Dotsie Bausch

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Dotsie Bausch
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Bausch in 2011
Personal information
Website DotsieBauschUSA.com
Medal record
Women's road bicycle racing
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Pan American Championships
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Dorothy Lee "Dotsie" Bausch is an American former cyclist and Olympic silver medalist. She is also the executive director of the nonprofit Switch4Good.

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Early life

Bausch grew up in Kentucky and graduated from Villanova University with a degree in journalism. [1]

At 26 years old, toward the end of her therapy work, her therapist encouraged her to move her body again, choosing a physical activity that was not attached to a goal of fitness or weight loss. She chose cycling. [2]

Career

In the 2012 Olympics, Bausch won a silver medal in team pursuit. [3]

Bausch was featured in the 2015 documentary Personal Gold: An Underdog Story and the 2017 documentary The Game Changers . [4]

Bausch helped start Courageous Voice, an organization to help people with eating disorders. [5] Bausch herself had struggled with an eating disorder. [5]

Switch4Good is an athlete-driven nonprofit working toward a dairy-free future. The organization employs athlete stories with scientific research and outreach to help others "live better and do more" by avoiding dairy. [6]

References

  1. ↑ "Dotsie Bausch". USA Cycling. Archived from the original on August 1, 2012. Retrieved August 19, 2014.
  2. ↑ Glassner, Jacob (July 25, 2012). "Dotsie Bausch sees God's hand in Olympic dream". The Southeast Outlook. Middletown, Kentucky: Southeast Christian Church. Archived from the original on June 29, 2019. Retrieved July 28, 2012.
  3. ↑ "Dotsie Bausch Profile". Team USA. March 19, 2026. Retrieved March 19, 2026.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ↑ "Dotsie Bausch". IMDb .
  5. 1 2 Baxter, Kevin (July 11, 2012). "NOT JUST ALONG FOR RIDE: Cycling's Bausch goes for gold and helps in fight against eating disorders". Los Angeles Times. pp. C1A.
  6. ↑ "Our Story". May 21, 2019.
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