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Michel Rousseau

1936 - 2016

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Michel Guy Rousseau (5 February 1936 – 23 September 2016) was a French amateur track cyclist. He won gold medals in the individual sprint at the 1956 Summer Olympics and 1956–1958 world championships, finishing second in 1959 and 1961. His grandson Cassiel Rousseau is an Australian diver who competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the Men's 10 metre platform. Cassiel also competed and claimed gold in the Men's 10 meter platform event in the 2023 World Aquatic Championships, creating history for Australia. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Michel Rousseau is the 162nd most popular cyclist (up from 219th in 2019), the 4,190th most popular biography from France (up from 4,686th in 2019) and the 31st most popular French Cyclist.

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Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Michel Rousseau ranks 162 out of 1,613. Before him are Axel Schandorff, Andrei Tchmil, Maurice Peeters, Chris Froome, Leonard Meredith, and Gianni Motta. After him are Alfred Swift, Jean Cugnot, Johan Museeuw, Marino Morettini, Peter Sagan, and Renato Longo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Michel Rousseau ranks 345. Before him are Òscar Ribas Reig, Carlos Fonseca, James C. Scott, Sancho Gracia, Klaus Doldinger, and Nicol Williamson. After him are German Apukhtin, Tony Lo Bianco, August Schellenberg, John Madden, Norman Manea, and Giora Feidman. Among people deceased in 2016, Michel Rousseau ranks 305. Before him are Alan Young, Alcindo, Arturo Pomar, José Parra Martínez, David Padilla, and Axel Schandorff. After him are Luis Alberto Monge, Anita Brookner, Marco Pannella, Alexander Esenin-Volpin, Muhamed Mujić, and John Johnson.

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In France

Among people born in France, Michel Rousseau ranks 4,190 out of 6,770. Before him are Virginie Ancelot (1792), Benoît Magimel (1974), Pierre Veyron (1903), André Gaudin (1874), Pierre Pithou (1539), and Lassana Diarra (1985). After him are Jakob Balde (1604), Léon Gautier (1832), Paul Le Guen (1964), Philippe Mexès (1982), Maurice Sachs (1906), and Julie Dreyfus (1966).

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Among CYCLISTS In France

Among cyclists born in France, Michel Rousseau ranks 31. Before him are José Beyaert (1925), Robert Charpentier (1916), Hippolyte Aucouturier (1876), André Darrigade (1929), Guy Lapébie (1916), and Jeannie Longo (1958). After him are Jean Cugnot (1899), Armand Blanchonnet (1903), Robert Marchand (1911), Roger Lapébie (1911), Lucien Michard (1903), and Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle (1954).

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