Marie Patouillet

French Paralympic cyclist
Marie Patouillet
Personal information
Born (1988-08-07) 7 August 1988 (age 36)
Versailles, France
Sport
Country France
SportCycling
Disability classC5
Medal record
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris Ind. pursuit C5
Silver medal – second place 2024 Paris Time trial C4–5
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo Pursuit C5
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo Road Race C4–5
Road World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Baie-Comeau Road race C5
Track World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2024 Rio de Janeiro Scratch race C5
Gold medal – first place 2024 Rio de Janeiro Omnium C5
Silver medal – second place 2019 Apeldoorn Time trial C5
Silver medal – second place 2022 Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Time trial C5
Silver medal – second place 2022 Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Omnium C5
Silver medal – second place 2023 Glasgow 500m time trial C5
Silver medal – second place 2024 Rio de Janeiro 500m time trial C5
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Scratch race C5
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Glasgow Omnium C5

Marie Patouillet (born 7 August 1988) is a French cyclist who competes in C5 classification, physician, and LGBT+ activist.

Life

Patouillet was born in 1988. She spent a decade in the French army before leaving to be a General Practitioner in Paris. She is a proud LGBT+ activist in France using British Olympiand and other gay paralympians as role models.[1]

Career

Patouillet competed at the women's individual pursuit C5 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics, winning bronze.[2] She also won the silver medal in the women's time trial at the 2019 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships[3]

She competed at the 2024 Paris Paralympics and she was the home favourite for the women’s C4-5 500m time trial final. In the end she took the silver medal to the Dutch cyclist Caroline Groot's gold. She beat the Tokyo silver medallist Kate O’Brien who came third.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Holmes, Jon. "Team LGBTQ athletes on podium in Paris Paralympics' first medal event". OutSports. Retrieved 2024-09-01.
  2. ^ "Marie Patouillet". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Archived from the original on 25 August 2021. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Résultat de la course: UCI Para-Cycling Track World Championships". votrecourse.com. Archived from the original on 21 March 2019. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  • Marie Patouillet at the International Paralympic Committee
  • Marie Patouillet at Équipe de France (in French)
  • Marie Patouillet at France Paralympique (in French) Edit this at Wikidata
  • Marie Patouillet on Instagram Edit this at Wikidata