Biathlon: preparation begins for Les Bleus on 12 May
As the French biathlon team’s training groups for the 2025/2026 season were unveiled on Tuesday, the start of the new season approaches for Les Bleus. While it is traditionally on 1 May that the individual athletes return to serious sessions, the first federal training camp is just around the corner.
The Tricolores will be in Prémanon (Jura) on Monday 12 May for their first three-day gathering.
“It will be a course attended by all the physical trainers and coaches, Stéphane Bouthiaux, director of the French biathlon teams, tells Nordic Magazine. It will focus on prophylaxis [all the measures to be taken to prevent injuries, editor’s note] to determine the training process for the summer based on the individual characteristics of each person, and any physical problems that need to be sorted out. It’s very important.”
A two-week course in Antholz in September
Then, from 25 to 30 May, the French national team will gather on the Giens peninsula (Var) for the CNOSF’s pre-Olympic gathering.
Other preparatory courses will include visits to Prémanon in June, and a long two-week gathering in Antholz (Italy), the venue for the next Olympic Games, in September. The Summer Tour competitions in Arçon (Doubs) will follow on from these.
The women will then return to the snow in Ramsau (Austria) in October, while the boys will be in Font-Romeu (Pyrénées-Orientales) at the same time.
The official composition of the French biathlon teams for the 2025/2026 season
France Team
Ladies
- Justine Braisaz-Bouchet – DOUANE / Club des Sports des Saisies (Savoie) 🇫🇷
- Lou Jeanmonnot – ARMY OF CHAMPIONS / Olympic Mont d’Or (Massif Jurassien) 🇫🇷
- Océane Michelon – Bauges Ski Nordique (Savoie) 🇫🇷
- Jeanne Richard – POLICE NATIONALE / Les Gets Ski Competition (Mont Blanc) 🇫🇷
- Julia Simon – DOUANE / Club des Sports des Saisies (Savoie) 🇫🇷
Men
- Emilien Claude – ARMÉE DE CHAMPIONS / Basse sur Le Rupt Nordic skiing (Massif des Vosges) 🇫🇷
- Fabien Claude – ARMÉE DE CHAMPIONS / Basse sur Le Rupt Nordic skiing (Massif des Vosges) 🇫🇷
- Quentin Fillon-Maillet – DOUANE / Ski Club du Grandvaux (Massif Jurassien) 🇫🇷
- Emilien Jacquelin – DOUANE / CS Nordique Villard de Lans (Dauphiné) 🇫🇷
- Eric Perrot – ARMÉE DE CHAMPIONS / Ski Club Peisey-Vallandry (Savoie) 🇫🇷
- Oscar Lombardot – Entente Sportive Saugette (Massif Jurassien) 🇫🇷
- Antonin Guigonnat – ARMY OF CHAMPIONS / Ski Club Morzine Avoriaz (Mont Blanc) 🇫🇷
France B Team
Ladies
- Paula Botet – ARMÉE DE CHAMPIONS / La Bressaude Ski Section (Massif des Vosges) 🇫🇷
- Sophie Chauveau – ARMÉE DE CHAMPIONS / Ski Club Grand Bornand (Mont Blanc) 🇫🇷
- Camille Bened – Ski Club Chablais Nordic (Mont Blanc) 🇫🇷
- Anaëlle Bondoux – GUC Grenoble Ski (Dauphiné) 🇫🇷
- Voldiya Galmace-Paulin – Ski Club Villard sur Boëge (Mont Blanc) 🇫🇷
- Célia Henaff – Ski Club Arèches Beaufort (Savoie) 🇫🇷
- Gilonne Guigonnat – Ski Club Villard sur Boëge (Mont Blanc) 🇫🇷
- Amandine Mengin – La Bressaude Ski Section (Massif des Vosges) 🇫🇷
Men
- Martin Botet – Club des Sports Les Ménuires (Savoie) 🇫🇷
- Axel Garnier – Ski Club Sallanches Tête Noire (Mont Blanc) 🇫🇷
- Edgar Geny – Ski Club Sallanches Tête Noire (Mont Blanc) 🇫🇷
- Théo Guiraud-Poillot – Ski Club Villard sur Boëge (Mont Blanc) 🇫🇷
- Corentin Jacob – Club des Sports La Féclaz (Savoie) 🇫🇷
- Valentin Lejeune – Basse sur Le Rupt Nordic skiing (Massif des Vosges) 🇫🇷
- Damien Levet – Ski Club Grand Bornand (Mont Blanc) 🇫🇷
- Gaëtan Paturel – Ski Club Nordique Pays Rochois (Mont Blanc) 🇫🇷
Excellence 2030 Group
Ladies
- Lola Bugeaud – Megève Nordic Skiing (Mont-Blanc) 🇫🇷
- Namou Candau-Armand – Bauges Nordic skiing (Savoie) 🇫🇷
- Lou-Anne Dupont Ballet-Baz – Club des Sports La Clusaz (Mont Blanc) 🇫🇷
- Coralie Perrin – Club des Sports La Féclaz (Savoie) 🇫🇷
- Louise Roguet – Ski Club Nordique Praz-de-Lys-Sommand (Mont Blanc) 🇫🇷
Men
- Léo Carlier – Ski Club Val de Morteau (Massif Jurassien) 🇫🇷
- Antonin Delsol – Club des Sports La Féclaz (Savoie) 🇫🇷
- Camille Grataloup-Manissolle – CS Nordique Villard de Lans (Dauphiné) 🇫🇷
- Antonin Guy – GUC Grenoble Ski (Dauphiné) 🇫🇷
- Flavio Guy – Risoux Club Chaux Neuve (Massif Jurassien) 🇫🇷
- Guillaume Poirot – La Bressaude Ski Section (Massif des Vosges) 🇫🇷
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