CYCLIST

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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michel Rousseau has received more than 7,651 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Michel Rousseau is the 219th most popular cyclist (up from 227th in 2019), the 4,686th most popular biography from France (down from 4,446th in 2019) and the 35th most popular French Cyclist.

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  • 18

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  • 5.66

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  • 1.99

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Michel Rousseau ranks 219 out of 1,613. Before him are Franco Bitossi, Erik Pettersson, Laurent Jalabert, Alejandro Valverde, Johny Schleck, and Antonio Bailetti. After him are Abraham Olano, Carlo Oriani, Michael Rasmussen, Pasquale Fornara, Richard Virenque, and Mogens Frey.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Michel Rousseau ranks 419. Before him are Shelley Morrison, Carlos Blixen, Hal Greer, Mary Millar, Dahlia Ravikovitch, and Renato Corti. After him are Vladimir Bagirov, Richard Rodney Bennett, Roderick Thorp, Margot Eskens, Fleur Mellor, and Çolpan İlhan. Among people deceased in 2016, Michel Rousseau ranks 388. Before him are Burt Kwouk, Rita Gam, Douglas Slocombe, Fritz Herkenrath, Abu Mohammad al-Adnani, and Anton Pronk. After him are Bob Baetens, Tapio Mäkelä, Alexis Arquette, Rune Larsson, Alberto Sainz, and Malick Sidibé.

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In France

Among people born in France, Michel Rousseau ranks 4,686 out of 6,770. Before him are Joseph Olivier (1874), Jean-Dominique Senard (1953), Paul Henri Lecomte (1856), Sabri Lamouchi (1971), Vernon Lee (1856), and Charles Mayer (1882). After him are Osman Kavala (1957), Éric Dupond-Moretti (1961), Yannick Stopyra (1961), Surya Bonaly (1973), Charles Frédéric Petit (1857), and Jean Prévost (1901).

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Among CYCLISTS In France

Among cyclists born in France, Michel Rousseau ranks 35. Before him are José Beyaert (1925), Jeannie Longo (1958), Cyrille Guimard (1947), Robert Charpentier (1916), Jean Dotto (1928), and Laurent Jalabert (1968). After him are Armand Blanchonnet (1903), Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle (1954), Jean Forestier (1930), Charles Coste (1924), Guy Lapébie (1916), and Lucien Michard (1903).

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