Pascal Briand of France - World Champion Speed Skater

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Pascal Briand of France
World Champion Speed Skater

French inline speed skating champion Pascal Briand has been a world champion 8 times, a European champion 14 times, and a French national champion 43 times, and all of this happened between 1991 and 2007. These beautiful photos of Pascal were taken in February of 2005 in the Groningen studio of world famous Dutch art and sports photographer Ewoud Broeksma.

About Pascal Briand
Full Name - Pascal Jean-Jacques Briand
Goes By - Pascal Briand
Nickname - "The Punisher"
Birth Date - July 9, 1976
Birth Place - Saint-Brieuc, Brittany, France
Current Home - Nantes, France
Nationality - French
Height - 183 centimeters (6 feet)
Previous Pro Team - Team Salomon 1997-2005
Current Pro Team - Powerslide-Phuzion
Official Blog: - PascalBriand.blogspot.com

Career Highlights
2007:
European Championships, 3000m track relay - Gold Medal
(with Yann Guyader and Nicholas Pelloquin)

2005:
- World Championships, 1000m track - Gold Medal
- World Championships, 5000m track relay - Gold Medal
- World Championships, 10000m road relay - Gold Medal
- (2 relays with Alexis Contin and Thomas Boucher)

2003:
- World Cup General Ranking - 1st Place
- World Inline Cup General Ranking - 1st Place
- Swiss Inline Cup General Ranking - 1st Place
- French Inline Cup General Ranking - 2nd Place
- Seoul Grand Prix - 1st Place
- Basel Grand Prix - 1st Place
- Zurich Grand Prix - 1st Place

2002:
- World Championships, 500m track - Gold Medal (Belgium)
- Grand Prix Race Rennes - 1st Place
- Swiss Inline Cup, Zug - 1st Place
- Swiss Inline Cup, Zurich - 2nd Place

2001:
- World Championships, 500m road - Gold Medal (France)
- World Championships, 500m track - Gold Medal (France)
- World Championships, 1000m road - Gold Medal (France)
- Grand Prix Race, Rome, Italy - 1st Place
- Roller World Cup, Bern Marathon - 1st Place

2000:
- European Inline Championships - Gold Medal
- Grand Prix Race, Rennes, France - 1st Place

1999:
- First European Inline Cup Race - 1st Place
- World Championships, 500m track - Gold Medal (Chile)

Pascal Briand set a 300 meter track world record of
24.780 in 1999 and he held that record until 2002.

See also:
- PascalBriand.blogspot.com
- Pascal Briand Interview in French (RollerEnligne.com)
- Powerslide-Phuzion Racing Team
- Rolling Alliance
- Rollerenligne.com

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