Patrick Côté (biathlon)
Patrick Côté (born 6 February 1985 in Grand -Sault ) is a Canadian biathlete.
Patrick Côté lives in Canmore and starts for Biathlon NB. His coaches were previously Matthias Ahrens, Richard Boruta and Roger Archambault. In 1998 he came in contact with winter sports, as he sought as then active cyclists a training sport for the winter. He quickly moved all the way to winter sports and launched in 2000 for the first time in a biathlon race. Between 2001 and 2003, he was three times in a row biathlon champion of New Brunswick. In 2004 he also started at the cross-country championships in Canada and was 30 km sixth. In the Canadian Biathlon Championships of the year he won gold in the relay. The following year he was in Edmonton third in the sprint and mass start. 2005 was also the year of his first international appearances. In Kontiolahti he went to in his only World Junior Championships. Best result in a single race was eleventh place in singles. With the relay, were among the next Côté also Jaime Robb, Nathan Smith and Jean -Philippe Leguellec, he won behind Germany and France surprising the bronze medal. Due to his good performances he was elected to the Canadian biathletes of the year. At the Canadian Championships in 2006 in Valcartier, he missed fourth in the sprint and almost single medals.
2007 debuted Côté in Cesana San Sicario than 25 in a single in the Biathlon European Cup. A little later he was in Pokljuka also first used in Biathlon World Cup ( 89th in the sprint ). While he often ran in the European and eg eighth pursuit of Nové Město na Moravě achieved good results, the Franco-Canadian was used in the 2007/ 08 season only once in a relay race ( 14th in Pokljuka ). Better started the season 2008/09. At the first race of the season, a single in Östersund, Côté was ranked 64th A few months earlier, he won at the North American Championships in roller ski biathlon 2008 in all three races the bronze medals.
Biathlon World Cup rankings
The table shows all placements (depending on the year, including hosting the Olympic Games and World Championships ).