Karen Dunne
 Gold Medalist at1999 Pan American Games | |||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Karen Dunne | ||||||||||||||
| Born | December 30, 1967(age56) Detroit, Michigan,U.S. | ||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Retired | ||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road, Track | ||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||
| Rider type | Field Sprinter, Points Racer | ||||||||||||||
| Major wins | |||||||||||||||
 Pan American Games (1999) | |||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Karen Dunne(born December 30, 1967, inDetroit, Michigan) is a retired female professional cyclist from theUnited States.[1]She is best known for winning the gold medal at the women's individual road race at the1999 Pan American GamesinWinnipeg,Manitoba, Canada. She also won 11 U.S. National Championships: 3 Elite (Points race,Criterium,Kilometer Time Trial), 3 Collegiate (Criterium,500 Meter Time Trial, Track Omnium), and 5 Mixed Tandem (Pursuit, 2 x Kilometer Time Trial, 2 x Match Sprints). Her cycling career began while attendingIndiana UniversityinBloomingtonwhere she won the 1991Women's Little 500.
Career highlights[edit]
2000
- GP Feminin International du Quebec: First, second, and third place stage finishes[2]
- GP Feminin International du Quebec: Most aggressive rider award
- USA Cycling's (USAC) Olympic Long Team, Road
- Selected to receive one of 100 Olympic Edition Commemorative vehicles through the UAW-GMThe Team Behind The Teamprogram in conjunction with the Sydney Olympic Games.
- Wendy's International Stage Race: Overall winner and two stage wins
- Sea Otter Classic:Stage winner, road race
- Redlands Bicycle Classic:Sprint jersey winner
1999
- Pan American GamesRoad Race: Gold medal
- U.S. NationalCriteriumChampionships: Gold medal
- Visa/USA Cycling's Elite Road Female Athlete of the Year
- HP InternationalWomen's Challenge:Sprint jersey winner
- UCIWomen's Road World Cup, First Union Liberty Classic: Silver medal
- United States Association of Blind AthletesNational Championships with Matt King: Gold medal - Mixed Tandem Match Sprints[3]
1998
- UCITrack World Cups: 3rd and 4th,Points race
- United States Association of Blind AthletesNational Championships: Gold medals - Mixed Tandem Match Sprints and Kilometer Time Trial
1997
- U.S. National Track Championships: Gold medal,Points race
- UCITrack World Cup: 5th,Points race
- United States Association of Blind AthletesNational Championships: Gold medals - Mixed Tandem Pursuit and Kilometer Time Trial
1996
- Tour Cycliste Féminin:Two fourth place stage finishes (Stage 2 La Roche sur Yon to La Tremblade and Stage 5 Saint-Orens de Gameville to Carcassonne)[4]
1995
- PowerBar InternationalWomen's Challenge:2nd place - sprint classification
- U.S. Olympic Festival:Two Gold medals, two Silver medals
1994
- Goodwill Games:Bronze medal
- U.S. NationalCriteriumChampionships: Silver medal
- U.S. National Track Championships: Gold medal - Kilometer Time Trial; Bronze medal -Points race
- PowerBar InternationalWomen's Challenge:1st, 2nd and 3rd place stage finishes
- U.S. Collegiate National Championships: Gold Medals -Criterium,500 Meter Time Trial, and Track Omnium; Silver Medal - Match Sprints
References[edit]
- ^"Cycling Archives".Retrieved2019-12-06.
- ^Gaudry, Tracey."GP Féminine International du Québec".The Tracey Gaudry Diary 2000.Retrieved2019-12-06.
- ^"Matt King - Motivational Speaker, World Class Athlete, Paralympic Cyclist, Blind Athlete, IT Accessibility Specialist".Team King.
- ^"Tour Cycliste féminin 1996".RetrievedJuly 28,2022.
External links[edit]
Categories:
- 1967 births
- Living people
- American female cyclists
- Sportspeople from Colorado Springs, Colorado
- Competitors at the 1994 Goodwill Games
- Goodwill Games medalists in cycling
- Cyclists at the 1999 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in cycling
- 21st-century American women