Arnaud Geyre

Arnaud Geyre (born April 21, 1935 in Pau ; † February 20, 2018 in Château-Thierry ) was a French cyclist and Olympic champion in cycling .

Athletic career

He had his greatest sporting success at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne . There he won the gold medal in the team classification in road races with Michel Vermeulin and Maurice Moucheraud . In the individual Olympic race he won the silver medal behind Ercole Baldini .

At the UCI Road World Championships in 1956 he was classified as 8th when Frans Mahn won . As an amateur, he had won some important races in France such as Paris-Auxerre . He won the French championship in team time trial in 1956, as well as the championship in team pursuit .

From 1958 to 1963 he was active as a professional driver. Among the professionals, he mainly won smaller races. His most significant success was a stage win in the Tour de l'Aude in 1961.

Web links

Arnaud Geyre in the Radsportseiten.net database

Arnaud Geyre in the database of Olympedia.org (English)

Individual evidence

↑ Cyclisme: le Palois Arnaud Geyre, champion olympique 1956, s'est éteint. In: larepubliquedespyrenees.fr. February 22, 2018, accessed June 26, 2020 . (French)

personal data
SURNAME	Geyre, Arnaud
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	French cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH	April 21, 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH	Pau
DATE OF DEATH	20th February 2018
Place of death	Château-Thierry

[larepubl-287448-1] Cyclisme: le Palois Arnaud Geyre, champion olympique 1956, s'est éteint. In: larepubliquedespyrenees.fr. February 22, 2018, accessed June 26, 2020 . (French)