title: Sandie Clair
text: # Sandie Clair
  
  Sandie Clair (born 1 April 1988) is a French professional racing cyclist and bobsledder. She won her first title in 2005 in the national junior sprint championship. It qualified her for the European junior championship in Fiorenzuola, where she won the sprint and rode the keirin and 500m time trial. She came third in the junior world 500m championship a month later.
  
  She won two medals at the world junior championship in 2006, then at Ghent, won the world championship 500m and came third in the sprint. She rode World Cup meetings throughout 2007 and 2008 and won the team sprint with Clara Sanchez at Cali in 2008.
  
  She came third in the 500m world championship at Manchester in 2008. From 2007 to 2010, she won eight titles at the éspoir level in the European championships, including three in the team sprint with Virginie Cueff.
  
  In 2010, she won four medals, including three at the European éspoir championship in St Petersburg. In November, she won the sprint and team sprint championships at the élite European championship in Pruszków, riding the team sprint with Sanchez.
  
  She represented France at the 2012 Summer Olympics (in the women's team sprint) and the 2016 Summer Olympics (in the women's sprint and the team sprint.)
  
  ## Palmarès
  
  ### 2005
  
      1st Sprint, French National Track Championships, Juniors
      3rd European Championship, Track, Sprint, Juniors (F), Fiorenzuola
      3rd 500 m, UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Juniors
  
  ### 2006
  
      2nd 500 m, European Track Championships, Juniors, Athens
      3rd Keirin, European Track Championships, Juniors, Athens
      1st 500 m, UCI B Track Cycling World Championships, Juniors, Ghent
      3rd Sprint, UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Juniors, Ghent
      3rd Moscow, Team Sprint (RUS)
  
  ### 2007
  
      1st 500 m, European Track Championships, U23, Cottbus (GER)
      3rd Sydney, Team Sprint (AUS)
      2nd Beijing, Team Sprint (CHN)
  
  ### 2008
  
      2nd Los Angeles, Team Sprint (USA)
      UEC European U23 Track Championships
         1st 500m Time Trial
         1st Team Sprint (with Virginie Cueff)
         2nd Keirin
  
  ### 2009
  
      3rd 500m, 2009–2010 Track World Cup
      UEC European U23 Track Championships
         1st 500m Time Trial
         1st Team Sprint (with Virginie Cueff)
  
  ### 2010
  
      UEC European U23 Track Championships
         1st Keirin
         1st 500m Time Trial
         1st Team Sprint (with Virginie Cueff)
         3rd Sprint
  
  ### 2014
  
      Fenioux Piste International
         1st Sprint
         1st Team sprint (with Virginie Cueff)
         2nd Keirin
      Fenioux Trophy Piste
         1st Sprint
         1st 500m Time Trial
      GP von Deutschland im Sprint
         2nd Team Sprint (with Virginie Cueff)
         3rd Sprint
      South East Asian GP Track (1)
         3rd Keirin
         3rd Sprint
      3rd Sprint, South East Asian GP Track (2)
      South East Asian GP Track (3)
         3rd Keirin
         3rd Sprint
      Grand Prix de Vitesse de Saint-Denis
         3rd Keirin
         3rd Sprint
      3rd Team Sprint, Open des Nations sur Piste de Roubaix (with Virginie Cueff)
  
  ### 2015
  
      Grand Prix de Vitesse de Saint-Denis
         1st Keirin
         2nd Sprint
      2nd Keirin, Revolution - Round 1, Derby
      2nd Keirin, Trofeu CAR Anadia Portugal
  
  ### 2016
  
      2nd Sprint, Fenioux Piste International
  
  ### 2017
  
      Fenioux Piste International
         1st Keirin
         2nd Sprint
  