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Anaïs Bescond

Anaïs Bescond

French biathlete (born 1987)

Anaïs Bescond (born 15 May 1987) is a retired French biathlete, olympic champion and world champion. She is also a non-commissioned officer.[1]

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Career

Bescond was born in Aunay-sur-Odon. She moved to Morbier, in the Jura region, with her family and began skiing.[2] She competed at the Biathlon World Championships 2011, and won a silver medal in the relay with the French team, a result repeated at the Biathlon World Championships 2012.[3]

She won her first victory on the World Cup biathlon sprint at Antholz-Anterselva, played on 16 January 2014.[4]

Bescond competed in the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics for France. Her best performance was two 5th places in the individual and sprint.[3]

At the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics, she finished at the 3rd place in the pursuit,[5] claimed gold with the French Team in the mixed relay[6] and took bronze in the relay.[7]

She announced her retirement after the 2021/22 season.[8]

Biathlon results

Olympic Games

3 medals (1 gold, 2 bronze)

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World Championships

8 medals (1 gold, 6 silver, 1 bronze)

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*The single mixed relay was added as an event in 2019.

World Cup

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Individual victories

1 victory (1 Sp)

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Relay victories
Simon / Bescond / Aymonier / Braisaz finishing 3rd at Oberhof on 11th January 2020

13 victories

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References

  1. [1]
    Bescond, Anaïs, Équipe de France Militaire de Ski 2011.
  2. [2]
    Qui êtes vous, Anaïs Bescond ?, Nordic Mag http://www.nordicmag.info/anaisbescondportrait-0116/
  3. [3]
    "International Biathlon Union – Anais Becond". Archived from the original on 5 February 2014. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
  4. [4]
    IBU – Sprint Antholz 2013/14 Archived 16 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine
  5. [5]
    "Biathlon: Women's 10km pursuit cumulative results" (PDF). pyeongchang2018.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 February 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  6. [6]
    "Biathlon: Mixed relay results" (PDF). pyeongchang2018.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 February 2018. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
  7. [7]
    "Biathlon: Women's relay results" (PDF). pyeongchang2018.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 February 2018. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  8. [8]
    (in French)Anaïs Bescond, triple médaillée olympique, met un terme à sa carrière
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