Rayan Helal
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| Born | 21 January 1999 Saint-Martin-d'Hères, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 80 kg (176 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Track | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Rayan Helal (born 21 January 1999) is a French racing cyclist.[1] He has competed at two Olympic Games, in Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024. He won a bronze medal at the 2020 Games in men's team sprint.[2]
Career
[edit | edit source]He won gold in the sprint at the 2017 UEC European Track Championships in the junior category. At the 2017 UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships, he won gold in the men's sprint.
In 2018, he won three events, the sprint, keirin and the team sprint in the under 23 category at the 2018 UEC European Track Championships.[3] At the same event the following year, he did not defend his three titles, but managed to win medals in all three events again.[4] He made his senior major championship debut at the 2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.
After the postponement of the 2020 Olympic Games, he was selected to compete at his first Olympic Games.[5] He won bronze in the team sprint with Florian Grengbo and Sébastien Vigier.[6] This continued the French streak on medaling in this event at every Olympic Games since it was first held in 2000. He also competed in the individual sprint and the keirin, reaching the B-final in the latter.[7]
As a member of the French team sprint team, he won back-to-back medals 2021 UEC European Track Championships and the 2021 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.
See also
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External links
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