Florent Claude

Florent Claude
Florent Claude in 2023
Personal information
NationalityBelgian
Born (1991-11-11) 11 November 1991
Remiremont, France[1]
Sport
SportBiathlon
Medal record
Men's biathlon
Representing  France (up to 2016)
Representing  Belgium (from 2017)
Junior World Championships
2012 Kontiolahti 10 km sprint
2012 Kontiolahti 4 × 7.5 km relay
Youth World Championships
2009 Canmore 3 × 7.5 km relay
2010 Torsby 3 × 7.5 km relay

Florent Claude (born 11 November 1991) is a French-born Belgian biathlete.

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
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
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]

Notes

  1. ^ "Florent CLAUDE". Olympics.com. Archived from the original on 1 February 2022. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  2. ^ Weynants, M. (7 June 2017). "Le biathlète Florent Claude est officiellement belge". RTBF. Archived from the original on 6 August 2018. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
  3. ^ "Michael Rösch klaar voor Winterspelen: "Florent Claude en ik vertegenwoordigen België in biatlon"". De Standaard. Belga. 20 January 2018. Archived from the original on 6 August 2018. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
  4. ^ "Le biathlon, sport le mieux représenté au sein du Team Belgium à Pékin" [Biathlon, the sport best represented within Team Belgium in Beijing] (in French). Belgian Olympic and Interfederal Committee. 22 January 2022. Retrieved 27 February 2026.
  5. ^ "Winter Olympics 2026 Full Belgian men's & women's teams at the Winter Olympics". Belgium Biathlon. Retrieved 27 February 2026.
  6. ^ "Florent Claude". Team Belgium. Belgian Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 6 August 2018. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
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