Medal record
Jeannie Longo
Competitor for  France
Women’s Cycling
Olympic Games
Bronze	2000 Sydney	Road time trial
Gold	1996 Atlanta	Road cycling
Silver	1996 Atlanta	Road time trial
Silver	1992 Barcelona	Road cycling
UCI Track Worlds
Gold	1989 Lyon	3km Pursuit
Gold	1989 Lyon	Points Race
Gold	1988 Ghent	3km Pursuit
Silver	1987 Vienna	3km Pursuit
Gold	1986 Colorado Springs	3km Pursuit
Silver	1985 Bassano	3km Pursuit
Silver	1984 Barcelona	3km Pursuit
Bronze	1983 Zürich	3km Pursuit
Bronze	1982 Leicester	3km Pursuit
Bronze	1981 Brno	3km Pursuit

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Contents 1 Career 2 Palmarès 3 Photo gallery 4 External links

Career

Longo was born in Annecy, in the Haute-Savoie region of the French Alps where she began her athletic career as a downhill skier. Annecy ( Èneci / Ènneci in Arpitan language is a city in the Rhône-Alpes region in southeastern Haute-Savoie ( Arpitan: Savouè d’Amont / Hiôta-Savouè) is a French department, named for its location in Snow skiing is a group of sports utilizing Skis as primary equipment After winning the French schools' ski championship and three university skiing championships, she switched to cycling at the urging of her coach (and later husband) Patrice Ciprelli. Within a few months, Longo won the French road race Championship. She was 21.

In addition to her sport , Longo distinguished herself in the academic field. She has been awarded academic degrees in Mathematics (B. S. ), an MBA, and a doctorate in sports management.

She competes both in road and track bicycle racing events, and is an Olympic gold-medalist and twelve-time world champion. Road bicycle racing is a popular Bicycle racing Sport held on roads (following the Geography of the area using Racing bicycles The Track cycling is a Bicycle racing Sport usually held on specially-built banked tracks or Velodromes (but many events are held at older velodromes where the Her impressive palmares include:

• Olympic Games road race: Gold Medal/Champion (1996); Silver Medal (1992)
• Olympic Games time trial: Silver Medal (1996); Bronze Medal (2000)
• 5x UCI Road Race World Championship: Gold Medal/Champion (1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1995)
• 4x UCI Time Trial World Championship: Gold Medal/Champion (1995, 1996, 1997, 2001)
• 3x UCI Track World Championship:
  • Points Race: Gold Medal/Champion (1989)
  • 3 km Pursuit: Gold Medal/Champion (1986, 1989); Silver Medal (1984, 1985, 1987); Bronze Medal (1981, 1982, 1983)
• UCI Mountain Bike Championship: Silver Medal (1993)
• 14x French Road Race Champion: 1979 to 1989, 1992, 1995, 2006
• 6x French Time Trial Champion: 1995, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006
• 3x Tour Cycliste Feminin / Grande Boucle: 1987, 1988, 1989
• 2x Women's Challenge: 1991, 1999
• Set Hour Record (45. Cycling has been contested at every Summer Olympic Games since the birth of the modern Olympic movement at the 1896 Final results for the Cycling competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Final results for the Cycling competition at the 1992 Summer Olympics. The Olympic Games is an international Multi-sport event established for both summer and winter games At the 2000 Summer Olympics, 3 different Bicycle racing disciplines were contested Road cycling, Track cycling, and Mountain biking The UCI Road World Championships (for Women is an annual event that is recognized as the World championship for road race and time trial events for women The UCI Road World Championships (for Women is an annual event that is recognized as the World championship for road race and time trial events for women See also UCI Track Cycling World Championships The women's UCI Track Cycling World Championships are the World championship events for Track cycling The UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships are the world championship events for Mountain bike racing events in cross country, downhill, Four-cross Most of the 2006 National Cycling Championships took place in June although there were a few exceptions such as the Australian and American championships which take place in Most of the 2006 National Cycling Championships took place in June although there were a few exceptions such as the Australian and American championships which take place in The Grande Boucle, formerly known as the Tour Cycliste Feminin, or simply Tour Feminin is one of the Grand Tours of women's cycle races in the world The hour record for Bicycles is the record for the longest distance cycled in one Hour on a bicycle 094 km/hr) in 2000 in Mexico City (14 years after setting the best hour performance record)¹

Palmarès

Photo gallery

2000 Women's Challenge

Jeannie Longo, in red climber's jersey, leads a group uphill during the 2001 Women's Challenge

External links

• Jeannie Longo's web site
• some cycling records

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