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Pierre Trentin

Pierre Trentin
Pierre Trentin 1967.jpg
Pierre Trentin in 1967
Personal information
Born (1944-05-15) 15 May 1944 (age 72)
Créteil, France
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight 75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
Sport Cycling
Medal record
Representing  France
Track cycling
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1968 Mexico City 1 km time trial
Gold medal – first place 1968 Mexico City Tandem
Bronze medal – third place 1964 Tokyo 1 km time trial
Bronze medal – third place 1968 Mexico City 1 km sprint
Track World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1964 Paris Sprint
Gold medal – first place 1966 Frankfurt 1 km
Gold medal – first place 1966 Frankfurt Tandem
Silver medal – second place 1966 Frankfurt Sprint
Silver medal – second place 1967 Amsterdam Tandem
Silver medal – second place 1967 Amsterdam Sprint
Bronze medal – third place 1962 Milan Sprint
Bronze medal – third place 1962 Liege Sprint
Bronze medal – third place 1969 Brno Tandem
Bronze medal – third place 1971 Varese Tandem
Bronze medal – third place 1971 Varese 1 km

Pierre Trentin (born 15 May 1944) is a retired French cyclist who was active between 1961 and 1984. He was most successful in sprint track events, in which he won two gold and two bronze Olympic medals, as well as 11 medals at world championships. His only road title was junior champion of France in 1961. He won most of his tandem titles with Daniel Morelon, who was also his major rival in the individual sprint races.


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