Pierre Trentin

Pierre Trentin ( born May 15, 1944 in Créteil ) is a former French cyclist. With each two gold and two bronze medals at the Olympic Games and three world titles he belonged in the 1960s and early 70s, the most successful athletes in track cycling.

Biography

Trentin denied and his first race at the age of 14 years. The first international success was the third place in the sprint at the World Championships in 1962. A year later he won the World Championship silver medal in the same discipline. Another silver medal was added at the Mediterranean Games with the tandem, along with Daniel Morelon, who would remain his tandem partner to the End of career.

At the Olympic Games in Tokyo in 1964 Trentin drove in the 1000 -meter time trial to third place, but resigned the tandem in the hope runs out. Also in 1964 he celebrated his first World Championship title in the sprint. Trentin dominated the World Cup 1966 in Frankfurt am Main: He wins on the tandem and in the 1000 -meter time trial it came up second place in the sprint. 1967 Trentin was twice World Cup runner-up ( Sprint and tandem ).

Trentin and Morelon were almost unbeatable at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City in the track events. In the sprint, won the Morelon to Trentin took the bronze medal. But this he won the 1000 -meter time trial and both jointly reached her second gold medal on the tandem. At the end of his career Trentin 1969 and 1971, each World Cup bronze medalist on the tandem. Seven times he won the Sprint Classic Grand Prix de Paris in the amateur as well as the open class.

Trentin never moved on to the pros, but always rode as an amateur, he was busy professional with the guidance of a leather processing plant.

Achievements

(all successes on the tandem with Daniel Morelon )

Olympic games

World Championships

• Sprint

• Tandem Drive