{{Short description|French-Belgian biathlete (born 1991)}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Florent Claude | image = Claude Fl. – Biathlon 2023 Nove Mesto 7833.jpg | caption = Florent Claude in 2023 | nationality = Belgian | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1991|11|11|df=yes}} | birth_place = Remiremont, France<ref>{{cite web |title=Florent CLAUDE |url=https://olympics.com/beijing-2022/olympic-games/en/results/biathlon/athlete-profile-n1045277-florent-claude.htm |website=Olympics.com |access-date=1 February 2022 |archive-date=1 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220201213702/https://olympics.com/beijing-2022/olympic-games/en/results/biathlon/athlete-profile-n1045277-florent-claude.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> | height = | weight = | country = {{FRA}} (up to 2016)<br/>{{BEL}} (from 2017) | sport = Biathlon | event = | club = | collegeteam = | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport|Men's biathlon}} {{Medal|Country|{{FRA}}}} {{Medal|Competition|Junior World Championships}} {{Medal|Silver|2012 Kontiolahti|10 km sprint}} {{Medal|Bronze|2012 Kontiolahti|4 × 7.5 km relay}} {{Medal|Competition|Youth World Championships}} {{Medal|Gold|2009 Canmore|3 × 7.5 km relay}} {{Medal|Silver|2010 Torsby|3 × 7.5 km relay}} }}
'''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.<ref name="Weynants">{{cite news|last1=Weynants|first1=M.|title=Le biathlète Florent Claude est officiellement belge|url=https://www.rtbf.be/sport/autres/sports-d-hiver/detail_le-biathlete-florent-claude-est-officiellement-belge?id=9627614|accessdate=7 February 2018|publisher=RTBF|date=7 June 2017|archive-date=6 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180806145756/https://www.rtbf.be/sport/autres/sports-d-hiver/detail_le-biathlete-florent-claude-est-officiellement-belge?id=9627614|url-status=live}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news|title=Michael Rösch klaar voor Winterspelen: "Florent Claude en ik vertegenwoordigen België in biatlon"|url=http://www.standaard.be/cnt/dmf20180120_03311044|accessdate=7 February 2018|work=De Standaard|agency=Belga|date=20 January 2018|archive-date=6 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180806180049/http://www.standaard.be/cnt/dmf20180120_03311044|url-status=live}}</ref> Their relay teammate Thierry Langer also competed but as a cross-country skier, not a biathlete as the men's relay team failed to qualify for the Olympics. But at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Belgium did qualify and fielded for the first time ever a team in the men's biathlon, and Claude competed in both individual events and the men's team relay event.<ref>{{cite news|title=Le biathlon, sport le mieux représenté au sein du Team Belgium à Pékin|url=https://www.teambelgium.be/fr/nouvelles/le-biathlon-sport-le-mieux-represente-au-sein-du-team-belgium-a-pekin|access-date=27 February 2026|publisher=Belgian Olympic and Interfederal Committee |date=22 January 2022 |trans-title=Biathlon, the sport best represented within Team Belgium in Beijing |language=French}}</ref> Four years later, Belgium qualified and fielded a full men's and women's biathlon team for the first time in its winter sports history, and Claude competed in both individual events, the men's team relay event and the mixed team relay event.<ref>{{cite news|title=Winter Olympics 2026 Full Belgian men’s & women’s teams at the Winter Olympics|url=https://www.belgium-biathlon.be/en/news/full-belgian-mens-womens-teams-at-the-winter-olympics-2026/|access-date=27 February 2026|publisher=Belgium Biathlon}}</ref>
==Biathlon results== All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.
===Olympic Games=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- " !Event !style="width:70px;"|Individual !style="width:70px;"|Sprint !style="width:70px;"|Pursuit !style="width:70px;"|{{nowrap|Mass start}} !style="width:70px;"|Relay !style="width:70px;"|{{nowrap|Mixed relay}} |- | align=left |{{flagicon|South Korea}} 2018 Pyeongchang | 54th | 55th | 57th | — | — | — |- |align=left |{{flagicon|China}} 2022 Beijing |75th |84th |— |— |20th |— |- |align=left |{{flagicon|Italy}} 2026 Milano Cortina |46th |38th |50th |— |19th |18th |} :
===World Championships=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- " !Event !style="width:70px;"|Individual !style="width:70px;"|Sprint !style="width:70px;"|Pursuit !style="width:70px;"|{{nowrap|Mass start}} !style="width:70px;"|Relay !style="width:70px;"|{{nowrap|Mixed relay}} !style="width:70px;"|{{nowrap|Single mixed relay}} |- |align=left |{{flagicon|SWE}} 2019 Östersund |32nd |71st |— |— |23rd |— |— |- |align=left |{{flagicon|ITA}} 2020 Rasen-Antholz |25th |34th |32nd |— |19th |— |20th |- | align="left" |{{flagicon|SLO}} 2021 Pokljuka | 19th | 21st | 25th | 24th | 22nd | 21st | 15th |- |align=left|{{flagicon|GER}} 2023 Oberhof |27th |67th |— |— |19th |14th |17th |- |align=left|{{flagicon|CZE}} 2024 Nové Město na Moravě |37th |32nd |29th |— |22nd |8th |16th |- |align=left|{{flagicon|SUI}} 2025 Lenzerheide | 39th | 17th | 14th | 22nd | 14th | 10th | 13th |} :''*During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program.''
==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<ref>{{cite web|title=Florent Claude|url=https://teambelgium.be/fr/athlete/florent-claude|website=Team Belgium|publisher=Belgian Olympic Committee|accessdate=7 February 2018|archive-date=6 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180806180122/https://teambelgium.be/fr/athlete/florent-claude|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Notes== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{International Biathlon Union}} * [https://www.olympics.com/en/milano-cortina-2026/results/athlete-details/40920 Florent Claude] at Milano Cortina 2026 * {{Olympics.com|claude}} * {{Olympedia}} * {{InterSportStats}} * {{Team Belgium|Florent-Claude-640}} * {{Instagram}}<!-- per WP:ELMINOFFICIAL, choose one official website only -->
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Claude, Florent}} Category:1991 births Category:Sportspeople from Remiremont Category:Skiers from Vosges (department) Category:French male biathletes Category:Belgian male biathletes Category:French emigrants to Belgium Category:Belgian people of French descent Category:Olympic biathletes for Belgium Category:Biathletes at the 2018 Winter Olympics Category:Biathletes at the 2022 Winter Olympics Category:Biathletes at the 2026 Winter Olympics Category:Living people Category:Naturalised citizens of Belgium Category:21st-century French sportsmen Category:21st-century Belgian sportsmen