Simon Fourcade

Simon Fourcade (born 25 April 1984) is a French former biathlete and non-commissioned officer. He won a gold medal in the individual at the 2003 Biathlon Junior World Championships. Although he never took a solo World Cup race win, he took eight World Cup wins as a member of relay teams - six in men's relays and two in mixed relays. He retired from competition in March 2019.

He is the older brother of fellow biathlete Martin Fourcade.

Biathlon results

Olympics EventIndividualSprintPursuitMass startRelayMixed relay 2006 Torino 31st — — — — — 2010 Vancouver 40th 71st — 14th 6th — 2014 Sochi 13th 36th 18th DNF — —

World Championships 5 medals (1 gold, 3 silver, 1 bronze)

During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program. The single mixed relay was added as an event in 2019.

World Cup

World Cup rankings Season Overall Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass Start 2003–04 79th - - 65th - 2005–06 49th - 40th 39th 41st 2006–07 23rd 8th 34th 23rd 24th 2007–08 17th 6th 23rd 16th 22nd 2008–09 15th 29th 14th 14th 12th 2009–10 7th 12th 9th 11th 9th 2010–11 30th 24th 39th 16th 42nd 2011–12 5th 1st 10th 10th 6th 2012–13 27th 29th 33rd 23rd 24th 2013–14 39th 5th 51st 34th - 2014–15 11th 6th 16th 11th 12th 2015–16 27th 13th 35th 31st 19th 2016–17 38th 23rd 44th 35th - 2017–18 42nd 42nd 48th 40th 36th 2018–19 37th 14th 46th 33rd -

Relay victories 8 victories No. Season Date Location Discipline Level Team 1 2008–09 19 February 2009 Pyeongchang Mixed Relay Biathlon World Championships Brunet / Becaert / Defrasne / S.Fourcade 2 2009–10 6 December 2009 Östersund Relay Biathlon World Cup Jay / Defrasne / S.Fourcade / Fourcade 3 2011–12 22 January 2012 Antholz-Anterselva Relay Biathlon World Cup Béatrix / S.Fourcade / Boeuf / Fourcade 4 2012–13 10 January 2013 Ruhpolding Relay Biathlon World Cup S.Fourcade / Béatrix / Boeuf / Fourcade 5 20 January 2013 Antholz-Anterselva Relay Biathlon World Cup S.Fourcade / Béatrix / Boeuf / Fourcade 6 2013–14 19 January 2014 Antholz-Anterselva Relay Biathlon World Cup S.Fourcade / Boeuf / Béatrix / Fourcade 7 2014–15 30 November 2014 Östersund Mixed Relay Biathlon World Cup Bescond / Chevalier / S.Fourcade / Fourcade 8 2016–17 5 March 2017 Pyeongchang Relay Biathlon World Cup Béatrix / S.Fourcade / Desthieux / Fourcade