Marie Patouillet
Marie Patouillet is a French cyclist who competes in C5 classification, physician, and LGBT+ activist.
Life
Patouillet was born in 1988. She spent a decade in the French army before leaving to be a General Practitioner in Paris. Patouillet is openly lesbian. She is a active3 LGBT+ activist in France.Career
Patouillet competed at the women's individual pursuit C5 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics, winning bronze. She also won the silver medal in the women's time trial at the 2019 UCI Para-cycling Track World ChampionshipsShe competed at the 2024 Paris Paralympics and she was the home favourite for the women’s C4-5 500m time trial final. In the end she took the silver medal to the Dutch cyclist Caroline Groot's gold. She beat the Tokyo silver medallist Kate O’Brien who came third.