Florent Claude
# Florent Claude

Florent Claude (born 11 November 1991) is a French-born Belgian biathlete.

## Biography

Florent Claude is originally a French biathlete, born in Remiremont, in the Vosges, in 1991. He has a Master in physical training from the Université Grenoble Alpes. Due to a lack of chances to compete at the highest biathlon level in France, he relocated to Belgium, where he formed a team with Michael Rösch, another naturalized experienced biathlete (Olympic gold medal in the relay in 2006 with Germany). In June 2017 Claude acquired the Belgian nationality. His brothers Fabien Claude and Emilien Claude are also biathletes and compete for France.

In 2018, Claude competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics with Michael Rösch as the first Belgian Olympic biathletes ever. Their relay teammate Thierry Langer also competed but as a cross-country skier, not a biathlete. The Belgian biathlon relay team did not qualify for the Olympics.

## Biathlon results

All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.

### Olympic Games

| Event | Individual | Sprint | Pursuit | Mass start | Relay | Mixed relay |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2018 Pyeongchang | 54th | 55th | 57th | — | — | — |

    *The mixed relay was added as an event in 2014.

### World Championships

| Event | Individual | Sprint | Pursuit | Mass start | Relay | Mixed relay | Single mixed relay |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2021 Pokljuka | 20th | 22nd | 26th | 25th | 24rd | 21st | 15th |

    *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.

## Results

* 2nd at the Junior World Championships in the 10 km sprint event (2012)
* 1st (2009) and 2nd (2010) at the Junior World Championships in the relay event with the French team
* 3rd at the French championships 2016 in the sprint and pursuit events
* 4 titles at the Belgian championships: 3 in biathlon and one in cross-country skiing (2017)
* 9th in the 10 km sprint event at the 2018 European Championships
