Arnaud Tournant

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Arnaud Tournant

Personal information
Full name	Arnaud Tournant
Date of birth	April 5, 1978 (1978-04-05) (age 30)
Country	France
Team information
Discipline	Track
Role	Rider
Rider type	Sprinter
Infobox last updated on:
6 April 2008

Medal record
Competitor for  France
Track cycling
Olympic Games
Gold	2000 Sydney	Olympic sprint
Silver	2004 Athens	Track time trial
Bronze	2004 Athens	Team Sprint
World Championship
Gold	1997 Perth	Team Sprint
Gold	1998 Bordeaux	Kilo
Gold	1998 Bordeaux	Team Sprint
Gold	1999 Berlin	Kilo
Gold	1999 Berlin	Team Sprint
Gold	2000 Manchester	Kilo
Gold	2000 Manchester	Team Sprint
Gold	2001 Antwerp	Kilo
Gold	2001 Antwerp	Sprint
Gold	2001 Antwerp	Team Sprint
Gold	2004 Melbourne	Team Sprint
Gold	2006 Bordeaux	Team Sprint
Gold	2007 Palma de Mallorca	Team Sprint
Gold	2008 Manchester	Team Sprint
Silver	2002 Ballerup	Kilo
Silver	2003 Stuttgart	Team Sprint
Silver	2004 Melbourne	Kilo
Bronze	2003 Stuttgart	Kilo
Bronze	2006 Bordeaux	Keirin

Arnaud Tournant (born April 5, 1978) is a French track cyclist born in Roubaix. He has won 14 World Champion and won a gold, silver and a bronze at the Summer Olympics. Tournant is the world record holder for the Kilo (1000m time trial), at 58.875 seconds, set at La Paz, Bolivia in October 2001.^[1]

Chris Hoy came to within 0.005 seconds of Tournant's record on his second attempt, but failed to beat it. Hoy said he could not go any faster, and had even more respect for Tournant and his talents.

[edit] Palmarès

[edit] External links

• Profile on databaseolympics.com