Michel Rousseau (5 February 1936 – 23 September 2016) was a French amateur

track cyclist Track cycling is a bicycle racing sport usually held on specially built banked tracks or velodromes using purpose-designed track bicycles. History Track cycling has been around since at least 1870. When track cycling was in its infancy, it wa ...

. He won gold medals in the individual sprint at the 1956 Summer Olympics and 1956–1958 world championships, finishing second in 1959 and 1961.Michel Rousseau
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Cassiel Rousseau Cassiel Rousseau (born 4 February 2001) is an Australian diver. He competed in the 2020 Summer Olympics in the men's 10 metre platform. Early life and career Rousseau is the grandson of French cyclist Michel Rousseau, who won gold in the m ...

is an Australian diver who competed at the

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in the Men's 10 metre platform.

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1936 births 2016 deaths French male cyclists Olympic cyclists of France Olympic gold medalists for France Cyclists at the 1956 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in cycling Cyclists from Paris Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics UCI Track Cycling World Champions (men) French track cyclists {{France-cycling-Olympic-medalist-stub