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Marion Clignet Personal information Full name Marion Clignet Born 21 February 1964
Hyde Park, Chicago, United StatesTeam information Discipline Track, road Role Rider Rider type Pursuit, time-trialist Medal recordCompetitor for France Road bicycle racing World Championships Gold 1991 Stuttgart Team time trial Track cycling Olympic Games Silver 1996 Atlanta Individual pursuit Silver 2000 Sydney Individual pursuit World Championships Gold 1994 Palermo Individual pursuit Gold 1996 Manchester Individual pursuit Gold 1999 Berlin Individual pursuit Gold 1999 Berlin Points race Gold 2000 Manchester Points race Silver 1993 Hamar Individual pursuit Bronze 1991 Stuttgart Individual pursuit Infobox last updated on
13 June 2009Marion Clignet (born 21 February 1964 in Hyde Park, Chicago) is a French former track cyclist. Clignet was diagnosed with epilepsy at the age of 22 and was shunned by the United States Cycling Federation, [1] and she subsequently raced for France.
Palmarès
- 1990
- United States National Road Championships
After 1990, Clignet competed in the French national championships
- 1991
- National Track Championships
- National Road Championships
- Road World Championships
- Team time trial (with Nathalie Gendron, Catherine Marsal and Cecile Odin)
- Track Cycling World Championships, Stuttgart
- 2nd, Overall, Grande Boucle Féminine Internationale
- Track Cycling World Championships, Hamar
- 1994
- 1st, Chrono des Herbiers
- Track Cycling World Championships, Palermo
- 1996
- National Track Championships
- National Road Championships
- Track Cycling World Championships, Manchester
- 1st, Overall, Tour du Finistère
- 1st, Prologue
- 1st, Stage 1
- 1st, Stage 2
- 1st, Stage 3
- 1st, Stage 4
- 1st, Stage 5
- Olympic Games, Atlanta
- 1999
- National Track Championships
- Track Cycling World Championships, Berlin
- Track Cycling World Cup
- 1st, Individual pursuit, Cali
- 1st, Points race, Cali
- 2000
- National Track Championships
- National Road Championships
- Track Cycling World Championships, Manchester
- Olympic Games, Sydney
- 1st, Route Féminine Du Vignoble Nantais
- 2003
- National Track Championships
- Track Cycling World Cup
- 2nd, Points race, Sydney
References
- ^ Raia, James (14 June 2007). "Marion Clignet: The Life & Times Of An Epileptic Cycling Champion". http://www.byjamesraia.com/2007/06/14/marion-clignet-the-life-times-of-an-epileptic-cycling-champion/. Retrieved 05 Feb 2011.
External links
- Marion Clignet profile at Cycling Archives
- Cyclingnews: Marion Clignet's Back (Early 2000)
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