Background
Her mother named her Félicia after the Italian Tour de France winner Felice Gimondi and her brother, Frédéric, after the Spanish winner, Federico Bahamontes).
Her mother named her Félicia after the Italian Tour de France winner Felice Gimondi and her brother, Frédéric, after the Spanish winner, Federico Bahamontes).
She is 1.68 metres (5 ft 6 in) tall and weighs 70 kilograms (150 lb). Félicia Ballanger is one of two children. Ballanger was at first both a cyclist and a handball player.
She came fourth in her first world championship and again the following year, 1992, at the Olympic Games in Barcelona.
She crashed the following year, breaking a collarbone and having her thigh pierced by a splinter from the velodrome. Her first world championship medal came the following season.
She took silver in the sprint. Her last international was the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney.
In 2001, she became vice-president of the Fédération Française de Cyclisme.
Personal life Ballanger is married, has two children and has lived in Nouméa since 1998. She is involved in politics there. She was a television commentator during the Olympic Games in Beijing in 2008.
Olympic Games World championship National championships World records.
01 ! 1996 1st sprint 01 ! 2000 1st sprint, 1st 500m 01 ! 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 1st sprint 01 ! 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 1st 500m 02 ! 1994 2nd sprint 1988 1st junior sprint Sprint: 1992, 1994.. Youth sprint: 1986 500m 35"811 3 July 1993 Hyères 500m 35"190 28 July1993 Bordeaux 500m 34"604 3 July 1994 Hyères 500m 34"474 22 July 1994 Colorado Springs 500m 34"017 29 September Bogota 500m 34"010 29 August1998 Bordeaux.
Foreign cycling she was a member of Vendée la Roche Cycliste.
