Hervé Balland Explained

Hervé Balland
Birth Date:7 January 1964
Birth Place:Champagnole, France
Club:SC Morbier-Bellefontaine
Seasons:9 – (19901998)
Wins:0
Totalpodiums:2
Teampodiums:0
Individual Starts:26
Team Starts:6
Wcoveralls:0 – (23rd in 1993)
Wctitles:0

Hervé Balland (born January 7, 1964) is a French cross-country skier who competed from 1990 to 1998. He won a silver medal in the 50 km event at the 1993 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Falun.

Balland's best finish at the Winter Olympics was a fifth in the 50 km event at the 1992 Games in Albertville. He won the Engadin Skimarathon in 1993, 1994 and 1996, and a 15 km event in Germany in 1994.

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[1]

Olympic Games

 Year   Age   10 km  Pursuit  30 km  50 km  4 × 10 km 
 relay 
28 58
30
34

World Championships

 Year   Age   10 km  15 km  Pursuit  30 km  50 km  4 × 10 km 
 relay 
27 15
29 Silver
31 10 8
33 62 41 15

World Cup

Season standings

 Season   Age  Overall Long Distance Sprint
26 43
27
28 29
29 23
30 25
31 37
32 57
33 64
34

Individual podiums

No.SeasonDateLocationRaceLevelPlace
1 1992–9327 February 1993 Falun, Sweden 50 km Individual F World Championships2nd
2 1993–9419 March 1994 Thunder Bay, Canada 50 km Individual F World Cup2nd
Note: Until the 1999 World Championships, World Championship races were included in the World Cup scoring system.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Athlete : Herve BALLAND . . FIS-Ski . International Ski Federation . 5 January 2019.