Marie-Claude Molnar
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| Born | 2 October 1983 Greenfield Park, Quebec, Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Paralympic cycling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Marie-Claude Molnar, PLY (born October 2, 1983) is a C4 Canadian retired road and track cyclist. She won Canada's first medal in cycling at the 2012 London Paralympic Games.[1]
Accident
[edit | edit source]In July 2005, Molnar was involved in a serious road accident. She was hit by a car on the outskirts of Saint-Bernard-De-Lacolle, the car was driving at an excessive speed, Molnar hit the car's windshield which resulted in life-changing injuries: she had a fractured skull, serious brain injury, twenty fractures in one of her legs and serious injuries to her arms. A motorist, an off-duty paramedic helped her at the scene to stop bleeding. Molnar spent three weeks in hospital to recover fully from her injuries, she returned to cycling in September of that year. [2][3]
References
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External links
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- https://mariecmlnar.com
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- Living people
- 1983 births
- Canadian female cyclists
- Cyclists from Quebec
- Sportswomen from Quebec
- Cyclists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
- Cyclists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic bronze medalists for Canada
- Sportspeople from Longueuil
- Paralympic medalists in cycling
- Paralympic cyclists for Canada
- Medalists at the 2011 Parapan American Games
- Medalists at the 2019 Parapan American Games
- 21st-century Canadian sportswomen
- Parapan American Games competitors for Canada
- Sportspeople at the 2019 Parapan American Games
- Parapan American Games silver medalists for Canada
- Parapan American Games medalists in cycling
- Canadian cycling biography stubs
- Canadian Paralympic medalist stubs