Christophe Dupouey

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]

Christophe Dupouey

Dupouey in 2008
Personal information
Born	8 August 1968 Tarbes, France
Died	4 February 2009(2009-02-04) (aged 40) Tarbes, France
Team information
Discipline	Mountain bike Road
Role	Rider
Medal record Representing  France Men's mountain bike racing World Championships 1998 Mont Sainte-Anne Cross-country European Championships 1996 Bassano del Grappa Cross-country 1998 Aywaille Cross-country 1995 Špindlerův Mlýn Cross-country

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]