Jeannie Longo
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| Born | 31 October 1958 Annecy, France |
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Jeannie Longo (born 31 October 1958 in Annecy, Haute-Savoie) is a French racing cyclist, multiple (59 times) French champion and 13 times world champion. Longo is still active in cycling as of 2011 and is widely considered one of the greatest female cyclists of all time. She is famous for her competitive nature and her longevity in a sport where some of her competitors were not yet born during her first Olympic competition in 1984. She was selected to compete for France in the 2008 Olympics, her seventh Olympic Games.[1] She has stated that this will be her final participation in the Olympics.[2] In the Women's road race, she finished 24th, 33 seconds behind winner Nicole Cooke, who was one year old when Longo first rode in the Olympics.[3] At the same Olympics, she finished 4th in the road time trial, just two seconds shy of securing a bronze medal.[4]
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[edit] Career
Longo was born in Annecy, Haute-Savoie, in the French Alps where she began her athletic career as a downhill skier. After winning the French schools' ski championship and three university skiing championships, she switched to cycling at the urging of her coach (and later husband) Patrice Ciprelli. Within a few months, Longo won the French road race Championship. She was 21.
In addition to her sport, Longo distinguished herself in the academic field. She has been awarded academic degrees in Mathematics (B.S.), an MBA, and a doctorate in sports management.
She competes both in road and track bicycle racing events, and is an Olympic gold-medalist and twelve-time world champion. Her impressive palmares include:
- Olympic Games road race: Gold Medal/Champion (1996); Silver Medal (1992)
- Olympic Games time trial: Silver Medal (1996); Bronze Medal (2000)
- 5x UCI Road Race World Championship: Gold Medal/Champion (1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1995)
- 4x UCI Time Trial World Championship: Gold Medal/Champion (1995, 1996, 1997, 2001)
- 4x UCI Track World Championship:
- Points Race: Gold Medal/Champion (1989)
- 3 km Pursuit: Gold Medal/Champion (1986, 1988, 1989); Silver Medal (1984, 1985, 1987); Bronze Medal (1981, 1982, 1983)
- UCI Mountain Bike Championship: Silver Medal (1993)
- 15x French Road Race Champion: 1979 to 1989, 1992, 1995, 2006, 2008
- 10x French Time Trial Champion: 1995, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
- 3x Tour Cycliste Feminin / Grande Boucle: 1987, 1988, 1989
- 2x Women's Challenge: 1991, 1999
- Set Hour Record (45.094 km/h) in 2000 in Mexico City (14 years after setting the best hour performance record)1
[edit] Palmarès
Note: Beginning in 1997, the Union Cycliste Internationale awarded points to riders based on their performances. For this purpose, the races were classified. Although the system has evolved, the major stage races are category 1 (strongest) and 2. In the listings below, these categories, where known, are in parentheses. GC stands for general classification.
- 1995
- Emakumeen Bira - 1st GC
- 1997
- UCI Points list - 7th
World TimeTrial Championships - 1st- GP des Nations Time Trial - 1st
- Trophee d'Or - 1st place GC, 2 stage victories
- Interreg-Dreilaender Damen Tour - 3rd GC
- Tour du Canton de Conques - 1st place GC, 2 stage victories
- Vuelta a Majorca - 2nd GC, stage victory
- Trois Jours de Vendee - 3rd GC
- 1998
- UCI Points list - 10th
- World Championships
- Time Trial - 5th
- Road Race - 9th
- French Road CCT - 3rd
- Trophee d'Or - 3rd GC, stage victory
French Track Pursuit Championships - 1st- French Road Race Championship - 1st
- Women's Challenge (cat. 1) - 4th GC
- Montreal (Can) World Cup - 2nd
- Trois Jours de Vendee - stage victory
- Mt. Evans Hill Climb--1st and course record
- Canberra Cycling Classic (Tour de Snowy) - 3rd GC, stage victory
- Tour of Aquitaine - 3rd GC, stage victory
- 2000
- 1st Mount Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb and course record
- 2001
- UCI Points List - 11th
- World Championships
- Time Trial - 1st
- Road Race - 3rd place
- Grande Boucle Féminine (cat. 1) - 9th GC
- Women's Challenge (cat. 1) - 5th place GC, Mountains jersey, stage victory
- Montréal (Can) World Cup - 6th
- Grand prix de Haute-Garonne - 6th
- 2002
- World Time Trial Championships - 7th
- Chrono Champenois-Trophee Européen (cat. 2) - 3rd
- 2003
- World Time Trial Championship - 6th
- World Road Race Championship - 6th
- 2004
- Olympic Games Road Race - 10th
- French Road Race Championship - 1st
- 2005
- Chrono Champenois - 2nd
- 2006
- French Road Race Championship - 1st
- French Time Trial Championship - 1st
- 2007
- World Time Trial Championship - 7th
- 2008
- 1st, French Time Trial Championship
- 1st, French Road Race Championship
- Olympic Games Road Race - 24th
- Olympic Games road time-trial - 4th
- 1st, Mt. Evans Hill Climb
- 2009
- 1st, Trophée des Grimpeurs, women's.[5]
- French Time Trial Championship - 1st
- 1st, Chrono Des Nations
- 3rd GC, Fitchburg Longsjo Classic
- 2010
- 1st, French Elite Time-Trial Championship
- 1st, Chrono des Nations
- 3rd, French Elite Road Race Championship
- 2011
- 1st, French Elite Time-Trial Championship
[edit] Photo gallery
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2000 Women's Challenge
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Jeannie Longo, in red climber's jersey, leads a group uphill during the 2001 Women's Challenge.
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Jeannie Longo during the 2009 Road World Championship in Mendrisio, Switzerland.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ "Longo to seventh Olympic Games". cyclingnews.com. 2 July 2008. http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2008/olympics08/news.php?id=/news/2008/jul08/jul02newsoly.
- ^ "A French Cyclist’s Long Ride", New York Times, 28 July 2008.
- ^ "Canada's Hobson 17th in cold, wet, women's road cycling race". The Toronto Star. 10 August 2008. http://olympics.thestar.com/2008/article/475706. Retrieved 11 August 2008.
- ^ "Women's cycling road race: Individual time trial -final". http://www.abc.net.au/ Australian Broadcasting Corporation. http://www.abc.net.au/olympics/2008/results/cr/womens-cycling-road-race-individual-time-trial.htm?result=s27508. Retrieved 13 August 2008.
- ^ http://www.velonews.com/article/91556/longo-wins-trophee-des-grimpeurs-again
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