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 […]
Also tagged retirement, retrospective, vincent defrasneNext 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 […]
Also tagged retirement, retrospective, sandrine baillyI’ve mentioned before that one of the reasons I enjoy writing posts about skiing is that I learn stuff about my sport. Â Writing up a career retrospective post for German biathlete Simone Hauswald was one of those experiences. Simone Hauswald has competed internationally since 2000-2001, although she only did a handful of World Cups until […]
Also tagged retirement, retrospective, simone hauswaldIn one of the articles I wrote for FasterSkier.com, someone asked a question in the comments that I thought was interesting, so I dashed off a quick answer. Â Sadly, as is common when I do something quickly, I made a mistake. Â So I need to correct the record. Commenter triguy mentioned that it would be […]
Also tagged Analysis, churn, xcBiathletes retire too! Â I will be the first to admit that I know a lot less about biathlon than cross country, though, so these athlete profile posts for biathletes will be as much for my benefit as yours. Martina Beck is (was) a very fast German biathlete. Â The International Biathlon Union has a nice article […]
Also tagged martina beck, retirement, retrospectiveI just finished reading a great article checking in with US biathlete Tim Burke as he gears up again for next season. Â I was vaguely aware that Burke had a great season last year but a disappointing Olympics, but I don’t follow biathlon as closely as cross country. Â So I thought I’d check some data […]
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