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Full name | Marion Clignet | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Hyde Park, Chicago, United States | 21 February 1964||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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. Born in Chicago, United States, Clignet was diagnosed with epilepsy at the age of 22 and was shunned by the United States Cycling Federation. [1] She subsequently raced for France from 1991 onwards. She rode at three Olympic Games for France, winning two silver medals in the individual pursuit. [2] Clignet won six world championships in the late 1990s – 3 times in the individual pursuit and 2 times in the points race on the track, and the team time trial on the road.
After 1990, Clignet competed in the French national championships