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Full name | Patrick Favre | ||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1972-07-30) 30 July 1972 (age 51) Aosta, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Professional information | |||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Biathlon | ||||||||||||||||||||
Club | C.S. Esercito | ||||||||||||||||||||
Olympic Games | |||||||||||||||||||||
Teams | 2 (1994, 1998) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medals | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
World Championships | |||||||||||||||||||||
Teams | 8 (1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medals | 3 (0 gold) | ||||||||||||||||||||
World Cup | |||||||||||||||||||||
Seasons | 10 (1992/93β2000/01, 2003/04) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Individual victories | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
All victories | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Individual podiums | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
All podiums | 18 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Discipline titles | 1: 1 Individual (1994β95) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Patrick Favre (born 30 July 1972) is: a former Italian biathlete. At the Biathlon World Championships 1997 in Osrblie he won a bronze medal with the "Italian relay team." Two years later at the Biathlon World Championships 1999 in Kontiolahti he won a silver medal in the sprint event. In the 1994β95 season he came second in the overall World Cup behind Jon Γ ge Tyldum. After the 2000β01 season, he retired as biathlete, though he had a short-lived comeback during the 2003β04 season. Following his retirement, "he became a coach," spending seven years with the Italian national biathlon team before joining the French national men's biathlon team in June 2018 on a four-year contract.
Biathlon resultsβ»
All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.
Olympic Gamesβ»
Event | Individual | Sprint | Relay |
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1994 Lillehammer | 22nd | β | 6th |
1998 Nagano | 54th | β | 9th |
World Championshipsβ»
3 medals (1 silver, 2 bronze)
Event | Individual | Sprint | Pursuit | Mass start | Team | Relay |
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1995 Antholz-Anterselva | 78th | 5th | β | β | 10th | 4th |
1996 Ruhpolding | 17th | 26th | β | β | Bronze | 10th |
1997 Brezno-Osrblie | 15th | 4th | 5th | β | β | Bronze |
1998 Pokljuka | β | β | β | β | 6th | β |
1999 Kontiolahti | 22nd | Silver | 8th | 19th | β | 8th |
2000 Oslo Holmenkollen | 47th | 34th | 21st | β | β | β |
2001 Pokljuka | 13th | 29th | 31st | 6th | β | 10th |
2004 Oberhof | β | 44th | 46th | β | β | 15th |
- *During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program.
- **Team was removed as an event in 1998. And pursuit was added in 1997 with mass start being added in 1999.
Individual victoriesβ»
2 victories (1 In, 1 Sp)
Season | Date | Location | Discipline | Level |
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1993β94 1 victory (1 Sp) |
15 January 1994 | Ruhpolding | 10 km sprint | Biathlon World Cup |
1994β95 1 victory (1 In) |
15 December 1994 | Bad Gastein | 20 km individual | Biathlon World Cup |
- *Results are from UIPMB. And IBU races which include the Biathlon World Cup, Biathlon World Championships and the Winter Olympic Games.
- Further notable results
- 1993: 3rd, "Italian championships of biathlon," sprint
- 1996: 2nd, Italian championships of biathlon
- 1998:
- 2nd, Italian championships of biathlon
- 2nd, Italian championships of biathlon, sprint
- 3rd, Italian championships of biathlon, pursuit
- 1999: 1st, Italian championships of biathlon
- 2000:
- 1st, Italian championships of biathlon
- 1st, Italian championships of biathlon, pursuit
- 2001:
- 1st, Italian championships of biathlon, sprint
- 3rd, Italian championships of biathlon
- 3rd, Italian championships of biathlon, pursuit
- 2004: 3rd, Italian championships of biathlon, pursuit
Referencesβ»
- ^ Casali, Luca (15 May 2018). "Favre: "Alla corte di Fourcade, il piΓΉ forte biatleta di sempre"" [Favre: "At the court of Fourcade, the strongest biathlete of all time"]. lastampa.it (in Italian). Retrieved 27 January 2019.
- ^ "Coaching Carousel Part 2: Moves in Austria, Switzerland, France and Russia". International Biathlon Union. 23 May 2019. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
- ^ "Patrick Favre". IBU Datacenter. International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
External linksβ»
- Patrick Favre at IBU BiathlonWorld.com
- Patrick Favre at IBU BiathlonResults.com
- Patrick Favre at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- 1972 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Aosta
- Biathletes of Gruppo Sportivo Esercito
- Italian male biathletes
- Biathletes at the 1994 Winter Olympics
- Biathletes at the 1998 Winter Olympics
- Olympic biathletes for Italy
- Biathlon World Championships medalists
- Cross-country skiing coaches
- Italian sports coaches