INTRODUCTION
With 30 Years of Cycling Experience and Dedication,
Former World Champion and Olympic Medalist Marion Clignet,
Technological Co-founder of Jelenew Strives to Create Cycling Apparel Truly Made for Women
INTRODUCTION
With 30 Years of Cycling Experience and Dedication,
Former World Champion and Olympic Medalist Marion Clignet,
Technological Co-founder of Jelenew Strives to Create Cycling Apparel Truly Made for Women
CYCLING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
CYCLING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
Six Gold Medals
Two Olympic Silver Medals
Six Gold Medals
Two Olympic Silver Medals
AN UNEXPECTED INITIATION INTO CYCLING
"When I was 22, I woke up on the floor of a store, surrounded by people asking me my name and where I lived. I knew the answers, but I couldn't tell them." This seizure and the following diagnosis of epilepsy cost Marion Clignet her driver's license, and she started commuting by bicycle. Thus began the champion's journey of an epilepsy patient.
AN UNEXPECTED INITIATION INTO CYCLING
"When I was 22, I woke up on the floor of a store, surrounded by people asking me my name and where I lived. I knew the answers, but I couldn't tell them." This seizure and the following diagnosis of epilepsy cost Marion Clignet her driver's license, and she started commuting by bicycle. Thus began the champion's journey of an epilepsy patient.
Since 1990, she has placed first in six world championship and won two silver medals at the Olympics representing France. She also broke the world record at the time in 1996 and won the French national championship many times including individual pursuit and road races.
Despite the stigma and challenges she faces as an epilepsy patient, Marion achieved more than 350 victories in her career, including stage wins and winning jerseys in the women's Tour de France and the Giro Women's Tour.
Besides cycling, Clignet was also an accomplished mountain runner, winning the French long-distance running and cycling duathlon championship and six middle-distance triathlons. She competed against men in Brittany multiple times, winning many supporters and bringing more public attention to women's cycling.
After retiring from competitive cycling, she continued to invest in cycling education and the rights of female cyclists, dedicated to advancing women's cycling. Her charity ride “La Marion Clignet” has brought together cyclists of all level to raise fund and awareness for children affected with epilepsy.
Throughout her 30-year cycling career, she overcame the hardships of training and the unfair treatment of women in the competition but never found cycling apparel truly designed for women, fitting their anatomical structure, physiological needs, and aesthetic demands.
LAUNCHING JELENEW
LAUNCHING JELENEW
SPRINTERS
JERSEY LAB
After joining Jelenew, Clignet co-founded "Sprinters Jersey Lab" with the Jelenew design team—a lab that could lead a revolution in sports apparel, with Sprinters Jersey holding special significance for Clignet, as it was the jersey she won in the longest women's stage race in Idaho.
