Florian Rousseau (born 3 February 1974) is a former French track cyclist who won three gold medals and one silver at the Summer Olympics (1996 and 2000).

He was popular among spectators for the facial expressions he pulled - many of them seeming to make his eyes bulge - to help him concentrate at the start of races.

[1] He showed early talent on the track and joined the national sports institute, INSEP, in western Paris in 1990.

[1] Florian Rousseau's win in the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, United States, started a golden period for French track cycling that lasted four years.

He resigned shortly after the 2013 Cycling World Championships in Minsk[2] Rousseau was appointed as the inaugural president of the UCI Athletes' Commission in 2011.