Biography
Martin Fourcad - French biathlete. Two-time winner of the 2014 Olympics, winner of 3 gold medals of the 2018 Olympic Games, 11-fold world champion, first in the history of the biathlon 7-fold winner of the World Cup and the author of many absolute records in this sport.Childhood and youth
Martin Fourcad was born in the fall of 1988 in the French district of Serya. Speed athlete's skin has repeatedly caused questions about nationality, while the results of the study of the family tree of the family did not appear on the Internet. The ancestors of biathlete - the French are already tens of generations. Among them are mayors of settlements, alpine arrows, winemakers.
As often happens with professional athletes, the future Olympic champion grew up in the family, where the sport was appreciated and respected. Marten's parents and his brother Simon at the amateur level were engaged in running skiing. Despite this, Hockey became the first sports section of Simon and Marten.
And who knows, perhaps it would not have appeared the great biathlete, if not from the ice hall to the house of Fourcad family. In an interview, the father athlete jokingly said that he simply did not have time to carry children to workout, so I first gave the senior, and then the younger in the ski section.
Simonos ski quickly bored, and he switched to biathlon. In an effort to keep up with the elder brother, took a sports rifle in hand and martin. So a series of randoms caused the appearance of Marten Fourcade in professional sports, the stars of the world biathlon. Although the biathlonist himself did not hide that the sports successes of the family influenced his career.
Martine Fourcade sports biography began in 2002, and already in 2006 the guy became part of the French Biathlon national team. In 2007, the Junior World Championship gave Marten a bronze medal, although afterwards Fourcada did not soon have to climb the pedestal.
Biathlon
The ascent of one great French biathlete on sports Olympus coincided with a sunset of a career of another famous representative of France - Raphael Poire. Martin did not call Rafael his idol and had already surpassed the achievement of the famous compatriot, demonstrating the continuity of generations in the French biathlon.
In 2017, Poire said that Fourcade achieved a maximum and in the near future results will be recessious. But if the athlete will continue to compete, then only with himself. And in order to become famous, in addition to victories, it is necessary to create a story and a distinctive image. In this Martin succeeded, legends are made about his mania of greatness and poses.
According to Raphael, the successor has achieved mad popularity thanks to the "Instagram" and "Facebook", while his generation about social networks and did not hear.
In the first World Cup, Martin took part in 2008 (stage in Oslo), in the same year she completed his career and Poire. By the way, the first race was for the future champion is extremely unsuccessful - Fourcad came to the finish line 7 dozen. In the future, the ingress of 30 strongest became an unattainable goal for him, and the silver in the mass start on the Vancouver Olympiad 2010 many were considered to be a sensation.
However, there is a saying that the biathlon does not tolerate the fuss, and the sport itself is called "age." Olympic champion Sochi Ul-Einar Bjorndylene is confirmation. Given these factors, Fourcade planned a long career.
In the 2010-2011 season, the new star of the French national team began to speak seriously. This was facilitated by the final 3 place based on the results of the World Cup, several "golden pedestals", one of which was won in the corona style Bjorndalen. Even fluttering 3 times, Fourcad managed to bypass competitors on the track. Already then the biathlete began let and carefully, but compare with the Great Norwegian. In 2012, Fourcad won in the general competition of the World Cup, and also became the owner of 2 "small crystal globes" on the results of sprints and races of persecution.
Three gold medals and silver of the world championship finally secured the status of a biathlon superstar. In 2013, Fourcad demonstrated a striking stability, having received a "big crystal globe" and another "small crystal globe". In addition, the athlete has significantly improved shooting, received an additional experience. Therefore, even before the beginning of the Olympic Games in Sochi, Fourcada declared in advance the main favorite of the tournament.
The Olympiad in Sochi became the Frenchman by the Frenchman, Martin won the persecution race (12.5 km) and the individual race (20 km). After this competition, Fourcad was rightfully named by the new king of Biathlon, yielding only the emperor in skill (nickname Ule-Einar Bjorndalena).
From March 3 to 13, 2016, the first stage of the World Biathlon Championship took place in Norwegian Holmecolan. Fourcade helped the France team win gold in a mixed relay. The second stage in Pokhlochu (Slovenia) brought biathlonist 3 gold medals, and in the tournament held on the ski highway in the town of Novaya Location (Czech Republic), the Frenchman also showed good results by won the 1st place in the overall World Cup.
2016, as the athlete himself stated, became the most successful in his career. Biathlonist managed to get the entire collection of globes, which has already happened in 2013.
In March 2017, Martin won in the sprint race at the stage of the World Cup in Biathlon, which took place in Finnish Contiolachti. Thus, the Frenchman broke the record of Norwegian Ul-Einar Bjorndalena in the number of victories in one season, setting a record indicator by the number of triumphs at the World Cup stages.
As the fans of an athlete noticed, Martin easily breaks up with the awards of this tournament and keeps only the medals of the Olympiad and World Championships. After the sprint in Khanty-Mansiysk in March 2015, the biathlonist presented the School of Higher School of School Dasha. After 2 years, he broke up with a golden "pancake", conquered in his homeland in Annecy, in the mass start.
In 2018, the Little Veronica was lucky in Finland. As the girl's father later remembered, before the start of the race, his daughter whispered that, maybe, and this time the Frenchman would not forget about the tradition. And when it happened, did not believe her eyes. Later, the family thanked the athlete in Facebook.
After woning in Finland, Fourcad in an interview with media representatives reported that he plans to complete a professional career in 2018.
A similar application biathlonist made after participation in the World Cup, which was held in Norwegian Holmenlane. It should be noted that the next speech of Marten was not without scandals. The Frenchman accused of violating the rules. In Norway, Fourcad came to the first fire line, starting to prepare for shooting, but I realized that his closet was empty. The coach provided the athlete the cartridges, which is prohibited by the rules. As a result, the Frenchman won the race.
In this case, the French biathlete escaped disqualification. Representatives of the International Union of Biathlonists (IBU) responded to the incident, stating that Fourcad did not violate the rules, since acted on the situation.
"The first call for help officials did not respond. Fourcade got up to take the store personally, as written in the rules, but the coach of the French team threw him. This is usually not allowed by the rules, but the jury decided that Fourcade did everything right, "the representatives of IBU were reported to Twitter.Nevertheless, other participants in the competition called the biased attitude from an international organization that occurred, which does not notice the actions of individual biathletes.
Many remembered the behavior of Marten Fourcade at the World Championships in the Austrian Hochfilzen. In February 2017, a Frenchman of the Russian biathlete of Alexander Loginova changed the Russian biathlete of the Stage. Fourcade maneuvers caused the fall of the Russian on the ski highway. This moment was clearly fixed on the video.
In front of the award ceremony, Russian biathletes refused to shake the hand of Fourcada, because of which the Frenchman left the pedestal demonstratively. Users "Instagram" and other social networks then burly reacted to Fourcade actions, condemning him for such behavior. Many biathlon fans and fans stated that they lost all respect for the Frenchman.
The Russian biathlonist Anton Schipulin, who participated in the race, noted at a press conference that such a relationship of Marten Fourcade to Alexander Loginovu is a negative perception of the whole team from the Russian Federation.
"I want to say once again that our team is a big family. Taper of one of the members of our team, this is reflected on all. It was ugly from Marten. I hope for an honest battle in the future, "said Anton Shipulin.Personal life
Personal life Marten Fourcade is always in the center of attention of the press. More than once in the media reported on the numerous novels of the Frenchman, as well as on the engagement with one of the famous biathletes. Martin himself once a joke admitted that Marie Doren-Aber, a mixed relay partner, "he like a wife." This has become a reason for the occurrence of rumors about the relationship between athletes.
Fourcade rarely gives unambiguous answers to questions of journalists. Once with an inherent irony, the Frenchman commented on his victories. To the question of what is the basis of achievements is based, the biathlonist answered:
"I don't know, probably, this is part of my DNA."It is known that many years of the life of Marten Fourcade is connected with the French teacher Elene Uzabiega. The couple met in adolescence in competitions - the girl also rode skiing. Then they communicated at a distance, met when the athlete turned 17, but then Helen went to learn. Nevertheless, young people never interrupted what was connected together. "
Martin Furcada Civilian Wife on September 10, 2015 gave him a daughter Manon. In March 2017, the second daughter of Iez was born. Helen supports his chosen one, helps at competitions.
The biathlonist calls the desire for sports at the professional level a peculiar reason for self-development, and the enhanced training program considers useful self-knowledge. Oddly enough, among the idols of Marten Furcade there is not a single biathlete, but the Moroccan runner Hisham El Herrouge and the swimmer from the USA Michael Pelps - examples of performance for the Frenchman.
Perhaps the place of the greatest biathlete of Martin has used for himself. It is known that Fourcad is one of the most famous skiers and biathlonists who do not host "strictly to appoint a doctor", which in a certain sense are permitted doping.
Recall that in Vancouver on a classic distance of 30 kilometers the first five fully consisted of athletes who are vital for drugs, and the longevity of Bjorndalena on the highway, many are associated with Ephedrine, a drug that is allowed in permissible doses. Martin Fourcad has repeatedly stated that is a supporter of "clean" struggle.
Martin Fourcad now
For those who seek the answer to the question, how to become the king of Biathlon, Martin at the end of 2017 released the book "My Dream of Gold and Snow". In addition to sports secrets, readers have learned from the pages of knowledge about how to make money on victories. Fourcade put on commercial rails with media, communicating with sponsors. When the first medals went, the biathlonist already knew, in which language to talk to brand representatives. Now management of financial flows are entrusted to the company who has the name of the champion.
Reluble handsome man with relief muscles (Marten growth - 185 cm, weight - 75 kg) - a lacquer object for advertisers. However, the Frenchman is more important than the fee, but the image and form of cooperation. Fourcad has repeatedly said that it would not take to advertise what I don't like. Therefore he has no agent, but only a lawyer who will not put the client in an awkward position, seduced by money.
At the Olympics in Pchenchkhan, Martin carried the flag of the France national team. In the struggle for medals, the biathlonist had to collapse. Norwegian Johannes Boe became the main rival of Fourcade in that season. In full-time battles on the track, the athlete won 3 gold, and in the mass start, the host of the medal was determined only on the results of the photoFinish.
In the Fourcade World Cup, which lasted after the Games, the intestinal infection and broken stick were prevented. And yet he installed the biathlon record: in 22 races 2017-2018, in which an athlete participated, each ended with a prize place on the podium.
The beginning of the new season Marten ruined the decision of the French government to charge the tax on the prizes earned by athletes at the Olympiad in South Korea. The French athletes premium amounted to € 50 thousand for gold, € 20 thousand - for silver and € 13 thousand - for bronze.
Awards and achievements
- Cavalier Order "For Merit"
- Cavalier Order Honorary Legion
Victory in the Olympic Games:
- 2014 - Sochi (Russia), pursuit racing 12.5 km,
- 2014 - Sochi (Russia), Individual Race 20 km
- 2018 - Pyonchhan, mass start 15 km
- 2018 - Pyonchhan, mixed relay
- 2018 - Pyonchhan, Persecution Race 12.5 km
Victory at the Championship Stages and World Cup
- 2011 - Khanty-Mansiysk (Russia), Persecution Racing 12.5 km
- 2012 - Rupleolding (Germany), Sprint 10 km
- 2012 - Rupleolding (Germany), Persecution Racing 12.5 km
- 2012 - Rupleolding (Germany), mass start 15 km
- 2013 - New Location (Czech Republic), individual race 20 km
- 2015 - Contiolahti (Finland), Individual Race 20 km
- 2016 - Holmenclane (Norway), mixed relay
- 2016 - Holmolylane (Norway), sprint 10 km
- 2016 - Holmenclane (Norway), Persecution Racing 12.5 km
- 2016 - Holmolylane (Norway), individual race 20 km
- 2017 - Hochfilzen (Austria), Persecution Racing 12.5 km
- 2018 -Holymenclen (Norway), Persecution Race 12.5 km
- 2018 - Tyumen, Sprint 10 km
- 2018 - Tyumen, Persecution Race 12.5 km