Arnaud Tournant

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Arnaud Tournant
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Tournant at the 2011 Six Days of Grenoble
Personal information
Full nameArnaud Tournant
Born (1978-04-05) 5 April 1978 (age 46) [1]
Roubaix, France
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) [2]
Weight88 kg (194 lb) [2]
Team information
DisciplineTrack
RoleRider & Manager
Rider typeSprinter
Professional team
19972008Cofidis
Managerial team
2009Cofidis
Medal record
Representing Flag of France.svg  France
Men's track cycling
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2000 Sydney Team sprint
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2004 Athens Track time trial
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2008 Beijing Team sprint
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2004 Athens Team sprint
World Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg1997 PerthTeam sprint
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg1998 BordeauxKilo
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg1998 BordeauxTeam sprint
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg1999 BerlinKilo
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg1999 BerlinTeam sprint
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2000 ManchesterKilo
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2000 ManchesterTeam sprint
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2001 AntwerpKilo
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2001 AntwerpSprint
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2001 AntwerpTeam sprint
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2004 MelbourneTeam sprint
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2006 BordeauxTeam sprint
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2007 Palma de MallorcaTeam sprint
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2008 ManchesterTeam sprint
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2002 BallerupKilo
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2003 StuttgartTeam sprint
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2004 MelbourneKilo
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2003 StuttgartKilo
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2006 BordeauxKeirin

Arnaud Tournant (born 5 April 1978) is a French track cyclist. He has won 14 World Championships and won a gold, silver and a bronze at the Summer Olympics. In track cycling, he is third behind Harrie Lavreysen (20) and Sir Chris Hoy (17) in the number of global gold medals in his palmares.

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Biography

Tournant was born in Roubaix, near the border with Belgium, and currently lives in Fontenay-sous-Bois. [1] He began making his mark as an international rider whilst still in the junior ranks, winning the silver medal at the Junior Track World Championships in 1996. [3]

World record

Tournant is a former world record holder (at altitude) for the kilo (1000m time trial). He first set the record in Mexico in 2000, with a time of 1:00.148. In October the following year, at the age of 23, Tournant became the first man to go under the one-minute mark, breaking his own world record with a new time of 58.875 seconds set at La Paz, Bolivia. [4] [5]

Chris Hoy came to within 0.005 seconds of Tournant's record on his second attempt, but failed to beat it. Hoy said he could not go any faster, and had even more respect for Tournant and his talents.

2004

Tournant was a member of the French team sprint squad at the 2004 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, this was the sixth time they won a gold medal with Tournant. He also picked up a silver medal in the Kilo.

At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Tournant won a silver medal in the kilo, and a bronze in the team sprint.

Tournant refused to speak at a post-race press conference at the Olympics, until Stephane Mandard, a journalist for Le Monde newspaper, and an anti-doping campaigner, left the room. Mandard's reporting of the Cofidis doping scandal had left scars, despite the fact that Tournant had not been involved. At the press conference, Tournant held his ground and after a long pause, Mandard walked out. [3]

2008 and retirement

Tournant was a member of the team sprint squad (with Grégory Baugé, Kévin Sireau and Mickaël Bourgain) which won a silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics. He retired after these Olympic Games and was made a Commander of the Ordre national du Mérite on 14 November 2008. [6] However, he will continue to be involved in cycling as he has been named as the new directeur sportif of the Cofidis track team. [6] [7]

Major results

1996
2nd Sprint, Track World Championships - Junior
1997
1st Team Sprint, Track World Championships
2nd Sprint, French National Track Championships
1998
1st Kilo, Track World Championships
1st Team Sprint, Track World Championships
1st Team Sprint, World Cup, Cali (with Laurent Gané & Damien Gerard)
1st Sprint, World Cup, Cali
1st Kilo, World Cup, Berlin
2nd Team Sprint, World Cup, Berlin
1999
1st Kilo, Track World Championships
1st Team Sprint, Track World Championships
1st Team Sprint, World Cup, Cali (with Mickaël Bourgain & Vincent Le Quellec)
1st Sprint, World Cup, Cali
2nd Sprint, French National Track Championships
2000
1st Team Sprint, 2000 Summer Olympics
1st Kilo, Track World Championships
1st Team Sprint, Track World Championships
2001
Kilo World record in La Paz, 58.875
1st Kilo, Track World Championships
1st Sprint, Track World Championships
1st Team Sprint, Track World Championships
3rd Sprint, French National Track Championships
2002
2nd Kilo, UCI Track World Championships
2nd Sprint, World Cup, Sydney
2nd Team Sprint, World Cup, Sydney
1st Team Sprint, World Cup, Monterrey (with Franck Durivaux & Arnaud Dublé)
1st Kilo, World Cup, Monterrey
2nd Sprint, French National Track Championships
2003
2nd Kilo, French National Track Championships
3rd Sprint, French National Track Championships
3rd Kilo, Track World Championships
2nd Team Sprint, Track World Championships
2004
2nd Kilo, Track World Championships
1st Team Sprint, Track World Championships
2nd Kilo, World Cup, Aguascalientes
1st Team Sprint, World Cup, Aguascalientes
1st Kilo, French National Track Championships
2nd Sprint, French National Track Championships
2nd Kilo, 2004 Summer Olympics
3rd Team Sprint, 2004 Summer Olympics
2005
2nd Keirin, World Cup, Los Angeles
2nd Sprint, World Cup, Los Angeles
3rd Team Sprint, World Cup, Los Angeles
3rd Sprint, World Cup, Sydney
1st Team Sprint, World Cup, Sydney
1st Sprint, French National Track Championships
2nd Keirin, French National Track Championships
2006
3rd Sprint, World Cup, Sydney
2nd Team Sprint, World Cup, Sydney
3rd Keirin, Track World Championships
1st Team Sprint, Track World Championships
3rd Sprint, French National Track Championships
2007
3rd Masters of Sprint
1st Team Sprint, Track World Championships
2008
1st Team Sprint, Track World Championships
2nd Team Sprint, 2008 Summer Olympics

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