Sandie Clair

Sandie Clair

Sandie Clair (2017)
To person
Full name	Sandie Marie Clotilde Clair
Date of birth	April 1, 1988
nation	France
discipline	train
End of career	2019
Most important successes
UCI track world championships 2011 - 500 meter time trial 2008 - 500 meter time trial UEC European Rail Championships 2010 - 500 meter time trial, team sprint (with Clara Sanchez )
Last updated: June 28, 2020

Sandie Marie Clotilde Clair (born April 1, 1988 in Toulon ) is a former French track cyclist specializing in short-term disciplines.

Career

In 2005, Sandie Clair was the first French junior sprint champion . As a result, she took podium places in the Junior World Championships and European Championships (youngsters) in sprint, keirin and 500-meter time trials .

2006 Sandie Clair was in Ghent Junior World Champion in the time trial and third in the Sprint; 2007 European champion (U23) again in the time trial. In 2008 she won third place in the time trial at the World Track Championships in Manchester , was two-time European time trial and team sprint champion (with Virginie Cueff ) and a French time trial champion. In 2009 she was able to win two more European championship titles, in the team sprint (with Virginie Cueff) and in the time trial. She has also had good placements in world cup races several times .

In 2010 Clair became European Champion (U23) in the Keirin in Saint Petersburg , and she won bronze in the sprint. In November 2010 she became European sprint and team sprint champion , together with Clara Sanchez . At the UCI Track World Championships in 2011 in Apeldoorn , the Netherlands , she finished second in the time trial.

In 2016 Sandie Clair was nominated to take part in the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro . In the Keirin she finished 21st and in the sprint place 25th. In the team sprint, she finished sixth together with Virginie Cueff. In August 2019, she announced her retirement from active cycling because the French Cycling Federation did not give her sufficient opportunities to qualify for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo .

successes

2005

• Junior World Championship - 500 meter time trial
• Junior European Championship - Sprint
• French Champion (Juniors) - Sprint

2006

• Junior world champion - 500 meter time trial
• Junior World Championship - Sprint
• Junior European Championship - 500 meter time trial
• Junior European Championship - Keirin

2007

• European Champion (U23) - 500 meter time trial

2008

• World Championship - 500 meter time trial
• Track cycling world cup in Cali - team sprint with Clara Sanchez
• European Champion (U23) - 500-meter time trial, team sprint (with Virginie Cueff )
• European Championship (U23) - Keirin
• French champion - 500 meter time trial

2009

• French champion - 500 meter time trial

2010

• European champion - 500 meter time trial, team sprint (with Clara Sanchez )
• U23 European champion - Keirin, 500 meter time trial
• U23 European Championship - Sprint
• French champion - 500 meter time trial

2011

• World Championship - 500 meter time trial
• European Championship - Keirin
• French champion - 500 meter time trial

2012

• European Championship - Team Sprint (with Olivia Montauban )
• French champion - 500 meter time trial

2013

• French champion - 500 meter time trial

2018

• French champion - 500 meter time trial

Web links

Commons : Sandie Clair  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Sandie Clair in the Radsportseiten.net database
• Sandie Clair in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ^ Dominique Turgis: Sandie Clair raccroche. In: DirectVelo. August 1, 2019, accessed August 3, 2019 .