Catherine Marsal

{{short description|French racing cyclist}}

{{use dmy dates|date=July 2016}}

{{Infobox cyclist

| name = Catherine Marsal

| image =

| caption =

| fullname = Catherine Marsal

| nickname =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1971|1|20|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Metz, France

| height = 1.68 m

| weight = 53 kg

| currentteam = {{UCI team code|CTL}}

| discipline = Road

| role = {{ubl|Rider (retired)|Directeur sportif}}

| ridertype =

| amateuryears1 =

| amateurteam1 =

| proyears1 = 1994

| proteam1 = SLV–Winora

| proyears2 = 1998

| proteam2 = Mimosa

| proyears3 = 1999–2000

| proteam3 = Edil Savino

| proyears4 = 2001

| proteam4 = Intersport

| proyears5 = 2002

| proteam5 = Saturn

| proyears6 = 2003

| proteam6 = Team Rona Esker

| proyears7 = 2004

| proteam7 = Nobili Rubinetterie–Guerciotti

| manageyears1 = 2005

| manageteam1 = Team SATS Cycling

| manageyears2 = 2006

| manageteam2 = Nobili Rubinetterie–Menikini Cogeas

| manageyears3 = 2010–2014

| manageteam3 = Maersk Fitness–Previa Sundhed

| manageyears4 = 2015–2019

| manageteam4 = Danish Cycling

| manageyears5 = 2019

| manageteam5 = {{UCI team code|CBT|2019}}

| manageyears6 = 2020–

| manageteam6 = {{UCI team code|CTL|2020}}

| majorwins = UCI Individual Road Race (1990)
Giro d'Italia Femminile (1990)

| medaltemplates =

}}

Catherine Marsal (born 20 January 1971) is a French former racing cyclist. She has been World Champion four times and raced professionally around the world. At the age of 17 she was selected for the French Olympic Team for the first time. Since then, she represented her native country at four Summer Olympics: 1988, 1992, 1996, and 2000.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/catherine-marsal-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417194543/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/catherine-marsal-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Catherine Marsal Olympic Results |access-date=10 July 2016}}

Marsal retired from cycling in 2005 when she was recruited by Team SATS Cycling to become sports director for the Danish team. The team became number one on the UCI ranking. In April 2015 Marsal was hired by the Danish Cycling Union to be the national coach of the Danish female cycling team.

Marsal currently works as a directeur sportif for UCI Women's Continental Team {{UCI team code|CTL}}.{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/14167/2003425/258|title=Ciclotel|work=UCI.org|publisher=Union Cycliste Internationale|access-date=22 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200122203100/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/14167/2003425/258|archive-date=22 January 2020}}