Connie Carpenter-Phinney

Connie Carpenter-Phinney

Carpenter-Phinney at the 1974 World Allround Speed Skating Championships for Women
Personal information
Full name	Helen Constance Carpenter-Phinney
Born	(1957-02-26) February 26, 1957 (age 67) Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.
Team information
Discipline	Road, track, and speed skating
Role	Rider
Medal record Representing the  United States Women's road cycling Olympic Games 1984 Los Angeles Individual road race UCI Road World Championships 1977 San Cristóbal Road race 1981 Prague Road race Women's track cycling UCI Track World Championships 1983 Zürich Individual pursuit 1982 Leicester Individual pursuit

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. 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. She remains the youngest American woman to compete at the Winter Olympics.