Vincent Defrasne

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Olympic medal record
Men's Biathlon
Gold	2006 Turin	12.5km Pursuit
Bronze	2006 Turin	4 x 7.5km Relay
Bronze	2002 Salt Lake City	4 x 7.5km Relay

Vincent Defrasne (born 9 March 1977 in Pontarlier, Franche-Comté) is a French biathlete. He won a gold medal in the 2006 Winter Olympics and a bronze medal in the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. He also was a member of the winning Biathlon World Championship relay team in 2001, and the 2004 team which won bronze.

Defrasne also won the gold medal of the 12.5km pursuit at the 2006 Winter Olympics.

At the Biathlon World Championship 2007 in Antholz, Defrasne earned a bronze medal, in the 12.5 km pursuit and a silver medal in the Mixed Relay event.

[edit] Achievements

Winter Olympics

• 2002 1x Bronze (Relay)
• 2006 1x Gold (Pursuit), 1x Bronze (Relay)

Biathlon World Championships

• 2001 1x Gold (Relay)
• 2004 1x Bronze (Relay)
• 2006 1x Bronze (Mixed Relay)
• 2007 1x Bronze (Pursuit)

Biathlon World Cup

• 2 victories in the trials for the World Cup