Marie Patouillet Explained

Marie Patouillet
Birth Date:1988 8, df=yes
Birth Place:Versailles, France
Sport:Cycling
Disability Class:C5
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Marie Patouillet (born 7 August 1988) is a French cyclist who competes in C5 classification, physician, and LGBT+ activist.

Life

Patouillet was born in 1988. She spent a decade in the French army before leaving to be a General Practitioner in Paris. Patouillet is openly lesbian.[1] She is a proud LGBT+ activist in France using British Olympiand and other gay paralympians as role models.

Career

Patouillet competed at the women's individual pursuit C5 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics, winning bronze.[2] She also won the silver medal in the women's time trial at the 2019 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships[3]

She competed at the 2024 Paris Paralympics and she was the home favourite for the women’s C4-5 500m time trial final. In the end she took the silver medal to the Dutch cyclist Caroline Groot's gold. She beat the Tokyo silver medallist Kate O’Brien who came third.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Holmes . Jon . Out gay cyclist Marie Patouillet wins gold at Paralympics before podium 'wobble' . 2024-10-12 . OutSports . en.
  2. Web site: Marie Patouillet . Tokyo 2020 Paralympics . 25 August 2021 . 25 August 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210825051136/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/en/results/cycling-track/athlete-profile-n1358095-patouillet-marie.htm . live .
  3. Web site: Résultat de la course: UCI Para-Cycling Track World Championships . votrecourse.com . 18 March 2019 . 21 March 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190321121916/http://www.votrecourse.com/resultat-paracycling-track-world-championship-939.html . live .
  4. Web site: Holmes . Jon . Team LGBTQ athletes on podium in Paris Paralympics’ first medal event . 2024-09-01 . OutSports . en.