Marie Patouillet

Marie Patouillet
Personal information
Born (1988-08-07) 7 August 1988 (age 38)
Versailles, France
Sport
Country France
SportCycling
C5
Medal record
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place2024 ParisInd. pursuit C5
Silver medal – second place2024 ParisTime trial C4–5
Bronze medal – third place2020 TokyoPursuit C5
Bronze medal – third place2020 TokyoRoad Race C4–5
Road World Championships
Gold medal – first place2022 Baie-ComeauRoad race C5
Track World Championships
Gold medal – first place2024 Rio de JaneiroScratch race C5
Gold medal – first place2024 Rio de JaneiroOmnium C5
Silver medal – second place2019 ApeldoornTime trial C5
Silver medal – second place2020 Milton500m time trial C5
Silver medal – second place2020 MiltonOmnium C5
Silver medal – second place2022 Saint-Quentin-en-YvelinesTime trial C5
Silver medal – second place2022 Saint-Quentin-en-YvelinesOmnium C5
Silver medal – second place2023 Glasgow500m time trial C5
Silver medal – second place2024 Rio de Janeiro500m time trial C5
Bronze medal – third place2022 Saint-Quentin-en-YvelinesScratch race C5
Bronze medal – third place2023 GlasgowOmnium C5

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. She is an active LGBTQ activist in France.

Career

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

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.

References

  1. ↑ Holmes, Jon. "Out gay cyclist Marie Patouillet wins gold at Paralympics before podium 'wobble'". OutSports. Retrieved 2024-10-12.
  2. 1 2 Holmes, Jon. "Team LGBTQ athletes on podium in Paris Paralympics' first medal event". OutSports. Retrieved 2024-09-01.
  3. ↑ "Marie Patouillet". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Archived from the original on 25 August 2021. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  4. ↑ "Résultat de la course: UCI Para-Cycling Track World Championships". votrecourse.com. Archived from the original on 21 March 2019. Retrieved 18 March 2019.