Second silver medal for Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet at the 2022 Olympics. After that obtained last Saturday in the mixed relay, the French biathlete won her third Olympic charm this Monday in the individual.
And three for the Blues! Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet, already in silver during the mixed relay last Saturday, won the French delegation’s third medal in these 2022 Olympics after that obtained by Johan Clarey on Monday in the men’s downhill. In the women’s individual, the biathlete was beaten by Germany’s Denise Hermann, but took a magnificent silver medal.
Biography Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet. Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet, aged 28, was born on February 12, 1993 in Saint-Martin-d’Hères, a town located in the department of Isère, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. Very quickly, the Iséroise discovered biathlon and joined the French team in 2011. After being vice-world junior sprint and pursuit champion in 2011 then vice-world junior sprint champion in 2012, Anaïs Chevalier- Bouchet discovers the antechamber of the World Cup, the IBU Cup. A few years later, in 2013-2014, she moved into the big leagues and took part in World Cup competitions.
Selected for her first Winter Olympics in Sochi in 2014, she finished 47th in the pursuit then 44th in the sprint. After the Olympics, she obtained her first Top 10 individually during the pursuit in Kontiolahti (Finland). After returning to the IBU Cup during the 2015-2016 season, she participated in the first victory of the women’s relay since 2012, with Justine Braisaz, Anaïs Bescond and Marie Dorin-Habert. Selected for the Oslo Worlds, she won the silver medal in the women’s relay. Anaïs Chevalier Bouchet continues to string together results with several World Cup podiums. But in 2017, she suffered a setback in her career.
Hit by a car while she was training on a bike, this accident caused her to break her collarbone. For her second Olympic Games in PyeongChang in 2018, it is the first to take over the women’s relay who will finish third. Pregnant with her first child, the native of Saint-Martin-d’Hères is not taking part in the 2019-2020 World Cup season. At the 2022 Olympics, the French biathlete obtained her second silver medal in these Olympiads on Monday after that won last Saturday in the mixed relay with her compatriots Julia Simon, Emilien Jacquelin and Quentin Fillon Maillet.