Elsy Jacobs
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Full name | Elsy Jacobs | |||||||||||
Born | Garnich, Luxembourg | 5 March 1933|||||||||||
Died | 27 February 1998 Guémené-sur-Scorff, France | (aged 64)|||||||||||
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Discipline | Road | |||||||||||
Role | Rider | |||||||||||
Rider type | Endurance | |||||||||||
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World Champion National Champion x15 | ||||||||||||
Medal record
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Elsy Jacobs (4 March 1933 – 27 February 1998)Vigorelli velodrome in Milan; the record stood for 14 years.
Biography
Born in Garnich, Luxembourg, Elsy Jacobs was one of many children; three of her brothers were also racing cyclists, Roger, Raymond and Edmond Jacobs (who competed in the Tour de France).
Both a sports centre and hall were named in her honour. The Grand Prix Elsy Jacobs was established and is based in her home town of Garnich. Since 2008, ten years after her death, the race has appeared on the UCI women's elite cycle racing calendar.
Palmàres
- 1957
- 2nd Circuit Lyonnais-Auvergne
- 1958
- Hour record – 41,347 km
- 1st UCI Road World Championships
- 1959
- 2nd Pursuit, UCI Track Cycling World Championships
- 1st Luxembourg National Road Race Championships
- 1960
- 1st Luxembourg National Road Race Championships
- 1961
- 1st Luxembourg National Road Race Championships
- 3rd UCI Road World Championships
- 1962
- 1st Luxembourg National Road Race Championships
- 1963
- 1st Luxembourg National Road Race Championships
- 1964
- 1st Luxembourg National Road Race Championships
- 1965
- 1st Luxembourg National Road Race Championships
- 1966
- 1st Luxembourg National Road Race Championships
- 4th UCI Road World Championships
- 1967
- 1st Luxembourg National Road Race Championships
- 1968
- 1st Luxembourg National Road Race Championships
- 4th UCI Road World Championships
- 1970
- 1st Luxembourg National Road Race Championships
- 1971
- 1st Luxembourg National Road Race Championships
- 1972
- 1st Luxembourg National Road Race Championships
- 1973
- 1st Luxembourg National Road Race Championships
- 1974
- 1st Luxembourg National Road Race Championships
References
- ^ "Elsy Jacobs". procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
- Elsy Jacobs at Cycling Archives
- Grand Prix Elsy Jacobs