Anne-Caroline Chausson

Anne-Caroline Chausson is a French cyclist, born in Dijon on 8 October 1977, who raced across several off-road disciplines, among them downhill, four-cross and dual mountain bike racing, bicycle enduro and BMX. She built her reputation in mountain biking, collecting thirteen senior world championship rainbow jerseys, fourteen European championships and five consecutive Mountain Bike World Cup downhill series between 1998 and 2002, and she was nominated for the 2003 Laureus World Sports Awards Alternative Sportsperson of the Year. Her international career began when she won the junior downhill world title in 1993. In 2007 she returned to BMX racing in pursuit of an Olympic medal, and at the 2008 Beijing Games she won the gold medal in the inaugural women's BMX event, which made her the first Olympic gold medallist in the sport.