Arnaud Geyre (21 April 1935 – 20 February 2018) was a

racing cyclist Cycle sport is Competition, competitive physical activity using bicycles. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, track cycling, BMX, and cycle speedway. Non-racing ...

from France who represented his native country at the

1956 Summer Olympics The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, from 22 November to 8 December 1956, with the exception of the equestrian events, whi ...

Melbourne, Australia Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a metropol ...

. There he won the gold medal in the men's team road race, alongside Michel Vermeulin and Maurice Moucheraud, and the silver in the men's individual road race. Geyre was a professional from 1958 to 1963.

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* 1935 births 2018 deaths French male cyclists Cyclists at the 1956 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists of France Olympic gold medalists for France Olympic silver medalists for France Sportspeople from Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques Olympic medalists in cycling Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics Cyclists from Nouvelle-Aquitaine {{France-cycling-Olympic-medalist-stub