Christophe Dupouey
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Born8 August 1968
Tarbes, France
Tarbes, France
Died4 February 2009 (aged 40)
Tarbes, France
Tarbes, France
DisciplineMountain bike
Road
Road
RoleRider
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| Born | 8 August 1968 Tarbes, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 4 February 2009 (aged 40) Tarbes, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Christophe Dupouey (8 August 1968 – 4 February 2009) was a French mountain biker. In 1996, he won the gold medal in the men's cross country section of the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup. In 1998, he won the gold medal in the same section of the UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships. Dupouey also competed in the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics, placing 4th in 1996.[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]
