Background
He was born on August 9, 1974 in the French city of Riva. Biathlon started with 10 years. In the early years of performances are unstable, which did not allow him to climb high in the finals: in his debut sezone-1995/96 Rafael took 17th place, a year later, he took 5th place.
In 1999, he started working on this component under the direction of Jean-Pierre Amadta, and the results were immediate: at the turn of the century Raphael became the most stable biathlete in the world: three large crystal globe and several consecutive victories in the World Championships. In 2001, Poiret married shiny biathlete from Norway - Liv-Grete Shelbreyd.