Sandrine Bailly


Sandrine Bailly is a former French biathlete. She was most successful in the 2004-05 season, when she won the overall World Cup, and in the 2007-08 season, when she finished second. In 2003, she became world champion in the 10 km pursuit.

Career

Bailly has achieved 20 victories in the Biathlon World Cup, as well as numerous wins on the youth and junior levels. In the 2004–05 season she was the most successful female athlete in the overall World Cup after placing third in the previous year. She also won the World Cup ranking in the 10 km pursuit discipline. In the 2007-08 season, she finished second in the overall standings and, again, first in the pursuit discipline.
Bailly has won seven medals at the Biathlon World Championships. She is well-remembered for winning the pursuit gold medal during the 2003 World Championships in Khanty-Mansiysk, sharing it with German biathlete Martina Glagow.
For several years Bailly has also closed out most relays for the French national team. Her greatest success in that discipline was the silver medal in the 4×6 km relay at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Bailly retired after the 2009–10 season.

Achievements

Olympic Games

2 medals
EventIndividualSprintPursuitMass StartRelay
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World Championships

8 medals
EventIndividualSprintPursuitMass StartRelayMixed Relay
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World Cup

Individual victories

20 victories
SeasonDateEventCompetitionLevel
2000/01
1 victory
14 December 2000