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Full name
Catherine Marsal
Weight
53 kg
Height
1.68 m
Name
Catherine Marsal
Current team
retired
Born
January 20, 1971 (age 53) Metz, France (
1971-01-20
)
Similar
Pauline Ferrand Prévot, Barbara Buatois, Chantal Fortier
Catherine marsal world hour record april 1995 part 1
Catherine Marsal (born 20 January 1971) is a retired female racing cyclist from France. She has been World Champion four times and raced professionally around the world. At the age of 17 she was selected for the French Olympic Team for the first time. Since then she represented her native country at four Summer Olympics: 1988, 1992, 1996, and 2000. Marsal retired from cycling in 2005 when she was recruited by Team SATS Cycling to become sports director for the Danish team. The team became number one on the UCI ranking. In April 2015 Marsal was hired by the Danish Cycling Union to be the National coach of the Danish female cycling team. Marsal is married and lives in Copenhagen. She gave birth to a son in 2013.
Portrait catherine marsal directrice de centre sportif maersk previasundhed
Hour record
Former holder of the women's world hour record with 47.112 km. Catherine Marsal set the record in 1995, at sea level, in the Velodrome de Bordeaux, France.
World Champion
Gold, 1987, World Championship, Road, Juniors, Bergamo, Italy
Gold, 1988, World Championship, Track, Pursuit, Juniors, Odense, Denmark
Gold, 1990, World Championship, Road, Elite, Utsunomiya, Japan
Gold, 1990, World Championship, Road, 50 km TTT, Elite, Stuttgart, Germany
Other World Championship results
Silver, 1987, World Championships, Track, pursuit, juniors, Dalmine, Italy
Silver, 1989, World Championships, Road, Elite, Chambéry, France
Silver, 1992, World Championships, Road, 50 km TTT, Elite, Benidorm, Spain
Silver, 1995, World Championships, Road, Elite, Duitama, Columbia
Silver, 1996, World Championships, Time trial, Lugano, Switzerland
Bronze, 1997, World Championships, Road, Elite, Saint Sebastian, Spain
Bronze, 1989, World Championships, TTT, Elite, Chambéry, France
National Champion
Gold, 1990, French National Championships Road, Elite
Gold, 1996, French National Championships Road, Elite
Gold, 1997, French National Championships Pursuit, Elite
Gold, 1997, French National Championships Track Points Race, Elite
Gold, 1997, French National Championships Track, ITT, Elite
Gold, 1999, French National Championships Track Points Race, Elite
Other National Championship results
Silver, 1989, French National Championships Track, Pursuit, Elite
Silver, 1993, French National Championships Road, Elite
Silver, 1995, French National Championships Track, Pursuit, Elite
Silver, 1995, French National Championships Track Points Race, Elite
Silver, 1995, French National Championships Road, Elite
Silver, 1995, French National Championships Track, ITT, Elite
Silver, 1999, French National Championships Track, ITT, Elite
Silver, 2000, French National Championships Road, Elite
Bronze, 1988, French National Championships Track Points Race, Elite
Bronze, 1988, French National Championships Track Points Race, Elite
Bronze, 1994, French National Championships Road, Elite
Bronze, 1996, French National Championships Track, Pursuit, Elite
Bronze, 1996, French National Championships Track Points Race, Elite
Bronze, 1997, French National Championships Road, Elite
Bronze, 2001, French National Championships Road, Elite
Tour victories
1989 Winner, Tour de Bretagne, France
1989 Winner, Tour of Texas, US.
1989 Winner, Crono de L’Quest, France
1989 Winner, Tour du Finistere, France
1989 Winner, Circuit des Vignes, France
1989 Winner, Tour de Canton du Perreux, France
1990 Winner, Giro D’Italia, Italy
1990 Winner, Tour of the European Union, EU
1990 Winner, Tour of Texas, US
1990 Winner, Tour de L’Aude, France
1990 Winner, Tour of Norway, Norway
1994 Winner, Tour de L’Aude, France
1996 Winner, Ronde d’Aquitaine, France
Other tour results
1991 2nd place, Tour de L’Aude, France
1994 2nd place, Tour de Bretagne, France
1998 2nd place, Trophée International de Saint-Amand-Montrond, France
2000 2nd place, Boucles Nontronnaises, France
2002 2nd place, Thüringen-Rundfahrt, Germany
1996 3rd place, Tour de L’Aude, France
1998 3rd place, Tour de L’Aude, France
1998 3rd place, Fleche Wallone, Belgium
1999 3rd place, Damesronde Van Drenthe, the Netherlands
2004 3rd place, GP des Nations, France
Stage victories
1989 Stage winner, Hennebont, Mi Aout Bretonne, France
1989 Stage winner, Fougeres, Mi Aout Bretonne, France
1989 Stage winner, Tregunc, Mi Aout Bretonne, France
1989 Stage winner, Time trial, Ptemy, Elan Breton, France
1989 Stage winner, 1st stage, Tour du Finistere, France
1989 Stage winner, 4th stage Time trial, Tour du Finistere, France
1989 Stage winner, 5th stage, Tour du Finistere, France
1989 Stage winner, 1st stage, Circuit des Vignes, France
1989 Stage winner, 1st stage, Time trial, Tour de Canton du Perreux, France
1990 Stage winner, 3rd stage, Tour of Texas, US
1990 Stage winner, 1st stage, Tour de l’Aude, France
1990 Stage winner, 6th stage, Tour de l’Aude, France
1990 Stage winner, 8th stage, Tour de l’Aude, France
1990 Stage winner, 6th stage, Tour of Norway, Norway
1990 Stage winner, 7th stage, Tour of Norway, Norway