Anne Floriet

Anne Floriet
Born 1 June 1963
Nationality French

Anne Floriet (born 1 June 1963) is a successful French paralympic athlete in the Biathlon.

Life

Floriet was born in 1963 and was found to be suffering from Ollier disease[1] which is a non hereditary disease that effects bone structure.

Floriet competed at the 1998 and the 2002 Paralympics and as a result was chosen to be the flag bearer at next Paralympics.

In 2006 on the 11 March she won an Paralympic gold medal in the 12.5 kn biathlon at the Games in Turin.[1] Floriet also won two bronze medals at the shorter biathlon event and the 10 km skiing event.

References

  1. 1 2 Anne Floriet, canalblog, retrieved 14 February 2014
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