Connie Carpenter-Phinney (born February 26, 1957) is an American retired 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 was a three-time overall winner of the Coors International Bicycle Classic.

2023年10月9日 · Following the 1972 Winter Olympics, Carpenter-Phinney went on to win the 1976 US National Championships in speed skating, but an ankle injury put an end to her time as a speed skater —and made...

2024年8月5日 · Connie Carpenter-Phinney finally has some company as an Olympic road race champion. The first and last American woman to win the most important race in the cycling program at the Summer Games watched Sunday as Kristen Faulkner triumphed on …

2023年5月31日 · Connie Carpenter-Phinney was the first woman to win gold in the Olympic road race. She was one of the youngest Olympic speedskaters in American history; she rowed varsity crew races...

Connie won the first woman’s cycling event in Olympic history. Influenced by Halverson, Connie attended University of California, Berkeley, obtaining a degree in physiology and the University of Colorado, earning a master’s degree in sports science.

2020年7月29日 · Connie Carpenter Phinney won 12 U.S. cycling championships, more than any cyclist in history at that time. She also won four medals at the cycling world championships in both the pursuit and road race.

Born Connie Carpenter in Madison, Wisconsin, on February 26, 1957; married Davis Phinney (a professional cyclist). Winner of the first Olympic gold medal for the U.S. in cycling in the Los Angeles Olympics (1984), the first cycling medal for the U.S. since 1912.

On the first day of the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, Connie Carpenter Phinney became the first winner of the first ever women’s Olympic cycling road race. It would be her last race, and the last of many championships.

Connie Carpenter-Phinney holds the distinction as the first women cyclist to win an Olympic gold medal, which she did in winning the 1984 road race, the first Olympic cycling event for women.

Connie Carpenter Phinney, MS. Co-Founder. Connie is an entrepreneur, author, artist, life-long athlete and is extremely passionate about her work as a Board member of the Davis Phinney Foundation. Connie particularly enjoys sharing her experiences via the written word and she is an eloquent and humorous public speaker.