Valentin Belaud (born 16 September 1992) is a French

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. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in

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, in the men's event. After returning from the 2019 Military World Games in October, he and his partner

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admitted that both of them were infected with

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after falling ill with developing unusual symptoms.

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* * 1992 births Living people French male modern pentathletes Olympic modern pentathletes for France Modern pentathletes at the 2016 Summer Olympics World Modern Pentathlon Championships medalists People from Le Chesnay Sportspeople from Yvelines Modern pentathletes at the 2020 Summer Olympics 21st-century French people Modern pentathletes at the 2023 European Games European Games silver medalists for France European Games medalists in modern pentathlon {{France-modern-pentathlon-bio-stub