Career
In the 2004-2005 season she was the most successful female athlete in the overall World Cup (most points in all events) after placing third in the previous year. In the 2007-2008 season, she finished second in the overall standings and, again, first in the pursuit discipline. She is well-remembered for winning the pursuit gold medal during the 2003 World Championships in Khanty-Mansiysk, sharing it with German biathlete Martina Glagow as both had exactly the same time on the finish line, a first in biathlon history.
Foreign several years Bailly has also closed out most relays for the French national team
Her greatest success in that discipline was the silver medal in the 4×6 km relay at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada. Bailly retired after the 2009-2010 season.
Olympic Games 2 medals (1 silver, 1 bronze) World Championships World Cup Individual victories.