Arnaud Geyre (21 April 1935 – 20 February 2018) was a

racing cyclist Cycle sport is competitive physical activity using bicycles. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, track cycling, BMX, and cycle speedway. Non-racing cycling spo ...

from France who represented his native country at the

1956 Summer Olympics The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XVI Olympiad and officially branded as Melbourne 1956, were an international multi-sport event held in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, from 22 November to 8 December ...

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. There he won the gold medal in the men's team road race, alongside Michel Vermeulin and

Maurice Moucheraud Maurice Moucheraud (28 July 1933 – 13 January 2020) was a road racing cyclist from France, who won the gold medal in the men's team road race at the 1956 Summer Olympics The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XVI Olympi ...

, and the silver in the men's individual road race. Geyre was a professional from 1958 to 1963.

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