Franck Badiou Explained
Franck Badiou (born 24 March 1967) is a French former sports shooter, Olympic medallist and coach. He won silver medal in the 10 metre air rifle at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. He was also European Champion in the same discipline in 1993.[1]
Badiou was born in Vitry-sur-Seine, Val-de-Marne.[2] He took up shooting relatively late, at the age of 14, after talking about the sport with a school friend who was a pistol shooter.[3]
After retiring from competition, Badiou was a coach for the French Shooting Federation for eight years.[4] In 2005 he started working for the French biathlon team, preparing the squad's rifles. In 2016, he was appointed as the men's team's shooting coach.[5] Badiou stepped down from the role in 2018, being succeeded by Patrick Favre.[6]
Notes and References
- Web site: Biathlon : Franck Badiou, l'homme qui a «reboosté» Fourcade . . 14 February 2017. La Dépêche du Midi. French . Biathlon: Franck Badiou, the man who "reboosted" Fourcade. 26 January 2019.
- Franck Badiou . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417194745/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ba/franck-badiou-1.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 27 November 2010.
- News: Ducoin . Jean-Emmanuel . 14 December 1992 . Il s'en tire bien . L'Humanité. 26 January 2019 .
- Web site: Franck Badiou, le «luthier» de l’équipe de France . Di Meo . Dino. 9 February 2014. . French . Franck Badiou, the "luthier" of the French team . 26 January 2019.
- Web site: Prémanon : Franck Badiou, nouvel entraîneur de tir de l’équipe de France de biathlon . Bilinski . Aline. 22 June 2016 . . French . Prémanon: Franck Badiou, new shooting coach of the French biathlon team . 26 January 2019.
- Web site: Martin Fourcade. Préparation studieuse dans le Vercors . . 18 October 2018. . French . Martin Fourcade. Studious preparation in the Vercors. 26 January 2019.
