- Jeannie Longo
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medaltemplates =Jeannie Longo (born October 31, 1958) is a female French
racing cyclist , multiple (55 times) French and world champion. Longo is still active in cycling as of 2008 and is widely considered one of the greatest female cyclists of all time. She is famous for her competitive nature and her longevity in a sport where some of her competitors were not yet born during her first Olympic competition in 1984. She was selected to compete for France in the2008 Olympics , her seventh Olympic Games. [cite news
url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/road/2008/olympics08/news.php?id=/news/2008/jul08/jul02newsoly
title=Longo to seventh Olympic Games
date=2008-07-02
publisher=cyclingnews.com] She has stated that this will be her final participation in the Olympics. [ [http://olympics.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/07/28/a-french-cyclists-long-ride/ "A French Cyclist’s Long Ride"] , "New York Times", July 28, 2008] In the Women's road race, she finished 24th, 33 seconds behind winnerNicole Cooke , who was one year old when Longo first rode in the Olympics. cite news
url=http://olympics.thestar.com/2008/article/475706
title=Canada's Hobson 17th in cold, wet, women's road cycling race
date=2008-08-10
accessdate=2008-08-11
publisher= [http://www.thestar.com/ The Toronto Star] ] At the same Olympics, she finished 4th in the road time trial, just two seconds shy of securing bronze medal.cite web |title=Women's cycling road race: Individual time trial -final|url=http://www.abc.net.au/olympics/2008/results/cr/womens-cycling-road-race-individual-time-trial.htm?result=s27508|accessdate=2008-08-13 |publisher=http://www.abc.net.au/Australian Broadcasting Corporation ]Career
Longo was born in
Annecy , in theHaute-Savoie region of the FrenchAlps where she began her athletic career as a downhill skier. After winning the French schools' ski championship and three university skiing championships, she switched to cycling at the urging of her coach (and later husband) Patrice Ciprelli. Within a few months, Longo won the French road race Championship. She was 21.In addition to her sport , Longo distinguished herself in the academic field. She has been awarded academic degrees in Mathematics (B.S.), an MBA, and a doctorate in sports management.
She competes both in road and track bicycle racing events, and is an Olympic gold-medalist and twelve-time world champion. Her impressive palmares include:
* Olympic Games road race: Gold Medal/Champion (1996); Silver Medal (1992)
*Olympic Games time trial: Silver Medal (1996); Bronze Medal (2000)
* 5x UCI Road Race World Championship: Gold Medal/Champion (1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1995)
* 4x UCI Time Trial World Championship: Gold Medal/Champion (1995, 1996, 1997, 2001)
* 4x UCI Track World Championship:
** Points Race: Gold Medal/Champion (1989)
** 3 km Pursuit: Gold Medal/Champion (1986, 1988, 1989); Silver Medal (1984, 1985, 1987); Bronze Medal (1981, 1982, 1983)
* UCI Mountain Bike Championship: Silver Medal (1993)
* 15x French Road Race Champion: 1979 to 1989, 1992, 1995, 2006, 2008
* 7x French Time Trial Champion: 1995, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2008
* 3x Tour Cycliste Feminin / Grande Boucle: 1987, 1988, 1989
* 2xWomen's Challenge : 1991, 1999
* Set Hour Record (45.094 km/h) in 2000 in Mexico City (14 years after setting the best hour performance record)1Palmarès
Note: Beginning in 1997, the;1995:Union Cycliste Internationale awarded points to riders based on their performances. For this purpose, the races were classified. Although the system has evolved, the major stage races are category 1 (strongest) and 2. In the listings below, these categories, where known, are in parentheses. GC stands forgeneral classification .Emakumeen Bira - 1st GC;1997:UCI Points list - 7th :flagiconUCIWorld TimeTrial Championships - 1st :GP des Nations Time Trial - 1st :Trophee d'Or - 1st place GC, 2 stage victories:Interreg-Dreilaender Damen Tour - 3rd GC:Tour du Canton de Conques - 1st place GC, 2 stage victories:Vuelta a Majorca - 2nd GC, stage victory:Trois Jours de Vendee - 3rd GC;1998:UCI Points list - 10th :World Championships::Time Trial - 5th ::Road Race - 9th ::French Road CCT - 3rd :Trophee d'Or - 3rd GC, stage victory:flagicon|FRAFrench Track Pursuit Championships - 1st :flagicon|FRAFrench Road Race Championship - 1st :Women's Challenge (cat. 1) - 4th GC:Montreal (Can) World Cup - 2nd :Trois Jours de Vendee - stage victory:Mt. Evans Hill Climb --1st and course record:Canberra Cycling Classic (Tour de Snowy ) - 3rd GC, stage victory:Tour of Aquitaine - 3rd GC, stage victory;2000: 1stMount Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb ;2001:UCI Points List - 11th :World Championships::flagiconUCITime Trial - 1st ::Road Race - 3rd place:Grande Boucle Féminine (cat. 1) - 9th GC:Women's Challenge (cat. 1) - 5th place GC, Mountains jersey, stage victory:Montréal (Can) World Cup - 6th :Grand prix de Haute-Garonne - 6th ;2002:World Time Trial Championships - 7th :Chrono Champenois-Trophee Européen (cat. 2) - 3rd ;2003:World Time Trial Championship - 6th :World Road Race Championship - 6th ;2004:Olympic Games Road Race - 10th :flagicon|FRAFrench Road Race Championship - 1st ;2005:Chrono Champenois - 2nd ;2006:flagicon|FRAFrench Road Race Championship - 1st :flagicon|FRAFrench Time Trial Championship - 1st ;2007:World Time Trial Championship - 7th;2008:flagicon|FRAFrench Time Trial Championship - 1st :flagicon|FRAFrench Road Race Championship - 1st :Olympic Games Road Race - 24th :Olympic Games road time-trial - 4thPhoto gallery
References
External links
* [http://jeannielongo.free.fr Jeannie Longo's web site (in French language only)]
* [http://www.bikecult.com/bikecultbook/sports_recordsHour.html some cycling records]
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