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| Full name | Marion Clignet | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 21 February 1964 Hyde Park, Chicago, United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Track, road | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rider type | Pursuit, time-trialist | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Marion Clignet (born 21 February 1964) is a French former track cyclist. Clignet was diagnosed with epilepsy at the age of 22 and was shunned by the United States Cycling Federation, and she subsequently raced for France since 1991. She rode at three Olympic Games for France.
Palmarès
- 1990
- United States National Road Championships
- Road race
After 1990, Clignet competed in the French national championships
- 1991
- National Track Championships
- Individual pursuit
- National Road Championships
- Road race
- Road World Championships
- Team time trial (with Nathalie Gendron, Catherine Marsal and Cécile Odin)
- Track Cycling World Championships, Stuttgart
- Individual pursuit
- 1992
- National Track Championships
- Individual pursuit
- National Road Championships
- Road race
- 1993
- National Road Championships
- Road race
- 2nd, Overall, Grande Boucle Féminine Internationale
- Track Cycling World Championships, Hamar
- Individual pursuit
- 1994
- 1st, Chrono des Herbiers
- Track Cycling World Championships, Palermo
- Individual pursuit
- 1995
- National Track Championships
- Individual pursuit
- 1996
- National Track Championships
- Individual pursuit
- National Road Championships
- Individual time trial
- Track Cycling World Championships, Manchester
- Individual pursuit
- 1st, Overall, Tour du Finistère
- 1st, Prologue
- 1st, Stage 1
- 1st, Stage 2
- 1st, Stage 3
- 1st, Stage 4
- 1st, Stage 5
- Olympic Games, Atlanta
- Individual pursuit
- 5th, Road race
- 1999
- National Track Championships
- Individual pursuit
- Points race
- Track Cycling World Championships, Berlin
- Individual pursuit
- Points race
- Track Cycling World Cup
- 1st, Individual pursuit, Cali
- 1st, Points race, Cali
- 2000
- National Track Championships
- Individual pursuit
- Points race
- National Road Championships
- Individual time trial
- Track Cycling World Championships, Manchester
- Points race
- Olympic Games, Sydney
- Individual pursuit
- 1st, Route Féminine Du Vignoble Nantais
- 2003
- National Track Championships
- Individual pursuit
- Track Cycling World Cup
- 2nd, Points race, Sydney
References
- ^ Raia, James (14 June 2007). "Marion Clignet: The Life & Times Of An Epileptic Cycling Champion". Archived from the original on 8 July 2011. Retrieved 5 February 2011.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Marion Clignet Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
External links
- Marion Clignet at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Cyclingnews: Marion Clignet's Back (Early 2000)
- Hersh, Philip (17 May 2000). "Battling Through Illness And Injury, Ex-evanston Resident Marion Clignet Has Become A French Olympian And A Gold-medal Threat". Chicago Tribune.
