Patrick Favre

Italian biathlete

Patrick Favre

Personal information

Full name| Patrick Favre
Born|  (1972-07-30) 30 July 1972 (age 50)
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 (1992/93–2000/01, 2003/04)
Individual victories| 2
All victories| 3
Individual podiums| 5
All podiums| 18
Discipline titles| 1:
1 Individual (1994–95)

Medal record

Men's biathlon
Representing  Italy
World Championships
| 1999 Kontiolahti | 10 km sprint
| 1996 Ruhpolding | Team event
| 1997 Brezno-Osrblie | 4 × 7.5 km relay

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 1994–95 season he came second in the overall World Cup behind Jon Åge Tyldum. After the 2000–01 season, he retired as biathlete, though he had a short-lived comeback during the 2003–04 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.[1][2]

## Contents

* 1 Biathlon results
* 1.1 Olympic Games
* 1.2 World Championships
* 1.3 Individual victories
* 2 References
* 3 External links

## Biathlon results[edit]

All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.[3]

### Olympic Games[edit]

Event  | Individual  | Sprint  | Relay

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1994 Lillehammer | 22nd  | —  | 6th
1998 Nagano | 54th  | —  | 9th

### World Championships[edit]

3 medals (1 silver, 2 bronze)

Event  | Individual  | Sprint  | Pursuit  | Mass start | Team  | Relay

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1995 Antholz-Anterselva | 78th  | 5th  | —  | —  | 10th  | 4th
1996 Ruhpolding | 17th  | 26th  | —  | —  | Bronze | 10th
1997 Brezno-Osrblie | 15th  | 4th  | 5th  | —  | —  | Bronze
1998 Pokljuka | —  | —  | —  | —  | 6th  | —
1999 Kontiolahti | 22nd  | Silver | 8th  | 19th  | —  | 8th
2000 Oslo Holmenkollen | 47th  | 34th  | 21st  | —  | —  | —
2001 Pokljuka | 13th  | 29th  | 31st  | 6th  | —  | 10th
2004 Oberhof | —  | 44th  | 46th  | —  | —  | 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 victories[edit]

2 victories (1 In, 1 Sp)

Season  | Date  | Location  | Discipline  | Level

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1993–94
1 victory
(1 Sp) | 15 January 1994 |  Ruhpolding | 10 km sprint | Biathlon World Cup
1994–95
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

## References[edit]

1. ^ Casali, Luca (15 May 2018). "Favre: "Alla corte di Fourcade, il più forte biatleta di sempre"" [Favre: "At the court of Fourcade, the strongest biathlete of all time"]. lastampa.it (in Italian). Retrieved 27 January 2019.
2. ^ "Coaching Carousel Part 2: Moves in Austria, Switzerland, France and Russia". International Biathlon Union. 23 May 2019. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
3. ^ "Patrick Favre". IBU Datacenter. International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 1 August 2015.

## External links[edit]

* Patrick Favre at BiathlonWorld.com and BiathlonResults.com from IBU
* Patrick Favre at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)