French cyclist

Anne-Caroline Chausson

Anne-Caroline Chausson is a French professional cyclist who competes in bicycle enduro, bicycle motocross (BMX), downhill time trial and cross-country mass start, dual, and four-cross mountain bicycle racing. She is best known for having won thirteen Union Cycliste Internationale senior mountain bike world championship rainbow jerseys, fourteen European mountain bike championships, and five consecutive Mountain Bike World Cup downhill series (1998–2002). She was nominated for the 2003 Laureus World Sports Awards Alternative Sportsperson of the Year. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Chausson competed for France in the inaugural women's BMX event, winning the gold medal.

Born

1977

October 8

Died

Living

Era

1970s

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Anne-Caroline, in brief

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1977 Born

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316 Constantine I defeats Licinius, who loses his European territories.
451 The first session of the Council of Chalcedon begins.
876 Frankish forces led by Louis the Younger prevent a West Frankish invasion and defeat emperor Charles II ("the Bald").
1075 Dmitar Zvonimir is crowned King of Croatia.

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The world in 1977

When Anne-Caroline arrived

april 11 London Transport's Silver Jubilee AEC Routemaster buses are launched.
april 21 Annie opens on Broadway.
april 22 Optical fiber is first used to carry live telephone traffic.
april 28 The Red Army Faction trial ends, with Andreas Baader, Gudrun Ensslin and Jan-Carl Raspe found guilty of four counts of murder and more than 30 counts of attempted murder.

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