Clara Sanchez (cyclist)

Clara Sanchez

Clara Sanchez (2008)
To person
Date of birth	20th September 1983
nation	France
discipline	Train (short term)
End of career	2013
Most important successes
UCI track world championships 2004, 2005 - Keirin
Team (s) as coach
since 2016	National team short-term - France
Last updated: December 6, 2017

Keirin finals at the European Track Championships 2011, with Clara Sanchez (No. 21)

Clara Sanchez (born September 20, 1983 in Martigues ) is a former French track cyclist . She was twice world champion in keirin . She has been the coach of the French national team since 2016.

Athletic career

In 2001 Clara Sanchez took first place in the junior sprint at the European Championships in Fiorenzuola d'Arda ; In 2004 she became European champion in the Keirin . 14 times she has meanwhile become French champion in the sprint and 500 m time trial .

At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, she finished fifth in the sprint.

In 2002, at the UCI Track World Championships in Copenhagen , she was runner-up in Keirin; this was followed by the 2004 World Cup in Melbourne and 2005 in Los Angeles . At the UCI Track World Championships in 2009 in Pruszków , she was again vice world champion in this discipline. At the 2010 European Championships , she won the team sprint title with Sandie Clair . In the 2010/2011 season she won the overall ranking of the Track Cycling World Cup in Keirin. At the UCI Track World Championships 2011 in Apeldoorn , she won bronze in the Keirin. At the UCI Track World Championships in 2011, she finished third in the Keirin. In 2013 she ended her active sports career.

Professional

Clara Sanchez has been working as a short-term trainer for the French cycling association FFC since 2016 .

successes

2001

• Junior World Championship - 500 meter time trial
• Junior European Champion - Sprint
• Junior European Championship - 500 meter time trial

2002

• World Championship - Keirin
• European Championship (U23) - Sprint

2003

• French champion - sprint, 500 meter time trial

2004

• World Champion - Keirin
• European Championship (U23) - Keirin
• European Championship (U23) - Sprint
• European Championship (U23) - 500-meter time trial
• French champion - sprint, 500 meter time trial

2005

• World Champion - Keirin
• European Championship (U23) - Keirin, sprint, 500 meter time trial
• French champion - sprint

2006

• World Championship - Keirin
• Track Cycling World Cup in Los Angeles - Keirin
• French champion - sprint, 500 meter time trial

2007

• French champion - sprint

2008

• Track Cycling World Cup in Cali - Team Sprint (with Sandie Clair )
• French champion - sprint

2009

• World Championship - Keirin
• Track Cycling World Cup in Copenhagen - Keirin
• French champion - sprint

2010

• European Champion - Team Sprint (with Sandie Clair )
• French champion - sprint

2011

• World Championship - Keirin
• Track Cycling World Cup in Beijing - Keirin
• Track Cycling World Cup in Astana - Keirin
• European Championship - Keirin
• French champion - sprint, scratch

2012

• French champion - sprint, scratch

Web links

Commons : Clara Sanchez  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Clara Sanchez in the database of Radsportseiten.net
• Clara Sanchez in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Laprovence.com: "Le 14e maillot tricolore de Clara Sanchez" (French)
2. ↑ Piste: les Français, toujours sans entraîneur, restent dans le flou. In: rmcsport.bfmtv.com. February 11, 2017, accessed December 6, 2017 (French).