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Raphaël Poirée (born August 9 in Rives , 1974 ) is a French Biathlete . 174cm (5'9"), 70kg (154lbs, 11st). He is married to fellow biathlete Liv Grete Skjelbreid Poirée from Norway . They have a daughter, Emma, together. They have a flat in La Chapelle En Vercors , France, but live mostly in Halandsdal , Norway. They are the only husband and wife to win medals in the same Olympics for different nations. In the 2002 Winter Olympics, France’s Raphaël and Norway’s Liv won matching silver medals in the biathlon. Poiree currently leads the IBU World Cup standings, 22 points ahead of Norwegian Ole Einar Bjørndalen . He is in third place in the individual standings, 50 points behind Michael Greis . He's first in the sprint, 16 points ahead of Sven Fischer , fifth in the pursuit, 29 points behind Bjørndalen, and he leads the mass start, 16 points ahead of his nearest rival, Halvard Hanevold . France are third in the relay, but the biathletes aren't awarded any points for the relays. Poiree has four IBU World Cup titles (1999/00, 2000/01, 2001/02 and 2003/04). He has also come third once, in the 2004/05 season. Poiree has had 91 podium finishes, 38 in first place, 35 in second, and has come third 18 times. In the Olympics , Poiree has only one silver and two bronze medals. In the World Championships however he has six gold medals, two silver and five bronze. Raphael Poiree is currently the best mass start biathlete in the field with 9 1st places, 4 2nd places, and 3 3rd places in his world cup career. He has also won 4 win out of 7 mass start races he has taken part in the IBU World Championships . TRIVIA Poiree, like the rest of the French biathlon and cross country team are sport soldiers. He speaks French, English and Italian. His hobbies are films and tennis. REFERENCES EXTERNAL LINKS |
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