BELAUD Valentin

Modern Pentathlon

Date of Birth: 16 Sep 1992

Age: 28

Gender: Male

Place of birth: LE CHESNAY

Birth Country:

France

Place of residence : PARIS

Residence Country:

France

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Modern Pentathlon	Men's Individual	11

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Musashino Forest Sport Plaza	Men's Individual - Fencing Ranking Round	Finished
	Tokyo Stadium	Men's Individual - Swimming 200m Freestyle Heat 3	Finished
	Tokyo Stadium	Men's Individual - Fencing Bonus Round	Finished
	Tokyo Stadium	Men's Individual - Riding Show Jumping	Finished
	Tokyo Stadium	Men's Individual - Laser Run	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Year	Location	Individual
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	20

World Championships

Year	Location	Individual	Team	Relay M	Relay X
2021	Cairo, EGY	12	5	-	-
2019	Budapest, HUN	1	5	-	2
2018	Mexico City, MEX	6	1	1	-
2017	Cairo, EGY	34	13	-	3
2016	Moscow, RUS	1	3	-	-
2015	Berlin, GER	4	6	-	18
2014	Warsaw, POL	5	2	1	13
2013	Kaohsiung, TPE	10	-	-	1

Champion of Champions

Year	Location	Individual
2017	Doha, QAT	3
2016	Doha, QAT	2

European Championships

Year	Location	Individual	Team
2019	Bath, GBR	10	2
2018	Szekesfehervar, HUN	7	1
2017	Minsk, BLR	3	3

World Cup Final

Year	Location	Individual	Team
2021	Hungary	5	-
2018	Astana, KAZ	20	-
2017	Druskininkai, LTU	5	1

World Cup - Overview per season since 2017

Year	Event	Standings	Three best ranks per season
2021	Individual	28th	1 x 20th
2020	Individual	7th	1 x 7th
2019	Individual	47th	1 x 7th, 1 x 87th
2018	Individual	15th	1 x 2nd, 1 x 15th, 1 x 49th
2017	Individual	27th	1 x 8th, 1 x 37th, 1 x 38th

World Cup - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Location	Result
2	2018	Individual	Cairo, EGY	1437
7	2020	Individual	Cairo, EGY	1438
7	2019	Individual	Cairo, EGY	1416
8	2017	Individual	Kecskemet, HUN	1431
15	2018	Individual	Sofia, BUL	1413
20	2021	Individual	Budapest, HUN	1426
37	2017	Individual	Drzonkow, POL	1102
38	2017	Individual	Cairo, EGY	1083
49	2018	Individual	Los Angeles, CA, USA	1087
87	2019	Individual	Szekesfehervar, HUN	1042

Legend
M - Men, W - Women, X - Mixed, DNS - Did Not Start, DSQ - Disqualified

Val Doudou (Athlete, 23 Jul 2016)

Occupation:

Athlete, Police Officer

Accounting, Management, Policing

Languages spoken:

VGA St Maur 94 [France]

Sebastien Deleigne [national], FRA; George Karam [fencing]; Daniel Levavasseur [fencing], FRA

Sporting relatives:

His older brother Quentin was also a modern pentathlete. He finished 15th in the 2009 French Open International Championships in Paris. His partner Elodie Clouvel won a silver medal in modern pentathlon at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (ffpentathlon.fr, 14 Nov 2009; pentathlon.org, 01 Nov 2009; lequipe.fr, 24 Mar 2020)

He took up modern pentathlon in 2000. (Athlete, 23 Jul 2016)

He practised judo, table tennis, sport climbing and running before discovering modern pentathlon, which quickly grabbed his attention. "At the time, my parents asked me to choose just one activity because it was difficult to take me to all of them. But I couldn't choose. I'm hyperactive and I needed to try many things, so I went to modern pentathlon. I immediately loved doing all the disciplines. Doing only one was a little bit boring for me. The pentathlon was my dream sport." (blog.playeur.co, 24 Apr 2015; tokyo2020.org, 24 Mar 2020)

To win gold at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (lequipe.fr, 24 Mar 2020)

He trains up to 35 hours a week at the National Institute of Sport, Expertise and Performance [INSEP] in Paris, France. During mornings he does swimming and then either fencing or shooting. In the afternoons the session consists of running and shooting. He practises horse riding twice a week. He complements his training sessions with dance. "We economise energy in all our movements and gestures. Everybody trains hard and thus improves, but we can go further and maintain that longer by eliminating all our parasite gestures." (Le Dauphine Libere dailymotion.com, 05 Aug 2019, Twitter profile, 05 Jul 2020; tokyo2020.org, 24 Mar 2020)

Winning individual gold at the 2016 and 2019 World Championships. (france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr, 08 Sep 2019; SportsDeskOnline, 28 Dec 2019)

French modern pentathlete Sebastien Deleigne. (Athlete, 23 Jul 2016)

Philosophy:

"The gold is in the process." (Athlete, 23 Jul 2016)

In 2019 he was recipient of the Emile Jarrot Award at the Iris of Sport ceremony in France. The awards are aimed to reward fair-play throughout sports. (gendinfo.fr, 02 Dec 2019)

In 2013 he received the Medal of the City of Lezignan-Corbieres in France. (lindependant.fr, 09 Sep 2013)

General Interest

General
COUPLE
He and his partner Elodie Clouvel have lived together since 2016 and have been learning to separate their sporting and personal lives since then. "We started our project in 2016. We train together all the time and that was what we wanted. When we arrive at training we make the switch. Elo is no longer my life partner but a training partner. We learnt that through time." (laprovence.com, 11 Apr 2020)

TV APPEARANCE
He featured on the French television show 'La Course des Champions' [The Race of Champions], in which participants take on an obstacles race while being pursued by professional athletes. He was known by the nickname 'La Foudre' [Lightning] on the show.. (france.tv, 18 Oct 2019)

ATHLETE REPRESENTATIVE
He is a member of the High Performance Athletes' Commission at the French Olympic Committee as deputy representative of modern pentathlon. (espritbleu.franceolympique.com, 31 Mar 2017, Twitter profile, 05 Dec 2019)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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