13 Facts About Connie Carpenter-Phinney

Connie Carpenter-Phinney was born on February 26,1957 and is an American retired racing cyclist and speed skater who won four medals in World Cycling Championship competitions in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

Connie Carpenter-Phinney was a three-time overall winner of the Coors International Bicycle Classic.

Connie Carpenter-Phinney won the gold medal in the cycling road race at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, as well as twelve US national championships.

Connie Carpenter-Phinney remains the youngest American woman to compete at the Winter Olympics.

Connie Carpenter-Phinney was fourteen years old at the time, making her the youngest American female Winter Olympian.

Connie Carpenter-Phinney was a member of Cal's varsity for two seasons.

Connie Carpenter-Phinney added a pair of national criterium championships to her resume before winning the Olympic gold medal in 1984.

Connie Carpenter-Phinney won the race in a sprint over fellow American Rebecca Twigg and European competitors Jeannie Longo and Maria Canins.

Connie Carpenter-Phinney was a three-time overall winner of what was at that time America's premier stage race, the Coors International Bicycle Classic, winning her last overall victory there in 1982.

Connie Carpenter-Phinney was elected to the Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame in 2001 and is a member of both the US Bicycling Hall of Fame and the US Olympic Hall of Fame.

Connie Carpenter-Phinney was inducted into the Boulder Sports Hall of Fame in 2011.

Connie Carpenter-Phinney is married to fellow Olympic medalist and retired professional cyclist Davis Phinney, with whom she has two children, Taylor and Kelsey.

Connie Carpenter-Phinney was a professional cyclist and competed in world-class races such as Paris-Roubaix, Milan-San Remo, and the Tour of California prior to his retirement in 2019.