Personal information | |
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Full name | Catherine Marsal |
Born |
Metz, France |
20 January 1971
Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) |
Weight | 53 kg (117 lb) |
Team information | |
Current team | retired |
Major wins | |
UCI Individual Road Race (1990) Giro d'Italia Femminile (1990) |
Catherine Marsal (born 20 January 1971) is a retired female racing cyclist from France. 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. 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 is married and lives in Copenhagen. She gave birth to a son in 2013.