31	Individual Gundersen NH / 10km	2013/2014	Schonach, GER	26:56.6
FIS World Ranking List
26	Individual	2013/2014		183 (in progress)

Legend
NH-Normal Hill, LH-Large Hill, PR-Penalty Race, TSP-Team Sprint, DNS-Did not start, DNQ-Did not qualify for main competition, DNF-Did not finish, DSQ-Disqualified

Nickname: Fouez, Fouazif, La Fouez (sebastienlacroix.com, 27 Jul 2009)
Occupation: Armed Services
Languages Spoken: English, French
Sporting Relatives: His brother Guillaume has competed for the French national team in cross-country skiing. (fis-ski.com, 16 Jan 2014)
Debut: 2005 for France, World Cup (Kuusamo) (fis-ski.com, 2014)

Hobbies: Paragliding, spending time in the mountains, playing the drums, cycling, motorbikes. (francois-braud.fr, 16 Jan 2014; fis-ski.com, 16 Jan 2014)
Education: IUT Annecy, France
Coach: Etienne Gouy [national]; Jerome Laheurte [national] (fis-ski.com, 16 Jan 2014)
Other Sports: He competed in ski jumping at junior level, and also took part in a ski jumping World Cup event in 2010 in Lahti, Finland. (SportsDeskOnline, 24 Jan 2014; fis-ski.com, 2014)
Previous Olympics: Vancouver 2010, Torino 2006

Additional Information

Start of sporting career
.He began ski jumping at age seven. (combinenordique.canalblog.com, 05 Jan 2010)

Reason for taking up this sport
His family were involved in cross-country skiing and he became interested in ski jumping after seeing the jumping hill in La Houche, France (fis-ski.com, 16 Jan 2014)

Ambitions
To win a gold medal at the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. (francois-braud.fr, 16 Jan 2014)

Most memorable sporting achievement
Winning gold in the large hill team event at the 2013 World Championships in Val di Fiemme, France. (interviewsport.fr, 06 Jul 2013)

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