Connie Carpenter-Phinney 3359732 169132223 2007-11-04T11:06:10Z Darius Dhlomo 564742 {{MedalTableTop}} {{MedalSport | Women's [[Road bicycle racing]]}} {{MedalCountry| the {{USA}} }} {{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}} {{MedalGold| [[1984 Summer Olympics|Los Angeles 1984]] | [[Cycling at the 1984 Summer Olympics|Individual Road Race]]}} {{MedalBottom}} '''Connie Carpenter-Phinney''' (born [[February 26]], [[1957]] in [[Madison, Wisconsin]]) is an [[United States|American]] former [[racing cyclist]] and [[speed skater]] who won four medals in World Cycling Championship competitions (both road and track cycling) in the late 1970s and early 1980s. She also won the Gold medal in the cycling road race at the [[1984 Summer Olympics]] in [[Los Angeles]], as well as twelve U.S. national championships. Before turning to cycling, Carpenter was a [[speed skater]], one of many athletes who excelled in both sports. As a speed skater, she competed in the [[1972 Winter Olympics]] where she finished 7th in the 1500m. In 1976, she won the U.S. national overall outdoor title, but an injury prevented her competing in the Olympics that year. Carpenter had trained on a bicycle during the off-season and, after the ankle injury in 1976 she began racing on the bike. In 1976, 1977, and 1979, she won the U.S. national road and track pursuit championships. Later, she added a pair of national criterium championships to her resume before winning the Olympic Gold medal in 1984. In winning the gold, she threw her bike towards the finish line, a controversial move that gave her a slight edge in beating [[Rebecca Twigg]] at the finish line.<ref name=fatlady>{{cite book | last=Peretz | first = Howard G. | title = It Ain't Over 'Till The Fat Lady Sings: The 100 Greatest Sports Finishes of All Time | publisher = Barnes and Nobles Books | location = New York | date = 1999 | pages =pp 162&ndash;163 | isbn=0-76071-7079}}</ref> Carpenter-Phinney is married to [[Davis Phinney]], with whom she has two children, [[Taylor Phinney|Taylor]] and Kelsey. She is a member of both the [[United States Bicycling Hall of Fame|U.S. Bicyling Hall of Fame]] and the [[U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame]]. ==Education== * BA Physical Education, [[University of California, Berkeley]], 1981 <br> ==References== {{reflist}} {{Footer olympic champions road cycling women}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Carpenter-Phinney, Connie}} [[Category:1957 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:People from Madison, Wisconsin]] [[Category:University of California, Berkeley alumni]] [[Category:American cyclists]] [[Category:American cycling road race champions]] [[Category:Cyclists at the 1984 Summer Olympics]] [[Category:Olympic cyclists of the United States]] [[Category:Olympic gold medalists for the United States]] [[Category:Women's cycle racing]] [[Category:Bicycling Hall of Fame]] {{US-cycling-bio-stub}} [[sl:Connie Carpenter-Phinney]]