Élodie Clouvel (; born 14 January 1989) is a French

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. At the

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, she competed finishing in 31st place which also marked her maiden appearance at the

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. She won the silver medal in the event at the

2016 Olympic Games ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro d ...

. She is also currently serving as the

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of the

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. Her father Pascal Clouvel was a middle and long-distance runner, while her mother Annick Clouvel was also a long-distance runner. She also took part at the

2019 Military World Games ) , Nations participating=>140 , Athletes participating=9,308 , Events=316 events in 27 sports , Opening ceremony= , Closing ceremony= , Officially opened by=CCP General Secretary and PRC President Xi Jinping , website= (archived) , Athlete's Oa ...

which was held in

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and claimed a gold medal in the women's modern pentathlon individual event. After returning from the Military World Games in October, she and her partner Valentin Belaud said that both of them were infected with

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after falling ill with developing unusual symptoms, however no testing to confirm this was made public.

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* * * * * 1989 births Living people French female modern pentathletes Olympic modern pentathletes of France Modern pentathletes at the 2012 Summer Olympics Modern pentathletes at the 2016 Summer Olympics Modern pentathletes at the 2020 Summer Olympics World Modern Pentathlon Championships medalists Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for France Olympic medalists in modern pentathlon People from Saint-Priest-en-Jarez Sportspeople from Loire (department) 20th-century French women 21st-century French women {{France-modern-pentathlon-bio-stub