Jean-Baptiste Mourcia
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Born | [1] | 30 September 1999||||||||||||||
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Country | France | ||||||||||||||
Sport | Modern pentathlon | ||||||||||||||
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Jean-Baptiste Mourcia (born 30 September 1999) is a French modern pentathlete. He was a bronze medalist at the 2022 European Championships and competed at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Early life
[edit]He competed as a regional level swimmer but discovered modern pentathlon in 2013, at the Aix Université Club.[2]
Career
[edit]He became junior world champion in 2019.[3]
He was bronze medalist at the 2022 European Modern Pentathlon Championships in Hungary.[4]
He finished third in the mixed relay legs in Budapest and Sofia during the 2023 Modern Pentathlon World Cup. He also had a fourth place finish at the World Championships in the men's relay with Ugo Fleurot.[5]
He competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris and qualified for the final.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Jean-Baptiste Mourcia". Eurosport. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
- ^ "Jean-Baptiste Mourcia". terre.defense.gov. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
- ^ "Mourcia preferred to Belaud at the 2024 Paris Olympics in modern pentathlon". lequipe. 21 June 2024. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
- ^ "Europe Senior: Competition Results". ffpentathlon.fr. September 20, 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
- ^ "Jean-Baptiste Mourcia: The French revelation of the season". ffpentathlon.fr. 7 August 2024. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
- ^ "Jean-Baptiste Mourcia and Valentin Prades qualified for the modern pentathlon final". lequipe. 9 August 2024. Retrieved 10 August 2024.