Jean-Philippe Le Guellec (born 31 July 1985) is a former
Canadian biathlete.
Le Guellec began competing in the biathlon in 1999, and joined the national team in 2003. He had significant success at the Junior World Championships, winning two medals in youth races at Haute Maurienne in 2004, and a bronze medal as a junior two years later in
Presque Isle.
His best career season on the
Biathlon World Cup circuit came in 2008/09, when he finished 32nd in the overall standings. This included his first two top 10 WC finishes, an 8th in the
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pursuit and a 7th in the Antholz-Anterselva pursuit. His top finish in the
Biathlon World Championships
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also came in Antholz-Anterselva, a 40th place in the 2007 individual race.
Le Guellec competed in two events at the
2006 Olympics
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in Turin. His best showing came in the
20 kilometre individual, where he finished 48th.
Le Guellec qualified for the
2010 Winter Olympics
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in
Vancouver. On February 14, 2010, he finished sixth in the
men's sprint, which was the highest he had ever placed in any event up to that point.
He won his first World Cup race on 1 December 2012 in
Östersund,
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, where he won the sprint in
the first World Cup for the season.
[Information from the IBU biography]
Le Guellec retired from the sport at the end of the
2013–14 season.
References
External links
IBU biographyOfficial Site
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1985 births
Living people
Canadian people of Breton descent
Sportspeople from Kingston, Ontario
Canadian male biathletes
Biathletes at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Biathletes at the 2010 Winter Olympics
Biathletes at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Olympic biathletes of Canada
Université Laval alumni