Quentin Fillon Maillet has equaled the record for the most Olympic medals won by a French athlete, achieving the milestone at the Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics. The biathlete secured his eighth medal on Tuesday, February 17th, as part of the French team that won gold in the men’s relay at the Anterselva biathlon venue.
Fillon Maillet now shares the record with escrimers Philippe Cattiau and Roger Ducret, who both accumulated eight medals during their careers spanning the 1920s and 1930s. Cattiau earned three gold, four silver, and one bronze medal, although Ducret secured three gold, four silver, and one bronze. Fillon Maillet’s eight medals consist of five gold and three silver.
The French team’s victory in the relay, featuring Eric Perrot, Emilien Jacquelin, and Fabien Claude alongside Fillon Maillet, marked France’s 16th medal at the Milan-Cortina Games, matching their previous bests achieved at the 2014 Sochi and 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics. It also represented the nation’s fifth gold medal of the competition.
Fillon Maillet’s success places him ahead of other prominent French winter athletes. He surpasses Martin Fourcade, who previously held the record for most medals won at the Winter Olympics with seven (six gold and one silver), and Marie Dorin-Habert, with four medals (one gold, one silver, and two bronze).
The biathlete has the opportunity to surpass the record outright on Friday, February 20th, in the mass start event, the only Olympic discipline in which he has yet to win a medal.
Elsewhere at the Milan-Cortina Games on Friday, Marielle Berger Sabbatel will compete in the skicross finals at Livigno. Vincent Maharavo will begin his campaign in the ski acrobatic half-pipe qualification rounds, also at Livigno. Aurélie Lévêque and Cloé Ollivier are scheduled to participate in the finals of the 1,500m short track speed skating event in Milan.
Coverage of the events will be broadcast on France Télévisions and Eurosport. Louis Chahuneau, Vincent Marcelin, and Célien Milioni-Brunet will be providing commentary from the “Chalet d’Austerlitz” throughout the day.
