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    Martin FOURCADE
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    Martin FOURCADE

    France
    • Gender: Male
    • Nationality: France
    • Birthday: 14 September 1988
    • Age: 25
    • Height: 1.85 m (6' 1'')
    • Weight: 75 kg / 165 lbs
    • Place of Birth: -
    • Place of Residence: -
    Biathlon
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    Medals

    • Biathlon
    • Men 12.5km Pursuit
    • Gold
    • Biathlon
    • Men 20 km Individual
    • Gold
    • Biathlon
    • Men Mass Start 15km
    • Silver

    Athlete competitions and results

    • 8 February, 18:30 Men's Sprint 10 km
    • Martin FOURCADE
      Time: 24:45.9 (+12.4)
    • Rank: 6
    • 10 February, 19:00 Men's 12.5 km Pursuit
    • Martin FOURCADE
      Time: 33:48.6 (0.0)
    • Rank: 1
    • 13 February, 18:00 Men's Individual 20 km
    • Martin FOURCADE
      Time: 49:31.7 (0.0)
    • Rank: 1
    • 18 February, 14:30 Men's 15km Mass Start
    • Martin FOURCADE
      Time: 42:29.1 (0.0)
    • Rank: 2
    • 19 February, 18:30 2x6km Women + 2x7.5 km Men Mixed Relay
    • Team: FRA
      Time: 1:12:04.3 (+2:47.3)
    • Rank: 6
    • 22 February, 18:30 Men's Relay 4x7.5 km
    • Team: FRA
      Time: 1:13:46.4 (+1:30.5)
    • Rank: 8

    Additional Information

    Highlights


    BIATHLON
    RankEventYearLocationResult
    Olympic Winter Games
    215km Mass Start2010Vancouver, BC, CAN35:46.2
    64x7.5km Relay2010Vancouver, BC, CAN1:23:16.2
    1420km Individual2010Vancouver, BC, CAN50:55.4
    3412.5km Pursuit2010Vancouver, BC, CAN36:28.4
    3510km Sprint2010Vancouver, BC, CAN26:25.6
    World Championships
    120km Individual2013Nove Mesto na Morave, CZE49:43.0
    110km Sprint2012Ruhpolding, GER24:18.6
    112.5km Pursuit2012Ruhpolding, GER33:39.4
    115km Mass Start2012Ruhpolding, GER38:25.4
    112.5km Pursuit2011Khanty-Mansiysk, RUS33:02.6
    210km Sprint2013Nove Mesto na Morave, CZE23:33.2
    212.5km Pursuit2013Nove Mesto na Morave, CZE32:35.6
    24x7.5km Relay2013Nove Mesto na Morave, CZE1:16:51.8
    22x6km Women + 2x7.5km Men Mixed Relay2013Nove Mesto na Morave, CZE1:12:24.9
    24x7.5km Relay2012Ruhpolding, GER1:17:56.5
    210km Sprint2011Khanty-Mansiysk, RUS24:47.0
    32x6km Women + 2x7.5km Men Mixed Relay2011Khanty-Mansiysk, RUS1:15:38.7
    52x6km Women + 2x7.5km Men Mixed Relay2010Khanty-Mansiysk, RUS1:20:25.6
    1015km Mass Start2013Nove Mesto na Morave, CZE36:52.6
    1020km Individual2011Khanty-Mansiysk, RUS50:16.1
    1015km Mass Start2011Khanty-Mansiysk, RUS39:37.5
    112x6km Women + 2x7.5km Men Mixed Relay2012Ruhpolding, GER1:15:06.9
    124x7.5km Relay2011Khanty-Mansiysk, RUS1:18:15.4
    2520km Individual2012Ruhpolding, GER49:26.7

    World Cup Rankings overview - displays all rankings from 2010/11, top three for earlier seasons
    SeasonTotalIndividualSprintPursuitMass start
    2013/201417131
    2012/201311111
    2011/201214113
    2010/201133422
    2009/2010---1-

    Best performance per season in World Cup events from 2010/2011
    Season20km IN10km SP12.5km PU15km MS4x7.5km RLMixed RL
    2013/20141 x 1st1 x 1st1 x 1st1 x 1st1 x 1st1 x 5th
    2012/20133 x 1st3 x 1st2 x 1st2 x 1st2 x 1st1 x 2nd
    2011/20121 x 1st3 x 1st3 x 1st1 x 1st1 x 1st1 x 11th
    2010/20111 x 2nd3 x 2nd1 x 1st2 x 1st1 x 3rd2 x 3rd

    RankEventYearLocationResult
    Ten best World Cup performances in current season
    120km Individual2013/2014Ostersund, SWE50:10.9
    110km Sprint2013/2014Ostersund, SWE25:56.0
    112.5km Pursuit2013/2014Hochfilzen, AUT32:43.3
    115km Mass Start2013/2014Oberhof, GER37:39.4
    14x7.5km Relay2013/2014Anterselva, ITA1:14:34.1
    210km Sprint2013/2014Hochfilzen, AUT25:15.6
    310km Sprint2013/2014Oberhof, GER27:06.0
    310km Sprint2013/2014Annecy, FRA22:43.8
    312.5km Pursuit2013/2014Oberhof, GER35:47.7
    510km Sprint2013/2014Anterselva, ITA25:10.2
    54x7.5km Relay2013/2014Hochfilzen, AUT1:20:49.1
    52x6km Women + 2x7.5km Men Mixed Relay2013/2014Ostersund, SWE1:19:16.7


    Legend
    IN-Individual, SP-Sprint, PU-Pursuit, MS-Mass Start, RL-Relay, DNS-Did not start, DNF-Did not finish, DSQ-Disqualified

    CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING

    Best performance per season in World Cup events from 2010/2011
    Season15km F
    2012/20131 x 48th



    Legend
    SP-Sprint, C-Classic, F-Freestyle, P-Pursuit, R-Relay, xkm/xkm-Skiathlon events, TSP-Team Sprint, Overall-Overall Standings Stage World Cup, DNS-Did not start, DNQ-Did not qualify for final race, DNF-Did not finish, DSQ-Disqualified
    • Hobbies: Sports in general, including hockey, judo, swimming, cycling, windsurfing. (martinfourcade.fr, 21 Mar 2012; biathlonresults.com, 07 Feb 2013)
    • Family: Partner Helene
    • Coach: Stephane Bouthiaux [national], Siegfried Mazet [national shooting] (FRA) (lequipe.fr, 20 Jan 2013; lequipe.fr, 10 Jan 2013)
    • Other Sports: He has competed in cross-country skiing at World Cup level. (SportsDeskOnline, 24 Jan 2014)
    • Injuries: He dislocated his right shoulder in December 2012 in a fall in Germany. (lequipe.fr, 31 Dec 2012)

      In October 2008 he fell off roller skis and fractured his left shoulder during a training session in Bessans, France. (efms.fr, 21 Oct 2008)
    • Occupation: Armed Forces, Athlete
    • Languages Spoken: English, French, Spanish
    • Sporting Relatives: His older brother Simon Fourcade also represents France in biathlon. (lebiathlon.fr, 21 Jul 2009; biathlonworld.com, 17 Jan 2012)
    • Debut: 2008 for France, World Cup (Oslo) (services.biathlonresults.com, 07 Feb 2013)
    • Previous Olympics: Vancouver 2010

    Additional Information

    Start of sporting career
    He took up biathlon at age 10. (ladepeche.fr, 13 Feb 2012)

    Reason for taking up this sport
    He tried numerous sports including ice hockey, judo, swimming, athletics and mountain biking, before taking up Nordic skiing and then biathlon after his brother Simon started. "I wanted to be like my older brother." (martinfourcade.fr, 21 Mar 2012)

    Ambitions
    To win gold at the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. (martinfourcade.fr, 21 Mar 2012)

    Most memorable sporting achievement
    Winning the 2011/12 overall World Cup title. (martinfourcade.fr, 21 Mar 2012)

    Hero
    US swimmer Michael Phelps, Moroccan distance runner Hicham El Guerrouj, French rugby player Francois Trinh-Duc, Spanish ski mountaineer Kilian Jornet, and French slalom paddler Tony Estanguet. (martinfourcade.fr, 21 Mar 2012)

    Superstitions / Rituals
    He tries not to prepare differently for particular events. "I try to keep things feeling natural. I have certain rituals, but I've done biathlon since I was 10 years old. I know how everything works, I shoot every day, it's like it's a part of my DNA." (ladepeche.fr, 13 Feb 2012)

    Sporting philosophy / motto
    "Suffering is a daily thing, one must be a masochist to train as I do. Training means a year of suffering for one day of happiness, in the search for the ultimate level of perfection. So I have always done what is necessary. Behind the starting line, whatever you haven't done, you are surely going to pay for." (fourcadebrothers.fr, 21 Jul 2009)

    General
    MOVING TO NORWAY IN 2014
    He announced in January 2013 his intention to move to Oslo, Norway, for a minimum of two years at the end of the 2014 European winter. "I love it when I'm in Norway, and I think I will move there after the Olympic Games in Sochi. It will be good to have some change in my life, it will reinvigorate my training and career. I think in fact it is a necessary more in order to remain at the top of my sport for another few years." (ski-nordique.net, 19 Jan 2013)

    APPRECIATING SILVER
    He won a silver medal at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in the mass start and finished 35th in the sprint, which he cites as one of the most frustrating moments of his career. However, after winning silver behind rival Emil Hegle Svendsen in a photo finish in the 12.5km pursuit at the 2013 World Championships in Nove Mesto na Morave, Czech Republic, he developed a more philosophical approach to coming second. "Sandrine Bailly [French Olympic biathlon medallist] sent me a message the other day, 'if one cannot appreciate a silver medal, one does not deserve gold'. It is somewhat true. My biggest frustration is still the Olympic Games in Vancouver, hopefully this will change after Sochi." (ladepeche.fr, 13 Feb 2013)

    SIBLING SUCCESS
    In January 2012 he finished third in the sprint at the World Cup event in Nove Mesto na Morave, Czech Republic. His brother Simon finished second in the event, and the pair became the first brothers to make the podium of a World Cup biathlon event. (biathlonworld.com, 17 Jan 2012)

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    Biathlon

    Men 10 km Sprint
    • Bib: 39
    Men 20 km Individual
    • Bib: 31
    Men 4x7.5km Relay
    • Bib: 6-4
    Men 12.5km Pursuit
    • Bib: 6
    Men Mass Start 15km
    • Bib: 2
    Mixed 2x6+2x7.5 km Relay
    • Bib: 5-4
    News: Martin FOURCADE
    Norwegian Emil Hegle Svendsen takes gold in the men's mass start biathlon
    18 FebruaryNorwegian Emil Hegle Svendsen takes gold in the men's mass start biathlon
    Emil Hegle Svendsen of Norway has won his first gold medal in the men's mass start at the Olympic Games in Sochi.
    13 FebruaryFrance’s Martin Fourcade wins second gold in Sochi
    French biathlete Martin Fourcade won gold three days ago in pursuit and again in the individual 20km race.
    10 FebruaryFrance took its first gold of the Games
    France took its first gold of the Sochi Olympics when Martin Fourcade won the biathlon pursuit but Norwegian legend Ole Einar Bjoerndalen narrowly missed out on an outright Winter Games medals record.
    8 FebruaryThe first Sochi 2014 Olympic champions to be named today

    The first five sets of medals will be played today at the Sochi Olympic Games. The champions will be named in snowboard, cross-country, speed skating, biathlon and freestyle.

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      13 February
      France’s Martin Fourcade wins second gold in Sochi
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