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 as both had exactly the same time on the finish line, a first in biathlon history.
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
2002 Salt Lake City–7th17th9th
2006 Turin6th6th12th10thBronze
2010 Vancouver52nd15th27th7thSilver

World Championships

8 medals
EventIndividualSprintPursuitMass StartRelayMixed Relay
2001 Pokljuka35th–––5th
2002 Oslo Holmenkollen6th
2003 Khanty-Mansiysk20th7thGoldBronze5th
2004 Oberhof4th5th12thBronze5th
2005 Hochfilzen4th4th9th9th4th6th
2006 PokljukaBronze
2007 Antholz-Anterselva9th9th30th23rdSilverSilver
2008 Oestersund26th5th5th12thBronze–
2009 Pyeongchang9th10th40th27thBronze–

World Cup

Individual victories

20 victories
SeasonDateEventCompetitionLevel
2000/01
1 victory
14 December 2000 Brezno15 km IndividualBiathlon World Cup
2002/03
2 victories
15 February 2003 Oslo Holmenkollen7.5 km SprintBiathlon World Cup
2002/03
2 victories
16 March 2003 Khanty-Mansiysk10 km PursuitBiathlon World Championships
2003/04
4 victories
4 December 2003 Kontiolahti7.5 km SprintBiathlon World Cup
2003/04
4 victories
14 December 2003 Hochfilzen10 km PursuitBiathlon World Cup
2003/04
4 victories
20 December 2003 Brezno7.5 km SprintBiathlon World Cup
2003/04
4 victories
21 December 2003 Brezno10 km PursuitBiathlon World Cup
2004/05
6 victories
12 December 2004 Oslo Holmenkollen10 km PursuitBiathlon World Cup
2004/05
6 victories
16 December 2004 Östersund7.5 km SprintBiathlon World Cup
2004/05
6 victories
23 January 2005 Antholz10 km PursuitBiathlon World Cup
2004/05
6 victories
17 February 2005 Pokljuka7.5 km SprintBiathlon World Cup
2004/05
6 victories
19 February 2005 Pokljuka10 km PursuitBiathlon World Cup
2004/05
6 victories
20 February 2005 Pokljuka12.5 km Mass StartBiathlon World Cup
2005/06
2 victories
13 January 2006 Ruhpolding7.5 km SprintBiathlon World Cup
2005/06
2 victories
11 March 2006 Pokljuka10 km PursuitBiathlon World Cup
2006/07
1 victory
12 January 2007 Ruhpolding7.5 km SprintBiathlon World Cup
2007/08
4 victories
7 December 2007 Hochfilzen7.5 km SprintBiathlon World Cup
2007/08
4 victories
8 December 2007 Hochfilzen10 km PursuitBiathlon World Cup
2007/08
4 victories
15 December 2007 Pokljuka7.5 km SprintBiathlon World Cup
2007/08
4 victories
1 March 2008 Pyeongchang10 km PursuitBiathlon World Cup