Christophe Dupouey

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Christophe Dupouey
Dupouey in 2008
Personal information
Born8 August 1968
Tarbes, France
Died4 February 2009(2009-02-04) (aged 40)
Tarbes, France
Team information
DisciplineMountain bike
Road
RoleRider
Medal record
Representing  France
Men's mountain bike racing
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1998 Mont Sainte-Anne Cross-country
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 1996 Bassano del Grappa Cross-country
Gold medal – first place 1998 Aywaille Cross-country
Bronze medal – third place 1995 Špindlerův Mlýn Cross-country

Christophe Dupouey (8 August 1968 – 4 February 2009) was a French

UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships. Dupouey also competed in the 1996 and 2000 Olympic Games, placing 4th in Atlanta.[1]

In 2006 he was given a suspended three-month prison sentence for participating in a trafficking network for "pot belge", a mix of cocaine, caffeine, pain killers, sometimes amphetamines and heroin.[2]

Dupouey committed suicide on 4 February 2009 at the age of 40.[3]

References

  1. ^ Christophe Dupouey bio at sports-reference.com
  2. ^ "Christophe Dupouey Commits Suicide - BikeRadar". Archived from the original on 2009-02-09. Retrieved 2011-02-12.
  3. ^ Mountain bike 1998 World Champion Dupouey commits suicide Archived 2009-03-15 at the Wayback Machine