Anais CHEVALIER-BOUCHET

12 Feb 1993
29
Female
SAINT MARTIN D'HERES
 
France
VILLARD-DE-LANS
 
France

Events and Medals

Schedule

Start Time Location Event Status
Zhangjiakou National Biathlon Centre
Finished
Zhangjiakou National Biathlon Centre
Finished
Zhangjiakou National Biathlon Centre
Finished
Zhangjiakou National Biathlon Centre
Finished
Zhangjiakou National Biathlon Centre
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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Historical Results

Olympic Games
RankEventYearLocation
3Women's 4 × 6 kilometres Relay2018PyeongChang, KOR
16Women's 7.5 kilometres Sprint2018PyeongChang, KOR
24Women's 10 kilometres Pursuit2018PyeongChang, KOR
28Women's 15 kilometres2018PyeongChang, KOR
29Women's 12.5 kilometres Mass Start2018PyeongChang, KOR
4110 kilometres Pursuit2014Sochi, RUS
447.5 kilometres Sprint2014Sochi, RUS
DNF4 × 6 kilometres Relay2014Sochi, RUS
World Championships
RankEventYearLocation
2Women's 7.5km Sprint2021Pokljuka, SLO
3Women's 10km Pursuit2021Pokljuka, SLO
5Mixed Relay2021Pokljuka, SLO
8Women's 4x6km Relay2021Pokljuka, SLO
27Women's 12.5km Mass Start2021Pokljuka, SLO
27Women's 15km Individual2021Pokljuka, SLO
World Cup
RankEventSeason
5Women's Sprint2020/21
7Women's Individual2020/21
9Women's Total2020/21
11Women's Pursuit2020/21
27Women's Mass Start2020/21
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Chev

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nee Chevalier

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Mountains, travelling, painting, reading

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Athlete, Customs officer

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Graduated in 2018 from Joseph Fourier University (Grenoble, FRA), with a Bachelor in sports science.

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Husband, Martin Bouchet (married 2017). Daughter, Emie (born October 2019).

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French, English, Spanish

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Club Omnisports des Sept Laux / French Customs Team

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National: Frederic Jean (FRA), Jean-Paul Giachino (FRA)

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Husband Martin Bouchet (Biathlon, cross-country skiing): Competed at the IBU Cup in the 2006/07 season (best finish 11th), and at the 2007 Youth World Championships in Martell. Competed at one cross-country skiing World Cup in 2013 (Sochi), and seven Alpen Cups from 2010-2013, including finishing third in the Zwiesel sprint in 2012.

Sister Chloe Chevalier (Biathlon): Three Junior World Championship medals, including relay gold in 2015 (Minsk). Five European Championship medals, with two golds (individual, pursuit) and a silver (sprint) in 2018. Competed at the IBU Cup from 2013-2020, with two wins (nine podiums), and World Cup regular since 2020, with three relay podium finishes, including finishing second at Kontiolahti (2020) with Anais.

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Cross-country skiing: Competed at five successive World Military Championships (2015-19).

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2011 IBU Cup in Annecy (Sprint - 43rd, Pursuit - 27th)
2013 World Cup in Hochfilzen (Sprint - 27th, Pursuit - 39th, Relay - 3rd)

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May 2017: Clavicle and left wrist fractures after being hit by a car while cycling during a national team training camp. Missed training for three months.

December 2014: Back problems after the World Cup season opener in Oestersund. Returned to competition a month later at the IBU Cup in Duszniki Zdroj. Competed in the IBU Cup for the remainder of the season and the start of the 2015/16 season while recovering. Returned to the World Cup in mid-December 2015 at Pokljuka.

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2013

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Started cross-country skiing but did not enjoy it. Switched to biathlon at age 13 and began focusing on the sport when she entered the Jean Prevost Gymnasium in 2008. (biathlonworld.com, 2017)

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"I like the contrast between the physical effort and the concentration required when shooting to hit the targets." (dauphinordique.com, Feb 2010)

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Win a World Championship title. (IBU TV YouTube, 1 Feb 2017)

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Dissatisfied with her 2017/18 season, she redesigned her training and began to train more independently from the rest of the team. (biathlonworld.com, 2019)

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Winning her first World Championship medal, a relay silver in 2016 (Oslo). “I always trusted in my hard work and it paid off in the end - in the form of a medal. That was a great moment." (biathlonworld.com, 2017)

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Four-time Olympic biathlon medallist and five-time world champion, Marie Dorin Habert (FRA). Dorin Habert started Chevalier's local club.

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"I love challenges and whenever something happens I just turn it into a new challenge. I'm looking for a solution to the problem. That's what motivates me." (biathlonworld.com, 2019)

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Knight of the National Order of Merit (2018)

Milestones

Three-time Olympian. Is a two-time silver medallist at the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games in 15km individual and the mixed relay. Became the second-youngest French female biathlete (third youngest overall) to compete at Sochi 2014 (20 years, 362 days).

Six World Championship medals in four appearances, with three individual and three relay. Won a medal at every championship contested except 2019 (Oestersund). Won her first individual medal in 2017 (Hochflizen), winning bronze in the sprint, 0.2 seconds ahead of Lisa Vittozzi (ITA).

Has had 11 individual World Cup podium finishes in six seasons, but only one victory, winning the Nove Mesto pursuit in December 2016 (her first podium came the day before, finishing second in the sprint). Finished the 2016/17 season a career best seventh overall. Returned to the top-10 again in 2020/21.

Four Youth/Junior World Championship medals, with three individual silvers and a relay bronze. Added three Junior European Championship medals in 2013 (Bankso), including gold in the individual and mixed relay.

Competed at the 2011 European Olympic Youth Festival in Liberec, winning a silver (individual) and bronze medal (mixed relay).

Legend
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Silver
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Gold Medal Event
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