Martin Fourcade
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| Born |
14 September 1988 Perpignan, France |
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) |
| Website | martinfourcade.fr |
| Professional information | |
| Sport | Biathlon |
| Club | EMHM Nordic 66 |
| World Cup debut | 13 March 2008 |
| Olympic Games | |
| Teams | 2 (2010, 2014) |
| Medals | 4 (2 gold) |
| World Championships | |
| Teams | 7 (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016) |
| Medals | 19 (10 gold) |
| World Cup | |
| Seasons | 9 (2007/08–) |
| Individual races | 203 |
| Individual victories | 57 |
| All victories | 67 |
| Individual podiums | 103 |
| All podiums | 124 |
| Overall titles | 5 (2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16) |
| Discipline titles |
16: 2 Individual (2012–13, 2015–16); 5 Sprint (2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16); 6 Pursuit (2009–10, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16); 3 Mass start (2012–13, 2013–14, 2015–16) |
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| Updated on 13 January 2017. | |
Martin Fourcade (born 14 September 1988) is a French biathlete and non-commissioned officer. Fourcade is a ten-time World Champion, twice an Olympic champion and five-time winner of the Overall World Cup. He is the only male biathlete to have won the Overall World Cup five times in a row.
With his achievements, Fourcade is the second most successful male biathlete of all time after Ole Einar Bjørndalen.
Fourcade took up biathlon in 2002 and started competing internationally in 2006, following in the footsteps of his older brother Simon Fourcade. The younger Fourcade competed for France in the 2007 and 2008 Junior World Championships, winning a bronze medal in the relay in 2007.
Fourcade first competed in the Biathlon World Cup at Oslo in March 2008, finishing 61st in what would be his only World Cup appearance that season. The next season was already much more successful for him, as he grabbed his first World Cup points at Hochfilzen, placing 36th in the individual race and 10th in the sprint. His best results that year came at the 2009 World Championships, where he finished in the top 20 in every competition, including an 8th place in the pursuit and a 4th place in the relay. Fourcade finished 24th in the overall World Cup that year.
Fourcade again improved in the 2009–10 season, consistently finishing in the top 10 and making the French team for the 2010 Winter Olympics, together with his brother. Fourcade grabbed a silver medal in the mass start, marking the first time he made the podium in a World Cup event. Fourcade then claimed his first victory in a pursuit at Kontiolahti, and followed up with two more first places at Oslo, in a sprint and another pursuit. The two pursuit victories meant Fourcade won the 2009–10 Pursuit World Cup, edging out Austria's Simon Eder by just one point. In the overall World Cup he finished 5th, 64 points ahead of his brother Simon, who finished a career-best 7th.
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