Florent Claude
French-Belgian biathlete (born 1991)
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Florent Claude (born 11 November 1991) is a French-born Belgian biathlete.
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| Nationality | Belgian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 11 November 1991 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Biathlon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Biography
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 as the men's relay team failed to qualify for the Olympics. But at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Belgium did qualify and fielded for the first time ever a team in the men's biathlon, and Claude competed in both individual events and the men's team relay event.[4] Four years later, Belgium qualified and fielded a full men's and women's biathlon team for the first time in its winter sports history, and Claude competed in both individual events, the men's team relay event and the mixed team relay event.[5]
Biathlon results
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 | — |
 2026 Milano Cortina |
46th | 38th | 50th | — | 19th | 18th |
World Championships
| Event | Individual | Sprint | Pursuit | Mass start | Relay | Mixed relay | Single mixed relay |
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 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 |
 2025 Lenzerheide |
39th | 17th | 14th | 22nd | 14th | 10th | 13th |
- *During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program.
Results
- 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[6]
