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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michel Rousseau has received more than 7,037 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Michel Rousseau is the 227th most popular cyclist (down from 197th in 2019), the 4,463rd most popular biography from France (down from 3,874th in 2019) and the 39th most popular French Cyclist.

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  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.86

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  • 2.45

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Michel Rousseau ranks 227 out of 1,214. Before him are Willy Planckaert, Louis Chaillot, Cadel Evans, Viatcheslav Ekimov, Charles Schlee, and Frank Vandenbroucke. After him are Jean Graczyk, Antonio Bailetti, Maurice Peeters, Lode Wouters, Edward Battell, and Marino Morettini.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Michel Rousseau ranks 425. Before him are Nicolas Alfonsi, James Stacy, Ismail Merchant, Ihor Turchyn, Tamás Mendelényi, and Jerónimo Saavedra. After him are Juris Upatnieks, Eleonore Schwarz, Dahlia Ravikovitch, Hannu Salama, Paulo Emilio, and German Apukhtin. Among people deceased in 2016, Michel Rousseau ranks 406. Before him are Marisol Escobar, Andrew Sachs, Fazu Aliyeva, Abu Mohammad al-Adnani, Mr. Fuji, and William Christopher. After him are José Luis Artetxe, Dan Haggerty, Axel Schandorff, Mrinalini Sarabhai, Paulo Emilio, and Yngve Brodd.

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In France

Among people born in France, Michel Rousseau ranks 4,463 out of 6,011. Before him are Auguste Duméril (1812), Corentin Tolisso (1994), Frantz Reichel (1871), Bertrand Meyer (1950), Simone Segouin (1925), and François Delecour (1962). After him are Jean Graczyk (1933), Zazie (1964), Mathias Énard (1972), Jean-Paul Dubois (1950), Joseph Bonnel (1939), and Pierre Joxe (1934).

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Among CYCLISTS In France

Among cyclists born in France, Michel Rousseau ranks 39. Before him are Lucien Michard (1903), Armand Blanchonnet (1903), Pierre Adam (1924), Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle (1954), Laurent Jalabert (1968), and Louis Chaillot (1914). After him are Jean Graczyk (1933), Jean Cugnot (1899), Cyrille Guimard (1947), Paul Chocque (1910), Jean Forestier (1930), and Maurice Perrin (1911).

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