Florent CLAUDE

Historical Results

Sport (mountain sports in particular), going on vacation

Athlete

Father, Gilles (passed away 2020). Mother, Christine. Younger brothers, Fabien and Emilien.

French, English

Basse-sur-le-Rupt (FRA) / Les Skieurs Reunis des Hautes Fagnes [SRHF] (BEL)

National: Jean Guillaume Beatrix (FRA)

Father Gilles Claude (motorcycle): World champion.

Mother Christine Claude (Cross-country skiing, Biathlon): Won multiple national championships. Competed at the first Biathlon World Championships in 1984 (Chamonix), finishing eighth in the individual.

Brother Fabien Claude (Biathlon): Mixed relay bronze medalliist at the Innsbruck 2012 Winter Youth Olympic Games. Six Youth/Junior World Championship medals, in four appearances (2012-15), with victories in the sprint (2013) and pursuit (2014). 2015 Junior European Championships sprint champion.

Brother Emilien Claude (Biathlon): Sprint gold medallist at the Lillehammer 2016 Youth Olympic Games, in addition to two fourth-place relay finishes (photo-finish with Russian Federation in the single mixed relay). Triple gold medallist at the 2021 Junior World Championships in Obertilliach. Began competing at the World Cup in January 2021.

Cross-country skiing: Finished 29th in the 10km Free at the 2014 World Military Championships in Passo Lavaze. Occasionally competes in national FIS-sanctioned races.

Trial motorcycle: Multiple Lorraine regional championship titles.

BMX: Multiple Lorraine regional championship titles.

For France:
2010 IBU Cup in Martell (Individual - DNS, Sprint - 74th)
2011 World Cup in Oestersund (Individual - 37th, Sprint - 71st)

For Belgium:
2017 IBU Cup in Sjusjoen (Sprint - 12th)
2017 World Cup in Hochfilzen (Relay - 16th)

May 2018: Ankle surgery and compartment syndrome (pressure from swelling). Was unable to train until August.

June 2014: Knee surgery.

2013: Back and knee problems in the lead-up to the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games, missing the competition.

2017

Started biathlon in 2002, later joined by his brothers. The brothers were inspired by their mother, who was their first coach. (nordicmag.info, 13 Apr 2017)

“Biathlon is a fascinating sport, a mixture of two opposing disciplines. On the one hand, there is endurance for skiing and on the other, precision for shooting. The fusion of these two sports forces the athlete to find the right compromise in order to go from the adrenaline of a moment of intense effort to the lucidity and calm necessary for the shooting." (teambelgium.be, 2017)

Winning his first Junior World Championship medal in 2012 (Kontiolahti). "It is the first, the one which shows us that it is possible, which makes us want to look for others." (teambelgium.be, 2017)

"Our strength in the family is work, we are fighters." (www.nordicmag.info, 16 Aug 2020)