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Jeannie Longo (born 31 October 1958) is a French
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, 6-time French champion and 13-time world champion. Longo began racing in 1975 and was active in cycling through 2012. She was once widely considered the best female cyclist of all time, although that reputation is now clouded by suspicion of doping throughout her career. She is famous for her competitive nature and her longevity in the sport – when she was selected to compete for France in the
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, it was her seventh Olympic Games; some of Longo's competitors that year had not yet been born when she took part in her first Olympics in 1984. She had stated that 2008 would be her final participation in the Olympics. In the Women's road race, she finished 24th, 33 seconds behind winner Nicole Cooke, who was one year old when Longo first rode in the Olympics. At the same Olympics, she finished 4th in the road time trial, just two seconds shy of securing a bronze medal. She is currently number two on the all-time list of French female summer or winter Olympic medal winners, with a total of four medals including one in gold, which is one less than the total number won by the fencer
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Early life

Longo was born in
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, in the
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Career

Longo began her athletic career as a downhill
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. After winning the French schools' ski championship and three university skiing championships, she switched to cycling at the urging of her coach (and later husband) Patrice Ciprelli. Within a few months, Longo won the French road race Championship at the age of 21. She competed both in
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and track bicycle racing events, and is an Olympic gold-medalist and thirteen-time world champion.


Doping affairs

In September 1987 Longo tested positive for ephedrine following a 3 km world record attempt in
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. She served a 1-month ban for this offense. In September 2011, it was reported that Longo had missed three doping tests and was under investigation by the FFC. Normally, this would be penalized the same as a positive test, but AFLD had failed to notify Longo that she would be targeted for testing in that year, there was therefore no further action taken. It subsequently transpired that Longo's husband, Patrice Ciprelli, had purchased the performance-enhancing drug EPO from China via former American professional cyclist Joe Papp. Ciprelli confessed and claimed that he purchased the EPO for his own personal use. He was found guilty in May 2016, and given a 1-year suspended jail sentence and €12,800 in fines and costs.


Palmarès


Track

Note: Beginning in 1997, the
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awarded points to riders based on their performances. For this purpose, the races were classified. Although the system has evolved, the major stage races are category 1 (strongest) and 2. In the listings below, these categories, where known, are in parentheses. GC stands for general classification. ;1981 :3rd UCI Track World Championship (Individual pursuit) ;1982 :3rd UCI Track World Championship (Individual pursuit) ;1983 :2nd Summer Universiade Track Championship (Individual pursuit) :3rd UCI Track World Championship (Individual pursuit) ;1984 :2nd UCI Track World Championship (Individual pursuit) ;1985 :2nd UCI Track World Championship (Individual pursuit) ;1986 :1st UCI Track World Championship (Individual pursuit) ;1987 :2nd UCI Track World Championship (Individual pursuit) ;1988 :1st UCI Track World Championship (Individual pursuit) ;1989 :1st UCI Track World Championship (Points race) :1st UCI Track World Championship (Individual pursuit) ;1998 :1st French Track Pursuit Championships


Mountainbike

;1993 :2nd UCI Mountain Bike Championship


Road

;1979 :1st French Road Race Championship ;1980 :1st French Road Race Championship ;1981 :1st French Road Race Championship :2nd World Road Race Championships ;1982 :1st French Road Race Championship ;1983 :1st French Road Race Championship :3rd Summer Universiade Road Race Championship ;1984 :1st French Road Race Championship ;1985 :1st World Road Race Championships :1st French Road Race Championship :1st Coors Classic ;1986 :1st World Road Race Championships :1st French Road Race Championship :1st Coors Classic ;1987 :1st World Road Race Championships :1st French Road Race Championship :1st Coors Classic ;1988 :1st French Road Race Championship ;1989 :1st World Road Race Championships :1st French Road Race Championship ;1992 :2nd Olympic Road Race :1st French Road Race Championship ;1993 :2nd World Road Race Championships ;1995 :1st World Road Race Championships :1st French Road Race Championship :1st Overall Emakumeen Bira ;1996 :1st Olympic Road Race ;1997 :1st World Time Trial Championships :1st Grand Prix des Nations Time Trial :1st Overall Trophée d'Or Féminin ::2 Stage victories :1st Overall Tour du Canton de Conques :: 2 Stage victories :2nd Overall Vuelta a Majorca ::1 Stage victory :3rd Overall Interreg-Dreilaender Damen Tour :3rd Overall Trois Jours de Vendee :7th UCI Points list ;1998 :1st French Road Race Championship :1st 1 Stage Trois Jours de Vendee :1st Mt. Evans Hill Climb (course record) :2nd Montreal World Cup :3rd French Road CCT :3rd Overall Trophée d'Or Féminin :3rd Overall Canberra Cycling Classic ( Tour de Snowy) ::1 Stage victory :3rd Overall Tour of Aquitaine ::1 Stage victory :4th Overall
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:5th World Time Trial Championships :9th World Road Race Championships :10th UCI Points list ;2000 :1st Mount Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb (Course record) :3rd Olympic Time Trial ;2001 :1st World Time Trial Championships :3rd World Road Race Championships :9th Overall Grande Boucle Féminine :5th Overall Women's Challenge ::1st Mountains classification ::1 Stage victory :6th Montréal World Cup :6th Grand prix de Haute-Garonne ;2002 :3rd Chrono Champenois-Trophée Européen :7th World Time Trial Championships ;2003 :6th World Time Trial Championship :6th World Road Race Championship ;2004 :10th Olympic Games Road Race :1st French Road Race Championship ;2005 :2nd Chrono Champenois :1st French Road Race Championship :1st French Time Trial Championship ;2007 :7th World Time Trial Championship ;2008 :1st French Road Race Championship :1st French Time Trial Championship :1st Mt. Evans Hill Climb :4th Olympic Games Time Trial ;2009 :1st Trophée des Grimpeurs, women's. :1st French Time Trial Championship :1st Chrono des Nations :3rd Overall
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;2010 :1st French Time Trial Championship :1st Chrono des Nations :3rd French National Road Race Championship ;2011 :1st Pikes Peak Hillclimb :1st French Time Trial Championship


See also

*
List of athletes with the most appearances at Olympic Games Only a small fraction of the world's population ever competes at the Olympic Games; an even smaller fraction competes in multiple Games. 950 athletes (648 men and 302 women) have participated in at least five Olympics from 1896 Summer Olympics ...
* List of doping cases in cycling


References


External links


Jeannie Longo's web site (in French language only)


* {{DEFAULTSORT:Longo, Jeannie 1958 births Living people Sportspeople from Annecy Cyclists from Haute-Savoie French female cyclists French sportspeople of Italian descent UCI Road World Champions (women) Cyclists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists for France Olympic gold medalists for France Olympic silver medalists for France Olympic bronze medalists for France Cross-country mountain bikers Olympic gold medalists in cycling Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics UCI Track Cycling World Champions (women) Summer World University Games medalists in cycling French track cyclists FISU World University Games silver medalists for France Medalists at the 1983 Summer Universiade Olympic silver medalists in cycling Olympic bronze medalists in cycling 20th-century French sportswomen 21st-century French sportswomen