Valérian Sauveplane (born 25 July 1980) is a French

sport shooter Shooting sports is a group of competitive and recreational sporting activities involving proficiency tests of accuracy, precision and speed in shooting — the art of using ranged weapons, mainly small arms (firearms and airguns, in forms such a ...

. He was born in

Montpellier Montpellier (, , ; oc, Montpelhièr ) is a city in southern France near the Mediterranean Sea. One of the largest urban centres in the region of Occitania (administrative region), Occitania, Montpellier is the prefecture of the Departments of ...

, France. He competed for France in the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

and

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

. He shares the world record in the 50 meter rifle prone competition.

Current world record in 50 m rifle prone

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sauveplane, Valerian 1980 births Living people French male sport shooters Olympic shooters of France Shooters at the 2008 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 2012 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 2016 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Montpellier Shooters at the 2015 European Games European Games gold medalists for France European Games medalists in shooting ISSF rifle shooters Mediterranean Games gold medalists for France Mediterranean Games silver medalists for France Mediterranean Games medalists in shooting Competitors at the 2013 Mediterranean Games 20th-century French people 21st-century French people