Connie
Carpenter Phinney
Olympian 1972, 1984
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Athlete Bio#
Age
68
Hometown
Madison, WI
Education
Madison East High School (Madison, Wis.) University of California, Berkeley; University of Colorado
Personal
- Grew up near a flooded and frozen playground, where she would skate nearly every night in winter
- Finished seventh in the Olympic Winter Games Sapporo 1972 at just 14 years old
- Won the gold medal in road race at the Olympic Games Los Angeles 1984
- Earned a degree in physiology at the University of California, Berkeley, and a master’s degree in sports science from the University of Colorado
- Rowed for the UC Berkeley in the national collegiate championships, winning a title in the 1980 coxless fours
- Married professional cyclist Davis Phinney
- Mother to a daughter, Kelsey, who is a Nordic ski racer, and a son, Taylor, who is a professional road cyclist who has competed in the Olympic Games and the Tour de France several times
- Family is nicknamed “America’s First Family of Cycling"
- Co-founder of Davis Phinney Foundation for Parkinson's, a nonprofit that informs and provides care to those dealing with Parkinson's Disease
- Recipient of the 2024 Team USA Community Champions in partnership with Comcast award
Olympic Experience
- Two-time Olympian (1972, 1984); one-time Olympic medalist (1 gold)
- Olympic Games Sapporo 1972, 7th (1,500-meter)
- Olympic Games Los Angeles 1984, gold (road race)
Hall Of Fame Bio #
Connie Carpenter Phinney is an Olympic gold medalist in cycling and was the youngest American woman to compete at an Olympic Winter Games. Born in Madison, Wisconsin, Carpenter-Phinney excelled in speedskating from a young age, competing at the Olympics Winter Games Sapporo 1972 when she was merely 14 years old. Following a Speedskating injury in 1976, Carpenter-Phinney began training on a bike, and started competing in Cycling races that same year. In 1976, 1977 and 1979, she won national titles in road and track pursuit Cycling. She would go on to win an Olympic gold in the Cycling road race at the Los Angeles 1984 Games. Carpenter-Phinney was inducted into the Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame, as well as the U.S. BiCycling Hall of Fame.
2024 Team USA Community Champions in Partnership With Comcast Shoot#
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