Chantal Daucourt (born 23 June 1966) is a

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professional

cross-country mountain biker Cross-country (XC) cycling is a discipline of mountain biking. Cross-country cycling became an Olympic sport in 1996 and is the only form of mountain biking practiced at the Olympics. Terrain Cross-country cycling is defined by the terrain on wh ...

of the 1990s and 2000s (decade) as well as a competition

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. Daucourt was born in

Biel/Bienne Biel/Bienne (official bilingual wording; , ) is a List of towns in Switzerland, town and a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the Biel/Bienne (administrative district), Biel/Bienne administrative district in the canton of Bern in Swi ...

and grew up in

Courroux Courroux (french: Courroux, ; fc, Corrou) is a municipality in the district of Delémont in the canton of Jura in Switzerland. History Courroux is first mentioned in 1146 under its German name as '' Lütoltesdorf''. The French name was first ...

. She works as a registered nurse at the

University Hospital of Lausanne The Lausanne University Hospital (french: Centre hospitalier universitaire vaudois, CHUV), in Lausanne, is one of the five university hospitals in Switzerland. The Lausanne University Hospital is linked to the Faculty of Biology and Medicine of ...

Selected results

Mountain biking

* 1991: ** 1st, European Mountain Bike cross-country Championships ** 2nd,

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, Netherlands ** 3rd,

Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constitue ...

, Germany * 1992: ** 3rd, European Mountain Bike cross-country Championships ** 3rd,

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, cross-country ** 1st, Hunter Mountain, United States ** 1st,

Mount Snow Mount Snow (previously known as Mount Pisgah) is a mountain and ski resort in southern Vermont located in the Green Mountains. It is Vermont's southernmost big mountain, and therefore, closest to many Northeast metropolitan areas. In Septemb ...

, United States ** 2nd,

Kirchzarten Kirchzarten is a town in the district of Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald in the federal-state of Baden-Württemberg in southwestern Germany. A Zionist agricultural training farm was founded in Kirchzarten in 1919 to prepare young people to become farme ...

, Germany ** 3rd,

Klosters Klosters is a Switzerland, Swiss village in the Prättigau, politically part of the Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality of Klosters-Serneus, which belongs to the political district Prättigau/Davos Region, Prättigau/Davos in the Cantons o ...

, Switzerland * 1993: ** 1st, European Mountain Bike cross-country Championships ** 1st, "Rund Um die

Rigi The Rigi (or ''Mount Rigi''; also known as ''Queen of the Mountains'') is a mountain massif of the Alps, located in Central Switzerland. The whole massif is almost entirely surrounded by the water of three different bodies of water: Lake Lucerne ...

" (''around the Rigi''),

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, Switzerland ** 3rd,

Bassano del Grappa Bassano del Grappa ( vec, Basan or ''Bassan'', ) is a city and ''comune'', in the Vicenza province, in the region of Veneto, in northern Italy. It bounds the communes of Cassola, Marostica, Solagna, Pove del Grappa, Romano d'Ezzelino, Campolongo ...

, Italy ** 3rd, Mount Snow, United States * 1994: ** 2nd, Swiss Cyclo-cross Championship, Switzerland ** 3rd,

Lenzerheide Lenzerheide ( Romansh: ''Lai'') is a mountain resort in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland at the foot of the Parpaner Rothorn. The village lies in the municipality Vaz/Obervaz in the district of Albula, sub-district Alvaschein. The vil ...

Switzerland ** 3rd, Mount Snow, United States * 1995: ** 3rd, UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships – Women's cross-country ** 3rd, European Mountain Bike cross-country Championships ** 2nd, Swiss Cyclo-cross Championship, Switzerland ** 3rd,

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, Spain * 1996: ** 3rd, Swiss Cyclo-cross Championship, Switzerland ** 3rd,

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, United States ** 3rd,

Kristiansand Kristiansand is a seaside resort city and municipality in Agder county, Norway. The city is the fifth-largest and the municipality the sixth-largest in Norway, with a population of around 112,000 as of January 2020, following the incorporation ...

, Norway * 1997 ** 1st, European Mountain Bike cross-country Championships ** 1st, Swiss Cyclo-cross Championship, Switzerland ** 3rd,

, cross-country ** 2nd,

Mont-Sainte-Anne Mont-Sainte-Anne is a ski resort in eastern Canada, located in the town of Beaupré, Quebec, about northeast of Quebec City. The mountain is part of the Laurentian mountain chain and has a summit elevation of above sea level with a vertical dr ...

, Canada ** 3rd,

Sankt Wendel Sankt Wendel is a town in northeastern Saarland. It is situated on the river Blies 36 km northeast of Saarbrücken, the capital of Saarland, and is named after Saint Wendelin of Trier. According to a survey by the German Association for Hou ...

, Germany * 1998: ** 1st, Swiss Cyclo-cross Championship, Switzerland ** 1st,

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circuit, Switzerland ** 1st,

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, Hungary ** 2nd, Canmore, Australia * 1999: ** 2nd, Swiss Cyclo-cross Championship, Switzerland ** 41st,

UCI Road World Championships – Women's road race The UCI Road World Championships Elite Women's Road Race is a one-day event for professional cyclists that takes place annually. The winner is considered the ''World Cycling Champion'' (or ''World Road Cycling Champion'') and earns the right to wea ...

** 1st,

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cyclo-cross, Switzerland * 2000: ** 11th,

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Women's cross-country mountain biking, Sydney, Australia ** 10th, UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships – Women's elite ** 1st,

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** 2nd, Swiss Cyclo-cross Championship, Switzerland

Ski mountaineering

* 2004: ** 1st, Patrouille de la Maya A-course, together with

Véronique Ançay Véronique Ançay-Carron, née ''Ançay'' (born 1970), from Fully is a Swiss ski mountaineer. She also takes part in mountain bike and ultramarathon competitions. Selected results * 2000: ** 1st, Patrouille de la Maya A-course, together with ...

and Mary-Jérôme Vaudan * 2012: ** 3rd,

Trophée des Gastlosen The Trophée des Gastlosen ("trophy of the Gastlosen") is a Swiss competition of ski mountaineering, which is carried out annually in the Gastlosen, near Jaun, since 1993. The history of the Trophée des Gastlosen goes back to 1987, when Erha ...

, together with

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Patrouille des Glaciers

* 2004: 3rd, together with Véronique Ançay and Mary-Jérôme Vaudan * 2008: 6th, together with

Andréa Zimmermann Andréa Ursina Zimmermann (born 18 August 1976) from Monthey is a female Swiss ski mountaineer and mountain runner. Zimmermann was born in Biel/Bienne. She competed first in the 2000 Trophée du Muveran race and has been member of the national t ...

and Sabine Gentieu * 2010: 5th, together with Sabine Gentieu and

Simone Hammer Simone may refer to: * Simone (given name), a feminine (or Italian masculine) given name of Hebrew origin * Simone (surname), an Italian surname Simone may also refer to: * ''Simone'' (1918 film), a French silent drama film * ''Simone'' (1926 fi ...

Trofeo Mezzalama

* 2009: 10th, together with Lyndsay Meyer and Cécile Pasche * 2011: 7th, together with Simone Hammer and Sabine Gentieu''2011 Trofeo Mezzalama - women results''
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References

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