Michel Rousseau (cyclist)
 Michel Rousseau at the 1959 World Championships | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Michel Guy Rousseau | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 February 1936 Paris, France | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 23 September 2016 (aged 80) Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche, France | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Michel Guy Rousseau (5 February 1936 – 23 September 2016) was a French amateur track cyclist.[1] He won gold medals in the individual sprint at the 1956 Summer Olympics[2] and 1956–1958 world championships, finishing second in 1959 and 1961.[3]
His grandson Cassiel Rousseau is an Australian diver who competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the Men's 10 metre platform.[4] Cassiel also competed and claimed gold in the Men’s 10 meter platform event in the 2023 World Aquatic Championships, creating history for Australia.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Décès de Michel Rousseau, ancien champion olympique sur piste".
- ^ "Michel Rousseau". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
- ^ Michel Rousseau. cyclingarchives.com
- ^ "Cassiel Rousseau". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 7 August 2021. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
- ^ Pegan, Martin (31 May 2024). "Australian diver Cassiel Rousseau: from the circus and TV talent shows to the Olympic pool". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
External links
[edit]
|
   | This biographical article related to a French cycling person born in the 1930s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
 | This article about a cycling Olympic medalist of France is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- 1936 births
- 2016 deaths
- French male cyclists
- Olympic cyclists for France
- Olympic gold medalists for France
- Cyclists at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists in cycling
- Cyclists from Paris
- Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- UCI Track Cycling World Champions (men)
- French track cyclists
- 20th-century French sportsmen
- French cycling biography, 1930s birth stubs
- French cycling Olympic medalist stubs