Anne-Caroline Chausson

Anne-Caroline Chausson

Chausson at the 2001 Sea Otter Classic
Personal information
Full name	Anne-Caroline Chausson
Born	(1977-10-08) 8 October 1977 (age 39) Dijon, France
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	64 kg (141 lb)
Team information
Current team	Team Ibis
Discipline	Mountain bike BMX
Role	Racer
Rider type	Off-road
Medal record Representing  France BMX racing Olympic Games 2008 Beijing BMX World Championships 2008 Taiyuan BMX Mountain bike racing World Championships 1993 Métabief Junior downhill 1994 Vail Junior downhill 1995 Kirchzarten Junior downhill 1996 Cairns Downhill 1997 Château-d'Œx Downhill 1998 Mont Sainte-Anne Downhill 1999 Åre Downhill 2000 Sierra Nevada ESP Downhill 2000 Sierra Nevada Dual 2001 Vail Downhill 2001 Vail Dual 2002 Kaprun Downhill 2002 Kaprun Four-cross 2003 Lugano Downhill 2003 Lugano Four-cross 2005 Livigno Downhill

Anne-Caroline Chausson (born 8 October 1977 in Dijon) is a French professional cyclist who competes in bicycle enduro, (BMX), downhill time trial and cross-country mass start, dual, and four-cross mountain bicycle racing. She is best known for having won thirteen Union Cycliste Internationale senior mountain bike world championship rainbow jerseys, fourteen European mountain bike championships, and five consecutive Mountain Bike World Cup downhill series (1998-2002). She was nominated for the 2003 Laureus World Sports Awards Alternative Sportsperson of the Year. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Chausson competed for France in the inaugural women's BMX event, winning the gold medal.

Born in Dijon, Chausson capitalized on her previously successful BMX racing career that ended in 1993. Winning the 1993 downhill junior world championship gold medal startet her international successful career. She enjoyed quick success early in her mountain bike racing career and won 1994 still being a Junior her first World Cup race in Cap d'Ail/FRA. Her amazing skills under different weather and track conditions were proofed after finishing 2nd in a muddy and at start level snow-covered Hindelang/GER World Cup. Also Silverstar the same year she was 2nd and this summed up to a solid 2nd overall. 1994, and 1995 two more downhill junior world championship gold medals before matriculating to the senior circuit. Her 1995 win in Kirchzarten had a bitter taste to her. She asked to ride Elite, but got no permission. Her race time then was faster to the time of the Elite Champion Leigh Donovan. Very emotional at the price giving she refused to pull over the Junior Champions jersey. In Elite she could win the downhill title in eight consecutive years. Chausson has also been regarded to be the worlds greatest downhiller of all time. In 1996, when she finished second behind American Missy Giove for the overall World Cup title, Chausson captured the World Champions title, defeating silver medallist American Leigh Donovan and Giove, who would claim the bronze. Chausson would once more finish second to Giove in the 1997 World Cup overall standings but easily claimed that year's world championship, defeating Swiss Marielle Saner and Finn Katja Repo.