French biathlete (born 1974)
Raphaël Poirée
Poirée in Antholz-Anterselva in 2006
Full name Raphaël Poirée Born (1974-08-09 ) 9 August 1974 (age 50) Rives , FranceHeight 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) Sport Biathlon Club Vercors Ski De Fond Skis Rossignol World Cup debut 9 March 1995 Retired 11 March 2007 Teams 3 (1998 , 2002 , 2006 )Medals 3 (0 gold)Teams 12 (1996 , 1997 , 1998 , 1999 , 2000 , 2001 , 2002 , 2003 , 2004 , 2005 , 2006 , 2007 )Medals 18 (8 gold)Seasons 13 (1994/95–2006/07)Individual victories 44 All victories 46 Individual podiums 103 All podiums 117 Overall titles 4 (1999−00, 2000−01, 2001−02, 2003−04)Discipline titles 10: 2 Individual (2003−04, 2006–07);1 Sprint (2003−04);4 Pursuit (1998−99, 2000−01, 2001−02, 2003−04);3 Mass start (1999−00, 2003−04, 2004–05)
Raphaël Poirée (born 9 August 1974) is a retired French biathlete who was active from 1995 to 2007. With his 44 World Cup victories and several World Championship medals he ranks among the most successful biathletes ever.
Sports career
Poirée was born in Rives, Isère in France and like the rest of his colleagues in the French biathlon and cross-country skiing team, was a sport soldier .[clarification needed ]
Poirée has four IBU World Cup titles (1999−00, 2000−01, 2001−02 and 2003−04). He has also come second once, in 2005−06 and third once, in the 2004−05 season. Poirée has had 103 World Cup podium finishes, 44 in first place, 39 in second, and has come third 20 times. In the Winter Olympics , Poiree has one silver and two bronze medals. At the World Championships however, he has seven gold medals, three silver and seven bronze.
Raphaël Poirée was one of the best mass start biathletes of his time, with 9 1st places, 4 2nd places, and 3 3rd places in his World Cup career, second only to Ole Einar Bjørndalen who got 10 1st places, 5 2nd places and 4 3rd places in the same time frame. Poirée also won 4 out of the 7 World Championship mass start races he took part in.
Poirée also had five victories at the Holmenkollen ski festival biathlon competition with three mass starts (2000, 2002, and 2004), one pursuit (2004) and one individual (2007).
After winning the gold medal at the World Championships in Antholz in 2007, Poiree announced the end of his career after that World Cup season .[ 1] He eventually chose to retire after the Holmenkollen World Cup meet (i.e. before the season's last WC meet, in Khanty-Mansyisk in Russia the week after); his last competition was the Mass start race on Sunday 11 March, where he finished in second place after a cm -close last sprint to the finish line against his long-time competitor Ole Einar Bjørndalen of Norway.[ 2]
Personal life
He married Norwegian biathlete Liv Grete Skjelbreid Poirée on 27 May 2000 in Norway . They first met at the 1992 Junior World Championships and began dating in 1996. They have three daughters together, Emma (born 27 January 2003), Anna (born 10 January 2007) and Lena (born 10 October 2008). They have a flat in La Chapelle-en-Vercors , France, but live mostly in Liv Grete's home village of Hålandsdal , Norway. The Poirées are the only husband and wife to win medals in the same Olympics for different nations. At the 2002 Winter Olympics , France's Raphaël and Norway's Liv won matching silver medals in the biathlon. In July 2013, the couple announced that they were separating.[ 3]
In 2009, Poirée was involved in a quad-bike accident which nearly left him paralysed. One month after undergoing neck and back surgery he was released from hospital.[ 4]
He speaks French , English , Norwegian and Italian
Biathlon results
All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union .[ 5]
Olympic Games
3 medals (1 silver, 2 bronze)
*Pursuit was added as an event in 2002, with mass start being added in 2006.
World Championships
18 medals (8 gold, 3 silver, 7 bronze)
*During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program.
**Team was removed as an event in 1998, and pursuit was added in 1997 with mass start being added in 1999 and the mixed relay in 2005.
World Cup
Season
Overall
Individual
Sprint
Pursuit
Mass start
Points
Position
Points
Position
Points
Position
Points
Position
Points
Position
1994–95
0
—
0
—
0
—
—
—
—
—
1995–96
108
17th
59
14th
49
20th
—
—
—
—
1996–97
150
16th
29
26th
87
13th
34
12th
—
—
1997–98
249
5th
42
12th
161
2nd
46
7th
—
—
1998–99
365
5th
26
15th
107
11th
185
1st
47
2nd
1999–00
470
1st
68
2nd
153
3rd
172
3rd
77
1st
2000–01
921
1st
83
7th
375
2nd
278
1st
136
3rd
2001–02
805
1st
88
5th
233
3rd
362
1st
100
2nd
2002–03
591
4th
32
23rd
226
4th
199
3rd
114
3rd
2003–04
1010
1st
146
1st
358
1st
331
1st
140
1st
2004–05
869
3rd
99
6th
277
3rd
374
3rd
146
1st
2005–06
695
2nd
83
3rd
245
3rd
200
3rd
157
2nd
2006–07
709
3rd
150
1st
207
6th
173
7th
147
3rd
*Pursuit was added as an event in the 1996–97 season, and mass start was added in the 1998–99 season.
Individual victories
44 victories (7 In, 13 Sp, 15 Pu, 9 MS)
Season
Date
Location
Discipline
Level
1997–98 1 victory (1 Sp)
8 January 1998
Ruhpolding
10 km sprint
Biathlon World Cup
1998–99 4 victories (3 Pu, 1 MS)
12 December 1998
Hochfilzen
12.5 km pursuit
Biathlon World Cup
13 January 1999
Ruhpolding
15 km mass start
Biathlon World Cup
17 January 1999
Ruhpolding
12.5 km pursuit
Biathlon World Cup
27 February 1999
Lake Placid
12.5 km pursuit
Biathlon World Cup
1999–2000 3 victories (1 In, 1 Sp, 1 MS)
15 December 1999
Pokljuka
20 km individual
Biathlon World Cup
20 January 2000
Antholz-Anterselva
10 km sprint
Biathlon World Cup
26 February 2000
Oslo Holmenkollen
15 km mass start
Biathlon World Championships
2000–01 6 victories (3 Sp, 2 Pu, 1 MS)
7 December 2000
Antholz-Anterselva
10 km sprint
Biathlon World Cup
8 December 2000
Antholz-Anterselva
12.5 km pursuit
Biathlon World Cup
15 December 2000
Antholz-Anterselva
10 km sprint
Biathlon World Cup
4 January 2001
Oberhof
10 km sprint
Biathlon World Cup
14 January 2001
Ruhpolding
12.5 km pursuit
Biathlon World Cup
9 February 2001
Pokljuka
15 km mass start
Biathlon World Championships
2001–02 7 victories (2 Sp, 3 Pu, 2 MS)
16 December 2001
Pokljuka
12.5 km pursuit
Biathlon World Cup
12 January 2002
Oberhof
15 km mass start
Biathlon World Cup
18 January 2002
Ruhpolding
10 km sprint
Biathlon World Cup
27 January 2002
Antholz-Anterselva
12.5 km pursuit
Biathlon World Cup
14 March 2002
Lahti
10 km sprint
Biathlon World Cup
17 March 2002
Lahti
12.5 km pursuit
Biathlon World Cup
24 March 2002
Oslo Holmenkollen
15 km mass start
Biathlon World Championships
2002–03 2 victories (1 Sp, 1 Pu)
19 December 2002
Brezno-Osrblie
10 km sprint
Biathlon World Cup
22 December 2002
Brezno-Osrblie
12.5 km pursuit
Biathlon World Cup
2003–04 11 victories (2 In, 3 Sp, 4 Pu, 2 MS)
18 December 2003
Brezno-Osrblie
20 km individual
Biathlon World Cup
21 December 2003
Brezno-Osrblie
12.5 km pursuit
Biathlon World Cup
8 January 2004
Pokljuka
10 km sprint
Biathlon World Cup
25 January 2004
Antholz-Anterselva
15 km mass start
Biathlon World Cup
7 February 2004
Oberhof
10 km sprint
Biathlon World Championships
12 February 2004
Oberhof
20 km individual
Biathlon World Championships
15 February 2004
Oberhof
15 km mass start
Biathlon World Championships
29 February 2004
Lake Placid
12.5 km pursuit
Biathlon World Cup
4 March 2004
Fort Kent
10 km sprint
Biathlon World Cup
5 March 2004
Fort Kent
12.5 km pursuit
Biathlon World Cup
13 March 2004
Oslo Holmenkollen
12.5 km pursuit
Biathlon World Cup
2004–05 3 victories (1 Pu, 2 MS)
19 December 2004
Östersund
15 km mass start
Biathlon World Cup
9 January 2005
Oberhof
12.5 km pursuit
Biathlon World Cup
19 March 2005
Khanty-Mansiysk
15 km mass start
Biathlon World Cup
2005–06 1 victory (1 In)
8 December 2005
Hochfilzen
20 km individual
Biathlon World Cup
2006–07 6 victories (3 In, 2 Sp, 1 Pu)
14 December 2006
Hochfilzen
10 km sprint
Biathlon World Cup
6 February 2007
Antholz-Anterselva
20 km individual
Biathlon World Championships
1 March 2007
Lahti
20 km individual
Biathlon World Cup
3 March 2007
Lahti
10 km sprint
Biathlon World Cup
4 March 2007
Lahti
12.5 km pursuit
Biathlon World Cup
8 March 2007
Oslo Holmenkollen
20 km individual
Biathlon World Cup
*Results are from UIPMB and IBU races which include the Biathlon World Cup , Biathlon World Championships and the Winter Olympic Games .
See also
References
External links
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