Sandrine Bailly

Sandrine Bailly ( born November 25, 1979 in Belley, France) is a former French biathlete.

Career

Sandrine Bailly began at the age of 15 years with the sport of biathlon, after she had previously been operated long run. At 20, she performed in April 2000 in Lahti her first World Cup race and a complete surprise she managed the individual competition in Anterselva, only the third race of her career, already the first victory.

Your first successes celebrated Bailly in 2003, when she was able to win two World Championship medals at the Biathlon World Championships in Khanty-Mansiysk. After the Germans Martina Glagow the gold and Bailly was awarded the silver medal in the pursuit race after a very tight sprint finish first, the IBU later declared for the first time in World Cup history two athletes into winners. Six days later, Bailly also won the bronze medal in the mass start. Over the years it has been improved constantly and counted 2002/ 03 in its third season with the 6th place for the first time among the ten best athletes overall.

For the most successful World Cup season in the career of the French season 2004/05. Bailly could win a total of six World Cup races, including all three of the end of February discharged in Pokljuka competitions. In none of the made ​​to them in the World Cup races in them was worse than 17th place This was the basis for winning the overall World Cup, which they secured at the end of the season with 847 points, 14 points ahead of the Germans Kati Wilhelm. After Anne Briand and Emmanuelle Claret in 1995 and 1996 so this succeeded the third time a Frenchwoman.

Despite many achievements Sandrine Bailly also experienced some setbacks and disappointments. In the Biathlon World Championships 2005 in Hochfilzen counted as World Cup leader of the favorites, but ultimately won a medal yet. Both Sprint and single race as well as with the French squadron, she took the fourth place. Also at the Olympic Winter Games in Turin in 2006, it reached no individual medal. Your first Olympic medal ever, she won the bronze medal in the French squadron.

Comparatively little was successful for the Frenchwoman also the season 2006/07. Although it reached a sprint victory in Ruhpolding and two second places in Oberhof and Hochfilzen and 8th place finished at the end of the season in the World Cup, this was their worst finish since the 2001/ 02 season. Although Bailly in the preparation of the 2007/08 season drew upon a broken hand, it is still a successful start to this season. At the first World Cup in Kontiolahti she was in all three races among the top ten women, a week later, she won both the sprint and the subsequent pursuit race in Hochfilzen, Austria. At the World Championships in Östersund she was unable to repeat their performance in the individual competitions. With the women's relay but it succeeded in winning the bronze medal when she was on the anchor leg on the last lap overtake the favored Ekaterina Jurjewa and secure the medal for their country. At Holmenkollen in Oslo end of the season in the last three races of the battle for the overall title in the World Cup decided. Sandrine Bailly, traveled as a just leader, could indeed prevail against Andrea Henkel, but had to let Magdalena Neuner pass with a gap of thirteen points yet.

Together with Marie Dorin, Sylvie Becaert and Marie -Laure Brunet won the silver medal in Bailly of the Olympic Winter Games Season 2010 competition in Vancouver.

Private life

Her sister Anne Lise was also biathlete, her brother Sylvain is cross-country skiers. For a long time Sandrine Bailly had a relationship with the French biathletes Ferréol Cannard from which it has become separated again. She currently lives in the French community Ruffieu. On 14 October 2011 she brought her daughter to the world ..

Total score in the World Cup

The table shows all placements (depending on the year, including hosting the Olympic Games and World Championships ).

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