Kimberly spirit
Kimberly Geist (2018) | |
To person | |
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Nickname | Kim |
Date of birth | April 29, 1987 |
nation | United States |
discipline | Railway (endurance) / road |
End of career | 2019 |
Most important successes | |
Last updated: November 9, 2019 |
Kimberly "Kim" Geist (born April 29, 1987 in Allentown ) is a former American cyclist.
Athletic career
Kimberly Geist grew up in Emmaus , Pennsylvania , near Trexlertown , where the Valley Preferred Cycling Center is located. Like many other children from the area, she started racing on the local cycle track at an early age . In 2004 and 2005 she won the bronze medal in the single pursuit at the junior track world championships . In 2005 she finished fifth in the road race of the juniors at the road world championships .
In 2007 Geist was involved in a serious accident with a semi-trailer during a training drive on the road : She broke six ribs , several vertebrae , the sacrum and the pelvis ; her lungs partially collapsed. During her recovery, she was temporarily dependent on a walker .
After Kim Geist recovered the following year, she turned her focus to track cycling and in 2008 became a national champion in the singles pursuit. She also completed a degree in nutritional science and founded her own coaching company. In 2011, 2014 and 2016 she won three more national titles. In total, she won 23 national titles in the course of her sporting career.
From 2015, Geist was also internationally successful: In the points run, she won bronze at the UCI Track World Championships in 2015 and silver at the Pan-American championships. At the 2017 Track Cycling World Cup in Los Angeles , she won the team pursuit together with Kelly Catlin , Chloé Dygert and Jennifer Valente . A few weeks later she became world champion in team pursuit with the same drivers in Hong Kong ; In 2018 , the American women's foursome with Valente, Dygert, Catlin and Geist repeated this success.
In November 2019, Kim Geist retired from competitive cycling after 23 years.
successes
- 2004
- 2005
- 2008
- 2011
- 2014
- Pan American Champion - Team Pursuit (with Jennifer Valente , Elisabeth Newell and Amber Gaffney )
- American Champion - Single Pursuit
- 2015
- World Championship - points race
- Pan American Championship - points race
- 2016
- American Champion - two-man team driving (with Kimberly Zubris )
- 2017
- World Champion - Team Pursuit (with Kelly Catlin , Chloé Dygert and Jennifer Valente )
- Track Cycling World Cup in Los Angeles - Team Pursuit (with Kelly Catlin , Chloé Dygert and Jennifer Valente )
- Pan American Championship - two-man team driving (with Kimberly Zubris )
- 2018
- World Champion - Team Pursuit (with Chloé Dygert , Kelly Catlin and Jennifer Valente )
- World Cup in Minsk - team pursuit (with Kelly Catlin , Chloé Dygert and Jennifer Valente )
- Pan American Champion - Team Pursuit (with Jennifer Valente , Kelly Catlin and Christina Birch )
- Pan American Championship - two-man team driving (with Jennifer Valente )
- 2019
- Pan America game winner - two-man team driving (with Christina Birch ), team pursuit (with Chloé Dygert , Lily Williams and Christina Birch)
Web links
- Kimberly Geist in the Radsportseiten.net database
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Kirsten Frattini: Geist's bronze medal at Worlds caps eight-year recovery from near-fatal accident. Cyclingnews, February 24, 2015, accessed April 15, 2017 .
- ↑ a b American Kim Geist retires from world-class track racing. Cyclingnews, accessed on November 9, 2019 .
- ↑ Guillermo Rojas: USA Cycling National Team rider, Kimberly Geist retires from world-class track racing. USA Cycling, November 7, 2019, accessed November 9, 2019 .
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Spirit, Kimberly |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Spirit, Kim (short name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American cyclist |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 29, 1987 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Allentown |