Donavan Grondin
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| Donavan Grondin (2019) | |
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| Full name | Donavan Vincent Grondin |
| Date of birth | September 26, 2000 |
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 France
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| discipline | Road / rail (endurance) |
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| Current team | Arkéa-Samsic |
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| 2017-2018 2019 |
Team 94 Cycling Junior Club neutre Pays de la Loire |
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| Last updated: May 26, 2020 | |
Donavan Vincent Grondin (born September 26, 2000 in Saint-Pierre , Réunion ) is a French cyclist who is active on track and road .
Athletic career
Donavan Grondin was born on Réunion, where he grew up. In 2015 he came to the European part of France for the first time and immediately became French youth champion in road racing at the age of 15 . Three years later he won the world championship in the Omnium at the junior world championships on the track , in the team pursuit he won silver. He was also the French junior road champion. At the U23 European Railway Championships , he finished second in the Omnium and with two-man team driving (with Thomas Denis ). In the same year he also won his first title in the elite at the French rail championships. Together with Benjamin Thomas he won the two-man team at the 2019/20 Track Cycling World Cup in Glasgow .
In 2020 Grondin received his first contract with a UCI ProTeam with Team Arkéa-Samsic .
successes
train
- 2018
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Junior World Champion - Omnium -
Junior World Championship - Team Pursuit (with Nicolas Hamon, Kévin Vauquelin and Florian Pardon)
- 2019
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U23 European Championship - Omnium, two-man team driving (with Thomas Denis )
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World Cup in Glasgow - two-man team driving (with Benjamin Thomas ) -
French champion - Omnium, two-man team driving (with Florian Maitre ), team pursuit (with Thomas Denis , Valentin Tabellion , Florian Maitre and Louis Pijourlet )
Street
- 2015
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French Youth Champion - Road Race
- 2018
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French junior champion - road racing
Teams
- 2020 Team Arkéa-Samsic
Web links
- Donavan Grondin in the ProCyclingStats.com database
- Donavan Grondin in the Radsportseiten.net database
- Portrait on DirectVelo . Retrieved May 26, 2020
- Jade Wiel: Interview with Donavan Grondin. In: velo101.com. October 8, 2019, accessed on May 26, 2020 (French).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Nicholas Gachet: La Carte postale de ... Donavan Grondin. In: DirectVelo. December 27, 2018, accessed on May 26, 2020 (French).
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Grondin, Donavan |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Grondin, Donavan Vincent |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French cyclist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 26, 2000 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Saint-Pierre , Reunion |