French biathlete

Martin Fourcade

Martin Fourcade is a French retired biathlete and military officer. He is a six-time Olympic champion, a thirteen-time World Champion and a seven-time winner of the Overall World Cup. As of February 2026, he is the second most successful French Winter Olympian of all time after Quentin Fillon Maillet. Fourcade is the all-time biathlon record holder of overall World Cup titles with seven big crystal globes and he's also the all-time record holder of the most consecutive Major Championships titles with at least one non-team gold medal in every major championship from 2011 to 2018.

Born

1988

September 14

Died

Living

Era

1980s

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Martin, in brief

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Key dates

1988 Born

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919 Battle of Islandbridge: High King Niall Glúndub is killed while leading an Irish coalition against the Vikings of Uí Ímair, led by King Sitric Cáech.
1115 Roger of Salerno's Crusader army defeats a numerically superior Seljuk army in the battle of Sarmin

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The world in 1988

When Martin arrived

april 10 The Ojhri Camp explosion kills or injures more than 1,000 people in Rawalpindi and Islamabad, Pakistan.
april 14 The USS Samuel B. Roberts strikes a mine in the Persian Gulf during Operation Earnest Will.
april 14 In a United Nations ceremony in Geneva, Switzerland, the Soviet Union signs an agreement pledging to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan.
april 18 The United States launches Operation Praying Mantis against Iranian naval forces in the largest naval battle since World War II.

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Dmitry Medvedev 1965– Russia businessperson Abioseh Nicol 1924–1994 Sierra Leonean-English physician, academic, and diplomat (died 1994) Al-Ma'mun 768–833 Iraqi caliph (born 786) Alexander von Humboldt 1769–1859 German geographer and explorer (born 1769) Grant Shapps 1968– English politician Jacobo Árbenz 1913–1971 Guatemalan captain and politician, President of Guatemala (born 1913) Jerry Coleman 1924– American baseball player and manager (died 2014) Jesse James 1989–1882 American criminal and outlaw (born 1847) Rasuna Said 1910– Indonesian women's rights campaigner and national hero (died 1965)

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1988

Rihanna 1988– Barbados actor Aroldis Chapman 1988– Cuban baseball player Artem Anisimov 1988– Russian ice hockey player Ashleigh Murray 1988– American actress and singer Ashton Eaton 1988– American decathlete Benedikt Höwedes 1988– German footballer Brad Sinopoli 1988– Canadian football player Carl Hagelin 1988– Swedish ice hockey player Chris Ivory 1988– American football player

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