An athlete convicted of committing credit card fraud against one of her national teammates has won an Olympic gold medal for France in the women’s 15km biathlon, beating her victim to do it.
Julia Simon, 29, was handed a €15,000 fine and a three-month suspended sentence last October after she was found to have spent more than €2,000 using card details belonging to Justine Braisaz-Bouchet, also 29, who finished in 80th place in the same race. A third member of the French team, Lou Jeanmonnot, won the silver.
Simon was also found to have used the card details of the team physiotherapist to make purchases between 2021 and 2022. She denied the crime for three years, claiming she had been a victim of identity theft, before finally admitting her guilt in a court hearing in Albertville last October after she was found to have photos of the credit card on her phone. “I confess the accusations but I don’t remember committing them,” she said at the time. “It’s like a blackout.”
That last line is gold
Well, it was a biathlon … not a moral contest.
Yeah but I think any win she makes in sports should be qualified by the fact that she was thieving from her teammates and trainers. Those things are a lot more important to know about than her athleticism IMO.
Only when it comes to participating in the first place, not for the result in the actual competition.
Well it’s what I’d rather know about this person. I don’t really care how she placed.
So is the French athlete bi or not?
She’s French, of course she is. All French people are bi because of the Croissant which has two tops almost touching. It makes you instantly bi.
Misleading title…
Why? Seems pretty accurate to me.
The title implies that her fraud somehow caused her to win and the other athlete to not win. The two events are not related.
