Connie Carpenter-Phinney

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Helen Constance "Connie" Carpenter-Phinney , b. Carpenter, (born February 26, 1957 in Madison , Wisconsin) is a former American cyclist , speed skater and rower .

Sports career

Connie Carpenter-Phinney was a versatile athlete: She began her athletic career as a speed skater. As such, she took part in the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo at the age of 15 and finished seventh in the 1500 m. In 1976 she became the American all-around champion, but could not take part in the Olympic Games because of an injury to her ankle. While studying at Berkeley University , she was on the college's rowing team that won the US championships.

Connie Carpenter-Phinney had already trained on her bike in the summer while she was a speed skater; after her injury, she turned to cycling. In 1976, 1977 and 1979 she became national champion in various disciplines on track and road. In total, she won twelve US championships as a cyclist.

At the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles , Connie Carpenter-Phinney won the gold medal in road racing, the first for women in Olympic history. She beat her compatriot Rebecca Twigg by inches by using the tiger leap that her husband had taught her. The race was also counted as a world championship. The Carpenter gold medal was the second Olympic medal for a US cyclist in 72 years; at the Olympic Games in Stockholm in 1912 , Carl Schutte had won the first, a bronze one. In total, Connie Carpenter-Phinney also won four medals at cycling world championships .

Honors

1990 Connie Carpenter-Phinney was in the United States Bicycling Hall of Fame added

Family and work

Connie Carpenter-Phinney now lives in Boulder , Colorado, and organizes bike camps. Her hobby is painting. She is married to cyclist Davis Phinney ; the couple wrote the book "Training for Cycling". Their son is the cyclist Taylor Phinney .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Connie Carpenter. In: bikecamp.com. Archived from the original on September 5, 2011 ; Retrieved January 19, 2016 .

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SURNAME Carpenter-Phinney, Connie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Carpenter-Phinney, Helen Constance
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American cyclist and speed skater
DATE OF BIRTH February 26, 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH Madison (Wisconsin)