Simon Fourcade
Introduction '''Simon Fourcade''' (born 25 April 1984) is a French former biathlete and non-commissioned officer. He won a gold medal in the individual at the 2003 Biathlon Junior World Championships. Although he never took a solo World Cup race win, he took eight World Cup wins as a member of relay teams - six in men's relays and two in mixed relays. He retired from competition in March 2019.He is the older brother of fellow biathlete Martin Fourcade.
Biathlon results ===Olympics===EventIndividualSprintPursuitMass startRelayMixed relay 2006 Torino 31st  — — — — — 2010 Vancouver 40th 71st — 14th 6th — 2014 Sochi 13th 36th 18th DNF  — —===World Championships===''5 medals (1 gold, 3 silver, 1 bronze)''EventIndividualSprintPursuitRelaySingle  2006 Pokljuka      11th 2007 Antholz 8th 37th 25th 8th 10th — 2008 Östersund 4th 20th 6th 27th 5th — 2009 Pyeongchang 4th 6th 10th 9th 4th'''Gold''' 2010 Khanty-Mansiysk      5th 2011 Khanty-Mansiysk 39th 13th 6th 15th 12th — 2012 Ruhpolding'''Silver''' 5th 6th 5th '''Silver''' 11th 2013 Nové Město 6th 34th 23rd 9th '''Silver''' — 2015 Kontiolahti 4th 4th 10th 9th '''Bronze''' — 2016 Oslo Holmenkollen 10th 53rd 40th — 9th — 2017 Hochfilzen — 85th — — — — 2019 Östersund19th — — — — — —:''*During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program. '':''**The single mixed relay was added as an event in 2019. ''===World Cup===Kontiolahti, Finland, 12 February 2012;World Cup rankings '''Season''' '''Overall''' '''Individual''' '''Sprint''' '''Pursuit''' '''Mass Start''' '''2003–04'''  '''79th'''  -  -  65th  - '''2005–06'''  '''49th'''  -  40th  39th  41st  '''2006–07'''  '''23rd'''  8th  34th  23rd  24th '''2007–08''' '''17th'''  6th  23rd  16th  22nd '''2008–09'''  '''15th'''  29th  14th  14th 12th '''2009–10''' '''7th'''  12th  9th  11th  9th '''2010–11'''  '''30th'''  24th  39th  16th  42nd '''2011–12'''  '''5th'''  1st  10th  10th  6th '''2012–13'''  '''27th'''  29th  33rd  23rd  24th '''2013–14'''  '''39th'''  5th  51st  34th  - '''2014–15'''  '''11th'''  6th  16th  11th  12th '''2015–16'''  '''27th'''  13th  35th  31st  19th '''2016–17'''  '''38th'''  23rd  44th  35th  - '''2017–18'''  '''42nd'''  42nd  48th  40th  36th '''2018–19'''  '''37th'''  14th  46th  33rd  -;Relay victories8 victories No. Season Date Location Discipline Level Team 1 2008–09 19 February 2009   Pyeongchang   Mixed Relay  Biathlon World Championships Brunet / Becaert / Defrasne / S.Fourcade 2 2009–10 6 December 2009   Östersund   Relay  Biathlon World Cup Jay / Defrasne / S.Fourcade / Fourcade 3 2011–12 22 January 2012   Antholz-Anterselva   Relay  Biathlon World Cup Béatrix / S.Fourcade / Boeuf / Fourcade 4 2012–13 10 January 2013   Ruhpolding   Relay  Biathlon World Cup S.Fourcade / Béatrix / Boeuf / Fourcade 5 20 January 2013   Antholz-Anterselva   Relay  Biathlon World Cup S.Fourcade / Béatrix / Boeuf / Fourcade 6 2013–14 19 January 2014   Antholz-Anterselva   Relay  Biathlon World Cup S.Fourcade / Boeuf / Béatrix / Fourcade 7 2014–15 30 November 2014   Östersund   Mixed Relay   Biathlon World Cup Bescond / Chevalier / S.Fourcade / Fourcade 8 2016–17 5 March 2017   Pyeongchang  Relay  Biathlon World Cup Béatrix / S.Fourcade / Desthieux / Fourcade
References
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