Geneviève Robic Brunet (born 13 April 1959) is a retired road racing cyclist from Canada. Genny was twice National Road Champion in 1984 and 1987, and twice National Criterium Champion those same years. She represented Canada at two consecutive

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, starting in

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. Training in New Mexico and then Colorado, Genny Brunet, resident of

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, ended up in 22nd place (Los Angeles Olympics 1984) and 4th place (Seoul Olympics 1988) in the Women's Individual Road Race. Her early retirement from cycling followed a training accident from which she could not fully recover.

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1959 births Living people Canadian female cyclists Cyclists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists for Canada Cyclists from Montreal People from Pierrefonds-Roxboro 20th-century Canadian sportswomen {{Canada-cycling-bio-stub