Vincent Defrasne is a French biathlete who retired this year (only one more of these after this one, I promise!).  I can find nine podium finishes throughout his career, including a gold at the Turin Olympics (12.5km pursuit) and a bronze at the 2007 World Biathlon Championships.  In addition to these individual accomplishments, he’s been a part of numerous medal winning French relay teams.
Tagged biathlon, retirement, retrospective, vincent defrasneThe mystery skier in question is currently active (i.e. not retired) and has reached the podium in at least one WC, OWG or WSC race per season for 11 straight seasons. Â This is the longest currently active podium streak that I am aware of.
I provided some graphs to help: Continue reading ›
Tagged mystery skier, pietro piller cottrerThe following graphs are the results for a currently active cross country skier who has the longest active streak of at least one podium finish (WC, OWG, WSC) in a distance event in each season. Â Their streak currently stands at 11 seasons.
The ages on the x axis should narrow it down a ton, obviously. Â And here’s some more clues in a graph of just the major international competitions:
Who is it? Â Personally, I think this one should be pretty easy, but then, I know the answer.
Update: The answer can be found here.
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Tagged mystery skier, podium streakAnother rest day in the Vuelta yesterday gave me another chance to update the GC bumps plots. Â See my first post on the Vuelta for an explanation of the colors and stuff.
Click through for a full version of the GC by team graph below.
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So the big news in XC over the last few days has obviously been Russian skier Nikolai Pankratov being caught with some, shall we say, suspicious materials. Â The first thing I do when I hear things like this are of course to look up his results like the last time… Continue reading ›
Tagged doping, fis, nikolai pankratovMy real job is quickly approaching again as we move into fall. Â I’ve stockpiled plenty of material, but things will inevitably slow down a bit. Â I also have a few big projects on my plate related to Statistical Skier that I’ll be talking more about in the next week or two, so I have plenty to keep me busy. Â As for this past week,
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Tagged week in reviewNext up among biathlon retirements is French star Sandrine Bailly. Â She has numerous Biathlon World Cup victories to her name and has been an integral part of the French biathlon relay team.
One notable victory links her to another retiring skier, Martina Beck. Â These women actually shared the gold medal at the 2003 Biathlon World Championships, which according to wikipedia, was a first for the sport of biathlon.
Let’s take a look at all of her results: Continue reading ›
Tagged biathlon, retirement, retrospective, sandrine bailly