Jean Cugnot

Jean Cugnot
	Jean Cugnot
To person
Date of birth	August 3, 1899
date of death	June 25, 1933
nation	France
discipline	Track cycling, road cycling
	Last updated: January 19, 2020

Jean Cugnot (born August 3, 1899 in Paris , † June 25, 1933 in Vincennes ) was a French track cyclist and Olympic champion.

Career

In 1923 Jean Cugnot won the sprint tournament Grand Prix de Paris among the amateurs , the following year he finished second in this race and third in the Grand Prix de l'UVF . In 1924 he started in two disciplines at the Olympic Games in Paris . In tandem races he won the gold medal together with Lucien Choury , in the sprint bronze.

Then Cugnot turned professional and started u. a. in 13 six-day races . On June 23, 1933, Jean Cugnot had a serious crash while racing at the Vélodrome de Vincennes and died a few days later of the consequences of a fractured skull.

His death was the reason for the French cycling federation Union Vélocipédique Française (UVF) to introduce mandatory crash caps for rail riders from August 1, 1933 and for road riders from January 1, 1934 .

Web links

Jean Cugnot in the Radsportseiten.net database

Jean Cugnot in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

↑ Illustrated cycling sport . June 30, 1933

personal data
SURNAME	Cugnot, Jean
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	French track cyclist and Olympic champion
DATE OF BIRTH	August 3, 1899
PLACE OF BIRTH	Paris
DATE OF DEATH	June 25, 1933
Place of death	Vincennes

[1] Illustrated cycling sport . June 30, 1933