Simon Desthieux

Simon Desthieux (; born 3 December 1991) is a French retired biathlete, both an Olympic and world champion.

He competed in the 2014 Winter Olympics for France, where he finished 45th in the sprint and 21st in the pursuit. Desthieux won his first World Championship medal in Hochfilzen 2017 when he was a part of men's relay team that became second. Next year he was a part of France's mixed relay team in the 2018 Winter Olympics and won his first Olympic gold medal. In Antholz-Anterselva 2020 won his first World Championship title with men's relay.

He announced his retirement after the 2021/22 season.

Biathlon results Olympic Games 2 medals (1 gold, 1 silver) EventIndividualSprintPursuitRelay 2014 Sochi —45th21st —8th — 2018 Pyeongchang 27th 12th 7th 22nd 5th Gold 2022 Beijing 17th 24th 7th 16th Silver —

World Championships 3 medals (1 gold, 2 silver)

The single mixed relay was added as an event in 2019.

World Cup World Cup rankings Season Overall Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass start Points Position Points Position Points Position Points Position Points Position 2012–13 – 57th — — – 48th – 57th — — 2013–14 – 20th – 19th – 22nd – 26th – 5th 2014–15 – 56th – 65th – 51st – 43rd — — 2015–16 – 16th – 26th – 21st – 20th – 10th 2016–17 – 25th – 42nd – 19th – 23rd – 27th 2017–18 – 8th – 10th – 6th – 10th – 11th 2018–19 – 4th – 6th – 3rd – 4th – 6th 2019–20 – 6th – 11th – 5th – 7th – 9th 2020–21 – 9th – 22nd – 8th – 9th – 11th 2021–22 – 7th – 3rd – 10th – 6th – 11th

Individual victories 2 victories (1 Sp, 1 MS)

Relay victories 11 victories; victories at Winter Olympics are not counted as World Cup victories but are listed here.

Junior World Championships