Marie-Laure Brunet
Marie -Laure Brunet ( born November 20, 1988 in Lannemezan, Hautes -Pyrenees in France ) is a French biathlete.
Marie -Laure Brunet starts for U.S. Autrans. The student from Antignac lives in Villard -de- Lans and operates since 2003 Biathlon, since 2006 it belongs to the French national team. Your trainer is Thierry Dusserre. She launched since 2004, first in the Junior European Cup and here improved steadily. At the Junior World Championships in 2007 in Martell, she won gold with the French relay and bronze in the individual competition. For the season 2007/ 08 she moved to the senior level. First, she appeared in the European Cup in Geilo ( 23 in Sprint; 15th in the pursuit ), and then for the first time in the Biathlon World Cup. When 26 she won first World Cup points in a single Kontiolahti. At the Junior World Championships 2008 in Ruhpolding she reached the third place in the pursuit and won silver in the relay and individual competition. She received her biggest success in the Biathlon World Championships 2008 in Östersund with the bronze medal in the relay. Immediately after the World Cup, in Pyeongchang, Korea, she reached with two Top 10 places where they once in fourth narrowly missed the podium, their best World Cup results.
At the 2009 World Championships in Pyeongchang Marie -Laure Brunet made in Pursuit of a stir when she flawlessly remained as the only starter shooting and 7th place pushed from place 52 after the sprint forward. It reached its greatest success to date a few days later when she won the gold medal at the World Championships with the French mixed relay. Your second medal at the Championships in Pyeongchang won Marie -Laure Brunet, together with Sylvie Becaert, Marie Dorin and Sandrine Bailly in the 4x6 km relay women.
At the Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver in 2010 Marie -Laure Brunet finished in 6th place in the sprint competition. In the subsequent persecution they could improve on the third place and won the bronze medal behind Magdalena Neuner and Kuzmina Anastasiya. With the season they reached the silver medal. Your biggest success at Biathlon World Championships reached the French at the competitions at the Biathlon World Championships 2012 in Ruhpolding. There they reached in the individual disciplines Single & mass start and in the 4x6 km relay together with Marie Dorin Habert - Sophie Boilley and Anaïs Bescond one silver medal.
Also nationally Brunet is very successful. In 2009, she won the title in the mass start and with the mixed relay. At the French Championships in 2010, the title in the mass start, Super Sprint and Mixed Relay have been added.
Brunet was a few years in a relationship with the biathletes Vincent Jay. Since the spring of 2011, the couple goes their separate ways but privately.
Biathlon World Cup rankings
The table shows all placements (depending on the year, including hosting the Olympic Games and World Championships ).