Véronique Claudel (born 22 November 1966 in

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) is a former

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. At the

1992 Winter Olympics ) , nations = 64 , athletes = 1,801 (1313 men, 488 women) , events = 57 in 6 sports (12 disciplines) , opening = 8 February 1992 , closing = 23 February 1992 , opened_by = President François Mitterrand , cauldron ...

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, she won a gold medal with the French relay team. She won an Olympic bronze medal in 1994.

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* 1966 births Living people French female biathletes Olympic biathletes for France Biathletes at the 1992 Winter Olympics Biathletes at the 1994 Winter Olympics Olympic gold medalists for France Olympic bronze medalists for France Olympic medalists in biathlon Biathlon World Championships medalists Medalists at the 1992 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1994 Winter Olympics 20th-century French women {{France-biathlon-bio-stub