Quentin Fillon-Maillet

Quentin Fillon Maillet embodies the beautiful contradiction at the heart of biathlon: sprint yourself to exhaustion, then stand still and shoot with a pounding heart. That the boy from the Jura mountains turned this into five Olympic golds and a Legion of Honour tells me everything about his composure. I keep coming back to that silent half-second before he squeezes the trigger, lungs screaming, and somehow finds calm. It's a discipline that rewards inner stillness more than raw power, and he seems to carry the quiet of his snowy homeland with him. A champion I genuinely enjoy watching.

Name (English)

Quentin Fillon-Maillet

Name (Japanese)

カンタン・フィヨン・マイエ

Reading

かんたん・ふぃよん・まいえ

Born

August 16, 1992 (age 34)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Monkey

Origin

Champagnole, Jura, France

Occupation

biathlete / cross-country skier

Awards & achievements

• 2022 Knight of the Legion of Honour

• Official sitehttps://www.quentinfillonmaillet.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/quentinfillon/
• Xhttps://x.com/quentinfillon
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quentin%20Fillon%20Maillet
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15841371

Tags

• Jura
• biathlete
• cross-country skier

Last updated

2026-06-23

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.