François Pervis

François Pervis

Pervis at the 2015 European Championships
Personal information
Born	(1984-10-16) 16 October 1984 (age 32) Château-Gontier, France
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	86 kg (190 lb; 13.5 st)
Team information
Discipline	Track cycling
Role	Rider
Rider type	Sprinter
Medal record Representing  France Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team sprint World Championships 2013 Minsk Time trial 2014 Cali Keirin 2014 Cali Sprint 2014 Cali Time trial 2015 Yvelines Keirin 2015 Yvelines Time trial 2007 Palma de Mallorca Time trial 2005 Los Angeles Time trial 2008 Manchester Time trial 2010 Ballerup Time trial 2011 Apeldoorn Time trial 2013 Minsk Team sprint 2013 Minsk Sprint European Championships 2010 Pruszków Team sprint 2011 Apeldoorn Team sprint 2013 Apeldoorn Team sprint 2011 Apeldoorn Keirin 2013 Apeldoorn Keirin

François "Franck" Pervis (born 16 October 1984) is a French track cyclist. He is a former junior world champion in the team sprint and twice European under 23 champion, as well as a six-time world champion and a holder of two world records. In 2014 he became the first track cyclist to win three individual world titles at one championship, in the keirin, 1 km and sprint.

Pervis joined his first cycling club, the Véloce Club de Château Gontier, in 1996. He dabbled in road, mountain biking, cyclo-cross and track cycling as a youngster and began concentrating on the track as a junior rider.

He went on to win the silver medal as part of the team sprint squad at the 2001 Junior UCI Track World Championships. He bettered that in 2002 when he took the gold medal in the same event and added a silver in the sprint.

In 2003, he was a member of the gold medal winning team sprint squad at the Under 23 European Track Championships, and won the U23 Sprint at the French National Track Championships, and finished second in the U23 Kilo.

Pervis competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, finishing sixth in the Kilo. He also won the kilo at the Under 23 European Track Championships, came second in the U23 Sprint National Championships and was third in the team sprint at the World Cup in Manchester.

2005 saw Pervis take his first senior French National Championship title, winning the kilo, and coming second in the U23 sprint.

Pervis successfully defended his French National Championship title in the kilo in 2006, also winning the U23 sprint title and coming second in the team sprint. He won a handful of medals in the World Cup events in Los Angeles and Sydney as well as two silver medals in the kilo and team sprint at the Under 23 European Track Championships. He also claimed the bronze medal at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships.