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Felicia Ballanger, France
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Eric Risberg/AP
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2000 Sydney Olympics track cycling competition |
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La Londe-les-Maures, France |
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28
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Ballanger is the first woman to claim five straight world titles in the sprint and the 500-meter time trial. She currently holds the world record in the 500-meter time trial. In 1998, she was named VeloNews' Track Racer of the Year, an award to a male or female.
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| Accomplishments: |
| 1999 | World Championships, 1st 500-meter and sprint |
| 1998 | World Championships, 1st 500-meter and sprint |
| 1997 | World Championships, 1st 500-meter and sprint |
| 1996 | Summer Olympics, 1st sprint |
| 1996 | World Championships, 1st 500-meter, sprint |
| 1995 | World Championships, 1st 500-meter and sprint |
| 1994 | World Championships, 2nd sprint |
| 1992 | Summer Olympics, 4th sprint |
| 1991 | World Championships, 4th sprint |
| 1990 | World Championships, 4th sprint |
| Did you know: |
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Ballanger's first sport was team handball, which she played until she was 12. She switched to bike racing after watching several of her brother's cycling workouts at a local velodrome.
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Previously, Ballanger had stated that she would race through the Olympic Games and then leave racing to start a family with her husband and fellow sprinter, Benoit Vetu.
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