Florian Rousseau

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Florian Rousseau
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Rousseau (2012)
Personal information
Full nameFlorian Rousseau
Born (1974-02-03) 3 February 1974 (age 50)
Orléans, France
Team information
DisciplineTrack
RoleRider & Coach
Medal record
Men's track cycling
Representing Flag of France.svg  France
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1996 Atlanta 1000 m time trial
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2000 Sydney Team sprint
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2000 Sydney Keirin
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2000 Sydney Sprint
UCI Track World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1993 Hamar 1000 m time trial
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1994 Palermo 1000 m time trial
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1996 Manchester Sprint
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1997 Perth Sprint
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1997 Perth Team sprint
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1998 Bordeaux Sprint
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1998 Bordeaux Team sprint
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1999 Berlin Team sprint
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2000 Manchester Team sprint
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2001 Antwerp Team sprint
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1995 Bogota 1000 m time trial
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1995 Bogota Team sprint
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1996 Manchester Team sprint
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1999 Berlin Sprint
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2001 Antwerp Sprint
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2002 Copenhagen Sprint

Florian Rousseau (born 3 February 1974) is a former French track cyclist who won three gold medals and one silver at the Summer Olympics (1996 and 2000). He was popular among spectators for the facial expressions he pulled - many of them seeming to make his eyes bulge - to help him concentrate at the start of races. In retirement he became one of France's national sprint coaches.

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Youth

Rousseau spent much of his childhood and went to school in Patay. He began as a soccer player but, seeing no future in team sports, switched to cycling. [1] He showed early talent on the track and joined the national sports institute, INSEP, in western Paris in 1990. He won the world junior kilometre championship in 1992 and the world senior championship in 1993 and 1994. [1]

Career

Florian Rousseau's win in the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, United States, started a golden period for French track cycling that lasted four years. He won the kilometre at Atlanta but dropped the discipline to become a sprinter. He was trained by Gérard Quintyn and won the world sprint championship in 1996 to 1998. He won three Olympic gold medals and a silver. He was world team sprint champion in 1997 and 1998 and won the national sprint championship 17 times.

Management

Florian Rousseau was the national sprint coach at INSEP, in western Paris. He resigned shortly after the 2013 Cycling World Championships in Minsk [2]

Rousseau was appointed as the inaugural president of the UCI Athletes' Commission in 2011. [3]

Outside cycling

Rousseau is married to Sonia, and a scuba-diver in his spare time, particularly in the Caribbean and off Australia.

Major results

1992
1st Kilo, World Championships - Junior
3rd Sprint, French National Track Championships - Junior
1993
1st Kilo, World Championships
1st Kilo, French National Track Championships
1994
1st Kilo, World Championships
1st Kilo, French National Track Championships
UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics champion
1995
2nd Kilo, World Championships
2nd Sprint, World Championships
1st Kilo, French National Track Championships
1st Sprint, French National Track Championships
1996
1st Kilo, Olympic Games
1st Sprint, World Championships
3rd world team sprint championship
1st Kilo, Sprint, French National Track Championships
1st Sprint, French National Track Championships
1997
1st Sprint, World Championships
1st Team sprint, World Championships
1st Sprint, French National Track Championships
1998
1st Sprint, World Championships
1st Team sprint, World Championships
1st Sprint, French National Track Championships
1st Keirin, French National Track Championships
1999
1st Team sprint, World Championships
3rd Sprint, World Championships
2000
1st Keirin, Olympic Games
1st Team sprint, Olympic Games
2nd Sprint, Olympic Games
1st Team sprint, World Championships
1st Sprint, French National Track Championships
2001
1st Team sprint, World Championships
3rd Sprint, World Championships
2nd Sprint, French National Track Championships
3rd Keirin, French National Track Championships
2002
3rd Sprint, World Championships
3rd Sprint, French National Track Championships

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References

  1. 1 2 "Florian ROUSSEAU".
  2. Cyclisme : l'entraineur Florian Rousseau quitte la piste Le Monde
  3. Ryan, Barry (5 March 2015). "UCI Athletes' Commission holds first meeting in Aigle". cyclingnews.com . Retrieved 5 March 2015.