Florence Baverel-Robert
Florence Baverel -Robert ( born May 24, 1974 in Pontarlier, France) is a former French biathlete.
Career
Florence Baverel occurred in the Biathlon World Cup for the first time in 1994 in appearance, in early 1995 she won the sprint and single race of Ruhpolding two times second place. Direct their first two seasons, she finished twice with seventh place in the overall World Cup. Your first World Championship medals won Baverel with French squadrons and teams to 1999 she was a total of two silver and two bronze medals win. In 2000, she won the bronze medal in the pursuit of her first individual medal at World Championships.
The successful 1990s was followed by several years in which Florence Baverel -Robert could not build on the successes of earlier times. Neither at World Championships nor the 2002 Olympics in Salt Lake City she was able to win medals. By the ninth place in the overall World Cup of the season 2001/ 02, the French could produce only a top 10 ranking within six years.
At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin they could achieve the greatest success of her career. Florence Baverel -Robert, who was previously indeed already five times second in the Biathlon World Cup, but had never won a race, won the sprint from San Sicario and became Olympic champion. This was the first individual victory of a French woman at the Winter Olympics in biathlon and the first medal for French biathletes for twelve years. This success was a surprise to many, since Florence Baverel -Robert indeed one of the best shooters in the entire field athletes, but their good results were usually denied by a rather weaker running shape. Basis of their Olympic victory was a clean shooting, with the sixth- best running time of the race Baverel -Robert was finally able to say just before the Swede Anna Carin Olofsson. The victory in the Olympic sprint race was the only individual victory and the only gold medal in the career of French.
With the French season they also won the Olympic bronze medal and also relay bronze at the Mixed World Championships. The 2005/06 season ended Baverel -Robert tenth in the overall World Cup.
In the Biathlon World Championships 2007 in Antholz Florence Baverel -Robert was with three silver medals to one of the most successful athletes. The single game she lay with flawless shooting performance behind the also faultless Norwegian Linda Grubben, with their own good performances, she was also on winning the silver medals in the Relay and Mixed Relay races involved. At the end of the 2006/07 season, which ended Baverel -Robert as fifth overall, she announced her retirement from biathlon.
Following her playing career, the mother of a daughter who is currently pregnant with her second child, a commentator with the French language edition of Euro sport was. In addition, she works as Rekrutiererin for the French military. By Julien Robert she is now divorced. She lives ( German: Hare Hill) in Lievre Mont near the Swiss border.
Biathlon World Cup rankings
The table shows all placements (depending on the year, including hosting the Olympic Games and World Championships ).