Jean Cugnot
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Jean Cugnot | |
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Date of birth | August 3, 1899 |
date of death | June 25, 1933 |
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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
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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 |