Martin Fourcade is a French retired biathlete and military officer born September 14, 1988, in Ceret, in the Northern Catalonia region of France, who competed at three Winter Olympics, in 2010, 2014 and 2018, winning six Olympic gold medals and one silver. He won 13 World Championship gold medals in total, 11 of them in individual events, and captured seven overall Biathlon World Cup titles, making him one of the most dominant biathletes of his generation, combining precision rifle shooting with elite cross-country skiing speed.
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Career HighlightFourcade is a six-time Olympic champion, a thirteen-time World Champion, and a seven-time winner of the Overall Biathlon World Cup. 1 Classification
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1. Wikipedia, Martin Fourcade
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is a French retired biathlete and military officer.
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He is a six-time Olympic champion, a thirteen-time World Champion and a seven-time winner of the Overall World Cup.
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Since April 2018, he serves as president of the Athletes' Commission of the organising committee for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris, France.
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