French cyclist
Georges Paillard
![]() Paillard in 1929 |
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| Born | (1904-02-12)12 February 1904
Sainte-Gemmes-d'Andigné, France |
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| Died | 22 April 1998(1998-04-22) (aged 94)
Angers, France |
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| Sport | Cycling |
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Georges Auguste Joseph Paillard (12 February 1904 – 22 April 1998) was a French cyclist.[1] He won two UCI Motor-paced World Championships in the professionals division in 1929 and 1932 and finished in second place in 1930.[2][3] Before turning professional in 1923 he competed in sprint at the 1920 Summer Olympics but failed to reach the finals.[4] As a road cyclist, he won the races of Paris-Dieppe and Rouen-Le Havre in 1923 and Critérium des As in 1937.[2]
On 29 March 1937 he set a world speed record at 137.404 kilometres (85.379 mi) per hour behind a motorcycle pacer on the Autodrome de Linas-Montlhéry. In 1949, he set the hour record at 96.48 kilometres (59.95 mi).[2]
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