Laëtitia Le Corguillé (born 29 July 1986 in
Saint-Brieuc
Saint-Brieuc (, Breton language, Breton: ''Sant-Brieg'' , Gallo language, Gallo: ''Saent-Berioec'') is a city in the Côtes-d'Armor Departments of France, department in Brittany (administrative region), Brittany in northwestern France.
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) is a French
BMX racer and Olympic athlete who won the silver medal in BMX at the
2008 Beijing Olympic Games
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.
She began to cycle BMX bikes in 1991, following the example of her older brother Emeric Le Corguillé. In 2005, Le Courguillé joined the division of France BMX located in
Aix-en-Provence
Aix-en-Provence, or simply Aix, is a List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, city and Communes of France, commune in southern France, about north of Marseille. A former capital of Provence, it is the Subprefectures in France, s ...
to participate in an intensive training programme in advance of the 2008 Olympic Games. At the 2008 Games, the first time for BMX to be an Olympic sport, she took the silver medal behind her compatriot
Anne-Caroline Chausson and ahead of British woman
Shanaze Reade. At the 2012 Olympic Games, she finished fourth in the final.
Femmes BMX : Finale
''sur fr.london2012.com''
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1986 births
Living people
French BMX riders
French female cyclists
Olympic cyclists for France
Olympic silver medalists for France
Olympic silver medalists in cycling
Cyclists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Cyclists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
UCI BMX World Champions (elite women)
Rennes 2 University alumni
Cyclists from Côtes-d'Armor
21st-century French sportswomen
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