Sébastien Vigier (born 18 April 1997) is a French
track cyclist
Track cycling is a bicycle racing sport usually held on specially built banked tracks or velodromes using purpose-designed track bicycles.
History
Track cycling has been around since at least 1870. When track cycling was in its infancy, it wa ...
, who competes in sprinting events. He competed at the
2016 UEC European Track Championships
The 2016 UEC European Track Championships was the seventh edition of the elite UEC European Track Championships in track cycling and took place at the Velodrome de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France, between 19 and 23 ...
in the
team sprint event.
He competed in the
sprint and
team sprint
The team sprint (also sometimes known as the Olympic sprint) is a track cycling event. Despite its name, it is not a conventional cycling sprint event – it is a three-rider team time trial held over three laps of a velodrome. The riders use a ...
events at the
2020 Summer Olympics
The officially the and officially branded as were an international multi-sport event that was held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some of the preliminary sporting events beginning on 21 July 2021. Tokyo ...
, winning bronze in the latter.
See also
*
List of European Championship medalists in men's sprint
References
External links
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1997 births
Living people
French male cyclists
French track cyclists
People from Palaiseau
Cyclists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Olympic cyclists for France
Olympic bronze medalists for France
Olympic medalists in cycling
Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Cyclists at the 2024 Summer Olympics
21st-century French sportsmen
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