Jean-Louis Tournadre

What draws me to Jean-Louis Tournadre is the quiet drama of his 1982 title. He won the 250cc world championship by a single point despite scoring just one race victory to Anton Mang's five, becoming France's first FIM road racing world champion. To me that is the purest argument for consistency over flash: he simply kept finding the podium when it mattered. There is something deeply satisfying about a champion who beat a faster rival by refusing to crash, refusing to gamble, and refusing to go away. I have real respect for that kind of disciplined, attritional brilliance on two wheels.

Jean-Louis Tournadre (born 17 November 1958) is a French former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. Born in Clermont-Ferrand, he became France's first FIM road racing world champion when he clinched the 1982 250cc title aboard a Yamaha TZ250. Despite only having one victory to his rival Anton Mang's five victories, Tournadre amassed enough podium results to win the championship by one point.

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Name (English)

Jean-Louis Tournadre

Name (Japanese)

ジャン＝ルイ・トルナドール

Reading

じゃん＝るい・とるなどーる

Born

November 17, 1958 (age 67)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Dog

Origin

Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, France

Blood type

Private

Height

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Agency

Private

Occupation

motorcycle racer

Elementary school

Private

Junior high

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High school

Private

University

Private

Spouse

Private

Children

Private

Parents

Private

Siblings

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Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A3%E3%83%B3%EF%BC%9D%E3%83%AB%E3%82%A4%E3%83%BB%E3%83%88%E3%83%AB%E3%83%8A%E3%83%89%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB

Tags

• Puy-de-Dôme
• motorcycle racer

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.