Michel Rousseau

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Michel Rousseau (1959)

Michel Rousseau (born February 5, 1936 in Paris , † September 23, 2016 in Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche ) was a French racing cyclist who was successful as a track cyclist .

Rousseau won the 1956 Sprint Grand Prix of amateurs before the domestic double in his hometown of his Olympic victory succeeded and World Championship: The 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne he defeated in the final of the sprint -Turniers the Italian Guglielmo Pesenti , at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships to Argentinian Jorge Bátiz . Rousseau defended his world title in 1957 and then moved to the pros . As early as 1958 he became professional world champion in the track sprint, in the final he defeated his predecessor as Olympic champion, the Italian Enzo Sacchi . In 1959 and 1961 he was runner-up in the world championship. Rousseau remained active until 1967, in his last year as a professional he won his fifth French championship in track sprint. At his last start at a world championship that year, he was partially whistled by the audience because he had lost all shape due to his enormous body.

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After his career, Rousseau first ran a driving school . In 1964 he presented a self-developed bike with extremely flat handlebars, but was unable to bring it onto the market. He tried briefly a career as a catcher , where he u. a. 1966 performed at the stages of the Paris-Nice long-distance journey .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Décès de Michel Rousseau, ancien champion olympique sur piste . L'Équipe , 23 September 2016 (French).
  2. ↑ RD: Michel Rousseau, champion olympique 1956, est décédé. In: SudOuest.fr. September 23, 2016. Retrieved September 24, 2016 .
  3. ^ Association of German cyclists (ed.): Radsport . No. 35/1967 . Deutscher Sportverlag Kurt Stoof, Cologne 1967, p. 12 .
  4. ^ Deutscher Turn- und Sportbund (Ed.): Deutsches Sportecho . Sports publishing house, Berlin August 1966.
personal data
SURNAME Rousseau, Michel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH February 5, 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris
DATE OF DEATH 23rd September 2016
Place of death Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche