| Anaïs Bescond | |
| Fullname: | Anais Bescond |
| Birth Date: | 15 May 1987 |
| Birth Place: | Aunay-sur-Odon, France |
| Height: | 1.71 m |
| Club: | EMHM-Morbier |
| Olympicteams: | 3 (2014, 2018, 2022) |
| Olympicmedals: | 3 |
| Olympicgolds: | 1 |
| Worldsteams: | 9 (2011–2021) |
| Worldsmedals: | 8 |
| Worldsgolds: | 1 |
| Wcseasons: | 13 (2009/10–2021/22) |
| Wcwins: | 1 |
| Wcrelayswins: | 13 |
| Show-Medals: | yes |
Anaïs Bescond (born 15 May 1987) is a retired French biathlete, olympic champion and world champion. She is also a non-commissioned officer.[1]
Bescond was born in Aunay-sur-Odon. She moved to Morbier, in the Jura region, with her family and began skiing.[2] She competed at the Biathlon World Championships 2011, and won a silver medal in the relay with the French team, a result repeated at the Biathlon World Championships 2012.[3]
She won her first victory on the World Cup biathlon sprint at Antholz-Anterselva, played on 16 January 2014.[4]
Bescond competed in the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics for France. Her best performance was two 5th places in the individual and sprint.
At the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics, she finished at the 3rd place in the pursuit,[5] claimed gold with the French Team in the mixed relay[6] and took bronze in the relay.[7]
She announced her retirement after the 2021/22 season.[8]
3 medals (1 gold, 2 bronze)
| Event | Individual | Sprint | Pursuit | Relay | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=left |  2014 Sochi | 5th | 5th | 12th | 10th | DNF | 6th | |
| align=left |  2018 Pyeongchang | 31st | 19th | Bronze | 17th | Bronze | Gold | |
| align=left |  2022 Beijing | 30th | 9th | 27th | 29th | 6th | — |
8 medals (1 gold, 6 silver, 1 bronze)
| Event | Individual | Sprint | Pursuit | Relay | Single | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=left | 2011 Khanty-Mansiysk | 16th | 39th | 21st | 22nd | Silver | — | rowspan="6" | |
| align=left | 2012 Rupholding | 53rd | 19th | 28th | 17th | Silver | — | ||
| align=left |  2013 Nové Město | 48th | 20th | 23rd | 14th | 6th | — | ||
| align=left |  2015 Kontiolahti | 7th | 56th | — | 9th | Silver | Silver | ||
| align=left |  2016 Oslo | Silver | 12th | 12th | 5th | Silver | Gold | ||
| align=left |  2017 Hochfilzen | 53rd | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| align=left |  2019 Östersund | (did not race due to illness) | |||||||
| align=left |  2020 Antholz-Anterselva | 52nd | 20th | 11th | 10th | 14th | — | Bronze | |
| align=left | 2021 Pokljuka | 18th | 34th | 36th | 23rd | 8th | — | — | |
| Season | Overall | Individual | Sprint | Pursuit | Mass start | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Position | Points | Position | Points | Position | Points | Position | Points | Position | ||
| 76 | 55th | 12 | 61st | 37 | 54th | 27 | 45th | — | — | ||
| 343 | 25th | 47 | 31st | 163 | 20th | 86 | 27th | 47 | 31st | ||
| 251 | 30th | 22 | 39th | 119 | 30th | 86 | 29th | 24 | 39th | ||
| 499 | 17th | 13 | 50th | 168 | 19th | 170 | 18th | 148 | 11th | ||
| 360 | 21st | 12 | 45th | 171 | 14th | 114 | 28th | 63 | 18th | ||
| 545 | 12th | 67 | 16th | 163 | 19th | 149 | 14th | 166 | 7th | ||
| 666 | 9th | 107 | 5th | 234 | 8th | 161 | 15th | 164 | 6th | ||
| 501 | 14th | 58 | 18th | 203 | 11th | 165 | 17th | 79 | 23rd | ||
| 582 | 7th | 51 | 11th | 219 | 9th | 216 | 6th | 123 | 14th | ||
| 423 | 22nd | 36 | 32nd | 142 | 22nd | 147 | 20th | 100 | 20th | ||
| 450 | 15th | 48 | 20th | 138 | 18th | 92 | 17th | 172 | 5th | ||
| 442 | 18th | 61 | 12th | 133 | 24th | 118 | 22nd | 89 | 21st | ||
| - | 14th | - | 48th | - | 8th | - | 6th | - | 26th | ||