Sylvie Becaert (born 6 September 1975 in

Lille Lille ( , ; nl, Rijsel ; pcd, Lile; vls, Rysel) is a city in the northern part of France, in French Flanders. On the river Deûle, near France's border with Belgium, it is the capital of the Hauts-de-France region, the prefecture of the Nord ...

) is a French

biathlete The biathlon is a winter sport that combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting. It is treated as a race, with contestants skiing through a cross-country trail whose distance is divided into shooting rounds. The shooting rounds are not time ...

. Becaert's best year so far was 2003 when she came third in the overall world cup standings and won gold in the sprint event at the World Championships 2003 in

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. At the 2006 Olympics in

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, she won a bronze medal with the French relay team behind

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and

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. In 2009 at the World Championships in Pyeongchang, Becaert was part of the victorious mixed relay team Becaert retired after the 2009–10 season.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Becaert, Sylvie 1975 births French female biathletes Olympic biathletes of France Olympic bronze medalists for France Olympic silver medalists for France Biathletes at the 2006 Winter Olympics Biathletes at the 2002 Winter Olympics Biathletes at the 2010 Winter Olympics Living people Olympic medalists in biathlon Biathlon World Championships medalists Medalists at the 2010 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2006 Winter Olympics Université Savoie-Mont Blanc alumni 21st-century French women