🏔️ About CNSNMM

The Centre National de Ski Nordique et de Moyenne Montagne (CNSNMM) is France’s national hub for Nordic skiing and mountain sports. Located in the Jura Mountains, the center focuses on high-performance athlete development and is home to the French national teams in biathlon, cross-country skiing, ski jumping, and nordic combined. The CNSNMM plays a key role in preparing athletes for international competition 🌍.

🛠️ What I Worked On

  • I developed a full-stack analytics platform from scratch, tailored to the needs of national coaches. The tool provided new insights into athlete race performance 📊.

  • I worked closely with the French national biathlon staff to deliver detailed data reports ahead of the 2025 Biathlon World Championships in Lenzerheide (Switzerland), where the team achieved a record number of medals 🥇.

  • I was also involved in scientific monitoring activities, including support during altitude simulation (hypoxia) sessions, contributing to performance tracking and athlete adaptation protocols.

🧠 Challenges & Learnings

This was my first professional experience, and I was the only technical person on site. Without direct engineering support, I had to quickly become self-reliant and resourceful.

I am especially grateful to some friends from ISAE-SUPAERO 🎓, whose expertise I could regularly draw on, as well as to a few teachers who provided valuable feedback throughout the project. These interactions, combined with the hands-on nature of the work, significantly accelerated my learning curve.

🧰 Tech Stack

  • Streamlit (Python), FastAPI, Docker, PostgreSQL, GitLab CI, Selenium

🎿 Fun Facts

  • I had the chance to go cycling with the French women national team during a training camp at the CNSNMM (definitely one of the best group rides of my life!).
  • Simon FOURCADE, former biathlon champion (Martin FOURCADE, his brother is a former biathlon world champion) and national coach, called me while I was on a flight back from my Erasmus semester in Ireland (to fix missing data on the dashboard).

📸 Media

French national coaches using analytics tool
Simon FOURCADE, Cyril BURDET, and other French coaches using the platform to analyze athlete performance during the Oberhof World Cup (Jan 2025).
Cycling with Alex Baudin
I had the chance to ride with Alex Baudin during his training camp at the CNSNMM. I also supported him during hypoxia sessions. Just a few weeks after, he wore the white jersey at the Giro d’Italia for a few days.
Demo video — The scraper I developed to get time data of biathlon races. The code of the first scraper version is available on GitHub.