Patrick Favre Explained

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]}

Biathlon results

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

Olympic Games

Event	Individual	Sprint	Relay
align=left	1994 Lillehammer	22nd	—	6th
align=left	1998 Nagano	54th	—	9th

World Championships

3 medals (1 silver, 2 bronze)

Event	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit		Team	Relay
align=left		78th	5th			10th	4th
align=left	1996 Ruhpolding	17th	26th			Bronze	10th
align=left	1997 Brezno-Osrblie	15th	4th	5th		—	Bronze
align=left	1998 Pokljuka			—		6th
align=left	1999 Kontiolahti	22nd	Silver	8th	19th		8th
align=left	2000 Oslo Holmenkollen	47th	34th	21st	—		—
align=left	2001 Pokljuka	13th	29th	31st	6th		10th
align=left	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

2 victories (1 In, 1 Sp)

Season	Date	Location	Discipline	Level
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

Notes and References

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