Hervé Balland
French cross-country skier (born 1964)
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Hervé Balland (born January 7, 1964) is a French cross-country skier who competed from 1990 to 1998. He won a silver medal in the 50 km event at the 1993 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Falun.
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| Born | 7 January 1964 Champagnole, France | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Sport | Skiing | ||||||||||||||
| Club | SC Morbier-Bellefontaine | ||||||||||||||
| World Cup career | |||||||||||||||
| Seasons | 9 – (1990–1998) | ||||||||||||||
| Indiv. starts | 26 | ||||||||||||||
| Indiv. podiums | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Indiv. wins | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Team starts | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| Team podiums | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Overall titles | 0 – (23rd in 1993) | ||||||||||||||
| Discipline titles | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Balland's best finish at the Winter Olympics was a fifth in the 50 km event at the 1992 Games in Albertville. He won the Engadin Skimarathon in 1993, 1994 and 1996, and a 15 km event in Germany in 1994.
Cross-country skiing results
All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[1]
Olympic Games
World Championships
- 1 medal – (1 silver)
World Cup
Season standings
Individual podiums
- 2 podiums
| No. | Season | Date | Location | Race | Level | Place |
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| 1 | 1992–93 | 27 February 1993 |  Falun, Sweden | 50 km Individual F | World Championships[1] | 2nd |
| 2 | 1993–94 | 19 March 1994 |  Thunder Bay, Canada | 50 km Individual F | World Cup | 2nd |
Note: 1 Until the 1999 World Championships, World Championship races were included in the World Cup scoring system.
