André Gruchet (17 April 1933 – 3 May 2015) was a French track

cyclist Cycling, also, when on a two-wheeled bicycle, called bicycling or biking, is the use of cycles for transport, recreation, exercise or sport. People engaged in cycling are referred to as "cyclists", "bicyclists", or "bikers". Apart from two ...

who won a bronze medal in the sprint at the 1959 World Championships.André Gruchet
cyclingarchives.com He also competed in the

tandem Tandem, or in tandem, is an arrangement in which a team of machines, animals or people are lined up one behind another, all facing in the same direction. The original use of the term in English was in ''tandem harness'', which is used for two ...

event 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 ...

and the sprint event at the

1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad ( it, Giochi della XVII Olimpiade) and commonly known as Rome 1960 ( it, Roma 1960), were an international multi-sport event held ...

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* 1933 births 2015 deaths French male cyclists Olympic cyclists for France Cyclists at the 1956 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 1960 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Épinay-sur-Seine Cyclists from Île-de-France {{France-cycling-bio-1930s-stub