France At The 2006 Winter Olympics
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France At The 2006 Winter Olympics
France competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. France is represented by the National Olympic Committee of France (French: ''Comité national olympique et sportif français''). Medalists Alpine skiing ;Men ;Women Note: In the men's combined, run 1 is the downhill, and runs 2 and 3 are the slalom. In the women's combined, run 1 and 2 are the slalom, and run 3 the downhill. Biathlon ;Men ;Women Bobsleigh Cross-country skiing ;Distance ;Sprint Jean-Marc Gaillard was suspended due to health reasons for the first five days of competition after recording too high values of haemoglobin in his blood. Figure skating Key: CD = Compulsory Dance, FD = Free Dance, FS = Free Skate, OD = Original Dance, SP = Short Program Freestyle skiing Nordic combined Note: "Deficit" refers to the amount of time behind the leader a competitor began the cross-country portion of the event. Italicized numbers show the final deficit from the winner' ...
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French National Olympic And Sports Committee
The French National Olympic and Sports Committee (french: Comité national olympique et sportif français, CNOSF) is the National Olympic Committee of France. It is responsible for France's participation in the Olympic Games, as well as for all of France's overseas departments and territories except French Polynesia. History The French Olympic Committee was established in 1894 in Paris. In 1972, by the merging with the National Sports Committee, has changed its name to the ''French National Olympic and Sports Committee''. List of presidents This is following list of presidents: Presidents of French Olympic Committee Presidents of National Sports Committee Presidents of French National Olympic and Sports Committee Member federations The French National Federations are the organizations that coordinate all aspects of their individual sports. They are responsible for training, competition and development of their sports. There are currently 33 Olympic Summer and three ...
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Freestyle Skiing At The 2006 Winter Olympics – Women's Moguls
The Women's Moguls event in freestyle skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy took place on 11 February. Results Qualification Hannah Kearney, the winner of the event at the 2005 World Championship, failed to qualify for the final, while Canadian Jennifer Heil, the World Cup leader finished over a point ahead of the competition in her qualifying race. Final Heil, the top qualifier, started last, and was up against the time of Norwegian Kari Traa Kari Traa (born 28 January 1974) is a Norwegian former Olympic freestyle skier. She won the Olympic title in the moguls event at the 2002 Winter Olympics, finished second at the 2006 games, and finished third at the 1998 games. Accomplishments ..., who improved on her qualifying sum by 1.39 points. However, Heil's total of 26.50 was nearly a point better than Traa, which gave her the gold. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Freestyle skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics - Women's moguls Women's freestyle skiing at the 200 ...
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Pierrick Bourgeat
Pierrick Bourgeat (born 28 January 1976) is a retired French alpine skier. He was born in Grenoble. Bourgeat represented France at the 2006 Winter Olympics. He also won a bronze medal in team competition at the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2005 The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2005 were held in Bormio, Italy, between January 28 and February 13, 2005. The women's competition was held in neighboring Santa Caterina. :de:Alpine Skiweltmeisterschaft 2005 Bormio previously hosted th .... External linksPersonal web page* * 1976 births Living people French male alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers of France Alpine skiers at the 1998 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 2002 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Grenoble 21st-century French people {{France-alpine-skiing-bio-stub ...
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Alpine Skiing At The 2006 Winter Olympics – Men's Super-G
The Men's Super-G competition of the Torino 2006 Olympics was held at Sestriere, Italy, on Saturday, February 18. In super-G competitions, skiers must navigate between gates at high speed, and the gates are further apart than in slalom and giant slalom competitions. As in the downhill, there is only one run of the super-G. The defending World Cup and world champion in super-G was Bode Miller of the United States, Austria's Hermann Maier led the current season and won the Olympic gold medal in 1998; the defending Olympic champion was Kjetil André Aamodt of Norway. Aamodt won the gold medal again, Maier took the silver, and the bronze medalist was Ambrosi Hoffmann of Switzerland; Miller did not finish. Through 2018, this is the only successful Olympic title defense in a men's alpine speed event. It was Aamodt's third victory in the Olympic super-G (1992, 2002, 2006) and eighth Olympic medal. Held on the Kandahar Banchetta piste, the course started at an elevation of ...
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Yannick Bertrand
Yannick Bertrand (born 18 August 1980 in Thonon-les-Bains) is a French alpine skier who competed in the 2006 Winter Olympics. He placed 24th in both the men's Downhill and Super-G Super giant slalom, or super-G, is a racing discipline of alpine skiing. Along with the faster downhill, it is regarded as a "speed" event, in contrast to the technical events giant slalom and slalom. It debuted as an official World Cup event d ... events. References External links sports-reference.com 1980 births Living people French male alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers for France Alpine skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Thonon-les-Bains Skiers from Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes 21st-century French sportspeople {{france-alpine-skiing-bio-stub ...
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Biathlon At The 2006 Winter Olympics – Women's Relay
The Women's 4 x 6 kilometre biathlon relay competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy was held on 23 February, at Cesana San Sicario Cesana San Sicario, located in Cesana, Italy is a location of a venue for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. The biathlon facility is built for 6,500 spectators. The accommodation is located in Cesana an lies in a large ski area named Via .... Each national team consisted of four members, with each skiing 6 kilometres and shooting twice, once prone and once standing. Summary At each shooting station, a competitor has eight shots to hit five targets; however, only five bullets are loaded in a magazine at one - if additional shots are required, the spare bullets must be loaded one at a time. If after the eight shots are taken, there are still targets not yet hit, the competitor must ski a 150-metre penalty loop. Germany won the relay event at the 2002 Winter Olympics, while Russia's women were the defending World Champions aft ...
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Sandrine Bailly
Sandrine Bailly (born 25 November 1979 in Belley, Ain) is a former French biathlete. She was most successful in the 2004–05 season, when she won the overall World Cup, and in the 2007–08 season, when she finished second. In 2003, she became world champion in the 10 km pursuit (together with Martina Glagow). Career Bailly has achieved 20 victories in the Biathlon World Cup, as well as numerous wins on the youth and junior levels. In the 2004–05 season she was the most successful female athlete in the overall World Cup (most points in all events) after placing third in the previous year. She also won the World Cup ranking in the 10 km pursuit discipline. In the 2007–08 season, she finished second in the overall standings and, again, first in the pursuit discipline. Bailly has won seven medals at the Biathlon World Championships (three in individual events and four in relays). She is well-remembered for winning the pursuit gold medal during the 20 ...
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Sylvie Becaert
Sylvie Becaert (born 6 September 1975 in Lille) is a French biathlete. Becaert's best year so far was 2003 when she came third in the overall world cup standings and won gold in the sprint event at the World Championships 2003 in Khanty-Mansiysk. At the 2006 Olympics in Turin, she won a bronze medal with the French relay team behind Russia and Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe .... In 2009 at the World Championships in Pyeongchang, Becaert was part of the victorious mixed relay team Becaert retired after the 2009–10 season. References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Becaert, Sylvie 1975 births French female biathletes Olympic biathletes of France Olympic bronze medalists for France Olympic silver medalists for France Biathletes at t ...
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Florence Baverel-Robert
Florence Baverel (born 24 May 1974 in Pontarlier, Doubs), is a retired French biathlete who competed in the biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Baverel-Robert won the gold medal in the women's 7.5 km sprint. She placed 26th in the women's 15 km individual event, 5th in the 12.5 km mass start and 13th in the 10 km pursuit final. She married fellow French biathlete Julien Robert. They have one daughter Rose. Now they are divorced. At the end of the 2006-07 World Cup season, which she finished in 5th place in the overall standings (her best career result), she announced the end of her career. Achievements * Biathlon World Cup The Biathlon World Cup is a top-level biathlon season-long competition series. It has been held since the winter seasons of 1977–78 for men and 1982–83 for women. The women's seasons until 1986–87 season were called the European Cup, alt ... ** 1 × 5th place in overall (2006/07) ** 2 × 7th place in ov ...
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Biathlon At The 2006 Winter Olympics – Men's Relay
The Men's 4 x 7.5 kilometre biathlon relay competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy was held on 21 February, at Cesana San Sicario Cesana San Sicario, located in Cesana, Italy is a location of a venue for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. The biathlon facility is built for 6,500 spectators. The accommodation is located in Cesana an lies in a large ski area named Via .... Each national team consisted of four members, with each skiing 7.5 kilometres and shooting twice, once prone and once standing. At each shooting station, a competitor has eight shots to hit five targets; however, only five bullets are loaded in a magazine at one - if additional shots are required, the spare bullets must be loaded one at a time. If after the eight shots are taken, there are still targets not yet hit, the competitor must ski a 150-metre penalty loop. Results The race was held at 12:00. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics - Men's relay ...
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Raphaël Poirée
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. 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, secon ...
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Ferréol Cannard
Ferréol Cannard (born May 28, 1978 in Morez) is a retired French biathlete. He celebrated his biggest triumphs with the French relay team at the 2006 Olympics in Turin Turin ( , Piedmontese language, Piedmontese: ; it, Torino ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in Northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital ..., where he won a bronze medal with the French relay team. He also got a bronze medal with the French team at the World Championships 2004 in Oberhof. References * * 1978 births French male biathletes Olympic bronze medalists for France Olympic biathletes for France Biathletes at the 2006 Winter Olympics Biathletes at the 2002 Winter Olympics Living people Olympic medalists in biathlon Biathlon World Championships medalists Medalists at the 2006 Winter Olympics {{France-biathlon-bio-stub ...
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