Marc-Andr� Bedard is a Canadian biathlete. B�dard was born in Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier, Qu�bec and started cross-country skiing as a kid. At the age of fourteen he changed to biathlon. His role-model is Olympic gold medalist Myriam B�dard. In an interview he once stated, that it was his dream to finish as the winner in an Olympic race like she had in the 1994 Winter Olympics, in Albertville, France. Since 2004 he has started in European races regularly. He competes in the European Cup and in European continental championships. His first appearance was in a relay event, the first race as a single starter was in 2006. Still in cadet's age he also competed at the Junior World Championships in 2004, 2005 and 2007, winning two silver and a bronze medal with the Canadian relay team with teammates Jean-Philippe Leguellec and Fran�ois Leboeuf as well as Maxime Leboeuf, Brendan Green and Yannick Letailleur respectively. He became Canadian champion in the sprint competition 2004 through 2006, and finished among the top three in almost every other Canadian championship race. In 2006 B�dard finished third in the North-American championships in the pursuit event. 

February 19th, 1986 in Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier (Age 38)