Jacques Dupont (cyclist)
French cyclist (1928–2019)
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| Born | (1928-06-19)19 June 1928 Lézat-sur-Lèze, Ariège, France | |||||||||||||||||
| Died | 4 November 2019(2019-11-04) (aged 91) Lézat-sur-Lèze | |||||||||||||||||
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Jacques Dupont (19 June 1928 – 4 November 2019)[1] was a French racing cyclist and Olympic champion in track cycling.[2] He won a gold medal in the 1000m time trial at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London.[3] He also won a bronze medal in the team road race, together with José Beyaert and Alain Moineau. He won Paris–Tours in 1951 and 1955. He won the 1955 event in what was then a record speed for a professional race covering the 253 km at an average of 43.666 km per hour and being awarded the Ruban Jaune.
References
- ^ "Jacques Dupont, sacré champion olympique en 1948, est mort".
- ^ "Jacques Dupont Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 30 October 2013. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
- ^ "1948 Summer Olympics – London, United Kingdom – Cycling" Archived 22 February 2007 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on 15 July 2008)
External links
- Jacques Dupont at Cycling Archives
- Jacques Dupont at ProCyclingStats
- Jacques Dupont at CycleBase
- Jacques Dupont at Olympics.com
- Jacques Dupont at Olympedia
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Olympic cycling champions in men's track time trial
- 1896:
Paul Masson (FRA) - 1928:
Willy Hansen (DEN) - 1932:
Edgar Gray (AUS) - 1936: Arie van Vliet (DEN)
- 1948: Jacques Dupont (FRA)
- 1952: Russell Mockridge (AUS)
- 1956:
Leandro Faggin (ITA) - 1960: Sante Gaiardoni (ITA)
- 1964:
Patrick Sercu (BEL) - 1968: Pierre Trentin (FRA)
- 1972: Niels Fredborg (DEN)
- 1976:
Klaus-Jürgen Grünke (GDR) - 1980: Lothar Thoms (GDR)
- 1984:
Fredy Schmidtke (FRG) - 1988:
Aleksandr Kirichenko (URS) - 1992:
José Manuel Moreno (ESP) - 1996: Florian Rousseau (FRA)
- 2000:
Jason Queally (GBR) - 2004: Chris Hoy (GBR)
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