Patrice Bailly-Salins (born 21 June 1964) is a former French

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. He won at the

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in Lillehammer a bronze medal with the French relay team. In

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, he won the world title in the sprint event and came second in the 4 × 7.5 km relay with the French relay team. In

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, he won the overall

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Biathlon results

All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.

Olympic Games

''1 medal (1 bronze)''

World Championships

''2 medals (1 gold, 1 silver)'' :''*During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program.'' :''**Pursuit was added as an event in 1997.''

Individual victories

''7 victories (4 In, 3 Sp)'' :''*Results are from UIPMB and IBU races which include the

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, Biathlon World Championships and the

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* 1964 births Living people French male biathletes Biathletes at the 1992 Winter Olympics Biathletes at the 1994 Winter Olympics Biathletes at the 1998 Winter Olympics Olympic biathletes for France Medalists at the 1994 Winter Olympics Olympic medalists in biathlon Olympic bronze medalists for France Biathlon World Championships medalists {{France-biathlon-bio-stub