Catherine Marsal Explained

Catherine Marsal
Fullname:Catherine Marsal
Birth Date:20 January 1971
Birth Place:Metz, France
Height:1.68 m
Weight:53 kg
Discipline:Road
Proyears1:1994
Proteam1:SLV–Winora
Proyears2:1998
Proteam2:Mimosa
Proyears3:1999–2000
Proteam3:Edil Savino
Proyears4:2001
Proteam4:Intersport
Proyears5:2002
Proteam5:Saturn
Proyears6:2003
Proteam6:Team Rona Esker
Proyears7:2004
Proteam7:Nobili Rubinetterie–Guerciotti
Manageyears1:2005
Manageteam1:Team SATS Cycling
Manageyears2:2006
Manageteam2:Nobili Rubinetterie–Menikini Cogeas
Manageyears3:2010–2014
Manageteam3:Maersk Fitness–Previa Sundhed
Manageyears4:2015–2019
Manageteam4:Danish Cycling
Manageyears5:2019
Manageyears6:2020–
Majorwins:UCI Individual Road Race (1990)
Giro d'Italia Femminile (1990)

Catherine Marsal (born 20 January 1971) is a French former racing cyclist. She has been World Champion four times and raced professionally around the world. At the age of 17 she was selected for the French Olympic Team for the first time. Since then, she represented her native country at four Summer Olympics: 1988, 1992, 1996, and 2000.[1]

Marsal retired from cycling in 2005 when she was recruited by Team SATS Cycling to become sports director for the Danish team. The team became number one on the UCI ranking. In April 2015 Marsal was hired by the Danish Cycling Union to be the national coach of the Danish female cycling team.

Marsal currently works as a directeur sportif for UCI Women's Continental Team .[2]

Personal life

Marsal is married and lives in Copenhagen. She gave birth to a son in 2013.

Palmares

1987
  • 1st Road Race, UCI Junior Road World Championships
  • 2nd Individual pursuit, UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships
    1988
  • 1st Individual pursuit, UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships
  • 1st Overall Tour de Bretagne
  • 3rd Points race, National Track Championships
  • 10th Olympic Games Time Trial
    1989
  • 1st Overall Tour de Bretagne
  • UCI Road World Championships
  • 2nd Road Race
  • 3rd Team Time Trial
  • 2nd Individual pursuit, National Track Championships
    1990
  • 1st Road Race, UCI Road World Championships
  • 1st Road Race, National Road Championships
  • 1st Overall Giro d'Italia Femminile
  • 1st Overall Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Féminin
  • 1st Overall Tour of Norway
  • 1st Stage 7
  • 4th Tour de Okinawa
    1991
  • 1st Team Time Trial, UCI Road World Championships
  • 2nd Overall Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Féminin
    1992
  • 2nd Team Time Trial, UCI Road World Championships
  • 2nd Coppa delle Nazioni
    1993
  • 2nd Road Race, National Road Championships
    1994
  • 1st Overall Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Féminin
  • 1st Stage 8
  • 1st Calan Road Race
  • 2nd Overall Tour de Bretagne
  • 2nd Overall Tour du Finistère
  • 1st Prologue, Stages 1 & 4
    1995
  • Hour record 47.112km (29.274miles)
  • 1st Stage 8 Grande Boucle Féminine Internationale
  • 2nd Road Race, UCI Road World Championships
  • National Road Championships
  • 2nd Road Race
  • 2nd Time Trial
  • National Track Championships
  • 2nd Individual pursuit
  • 2nd Points race
    1996
  • 1st Road Race, National Road Championships
  • National Track Championships
  • 3rd Individual pursuit
  • 3rd Points race
  • 3rd Overall Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Féminin
  • 10th Road Race, UCI Road World Championships
    1997
  • National Road Championships
  • 1st Time Trial
  • 3rd Road Race
  • National Track Championships
  • 1st Individual pursuit
  • 1st Points race
  • 2nd Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen
  • 3rd Road Race, UCI Road World Championships
    1998
  • 2nd Trophée International de Saint-Amand-Mont-Rond
  • 3rd Overall Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Féminin
  • 3rd La Flèche Wallonne
    1999
  • 1st Points Race, National Track Championships
  • 2nd Time Trial, National Road Championships
  • 3rd Ronde van Drenthe
    2000
  • 2nd Road Race, National Road Championships
  • 2nd Boucles Nontronnaises
    2001
  • 3rd Road Race, National Road Championships
    2002
  • 1st Stage 1 Vuelta Castilla y Leon
  • 1st Stage 3 Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Féminin
    2004
  • 3rd GP des Nations

    Notes and References

    1. Catherine Marsal Olympic Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417194543/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/catherine-marsal-1.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 10 July 2016.
    2. Web site: Ciclotel. UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 22 January 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200122203100/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/14167/2003425/258. 22 January 2020.