Magalie Pottier Explained

Magalie Pottier
Nationality:French
Residence:Aix en Provence
Birth Date:16 March 1989
Birth Place:Vallet, Loire-Atlantique, France
Website:Official Website
Sport:Cycling
Event:BMX racing
Club:Carquefou BMX Club
Coach:Fabrice Vettoretti

Magalie Pottier (born 16 March 1989 in Vallet) is a French racing cyclist who represents France in BMX. She was selected to represent France at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the women's BMX event and finished in seventh place.[1]

Pottier is coached by Fabrice Vettoretti.[2] In 2012, she won both the French and world BMX championships, giving her a total of seven French championships, eleven European championships and seven world championships.[3] She won the World Junior Championship in 2007.[4] She began competing in BMX in 1996 as a 7 year old and was France's reserve rider for the 2008 Olympics. In June 2015, she competed in the inaugural European Games, for France in cycling, more specifically, Women's BMX. She earned a silver medal.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Women's BMX Racing . . London2012.com . 6 August 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120801035319/http://www.london2012.com/cycling-bmx/event/women-bmx/ . 1 August 2012.
  2. Web site: Archived copy . 5 December 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160128034355/http://www.bmx-results.com/wcs/db/riders_info.php?id=292&jahr=2012 . 28 January 2016 . dead.
  3. http://magaliepottier.com/
  4. Web site: Baku 2015 1St European Games – Athletes – POTTIER Magalie . https://web.archive.org/web/20180108062906/http://www.baku2015.com/athletes/athlete/POTTIER-Magalie-1010922/index.html?intcmp=sport-hp . usurped . 8 January 2018 . Baku 2015 . en . 2018-01-07.
  5. Web site: Baku 2015 European Games – BMX Cycling . Baku 2015 . en . 2018-01-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180910130232/http://www.baku2015.com/cycling-bmx/index.html . 10 September 2018 . usurped.