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| Born | 15 November 1963 Varel, West Germany |
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Ines Varenkamp (born 15 November 1963) is a German former professional racing cyclist. She won the German National Road Race Championship in 1988. [1] She also rode at the 1984 Summer Olympics and 1988 Summer Olympics. [2]
Clara Hughes, is a Canadian cyclist and speed skater who has won multiple Olympic medals in both sports. Hughes won two bronze in the 1996 Summer Olympics and four medals over the course of three Winter Olympics.
Jeannie Longo is a French racing cyclist, 60-time French champion and 13-time world champion. Longo began racing in 1975 and was active in cycling through 2012. She was once widely considered the best female cyclist of all time, although that reputation is now clouded by suspicion of doping throughout her career. She is famous for her competitive nature and her longevity in the sport — when she was selected to compete for France in the 2008 Olympics, it was her seventh Olympic Games; some of Longo's competitors that year had not yet been born when she took part in her first Olympics in 1984. She had stated that 2008 would be her final participation in the Olympics. In the Women's road race, she finished 24th, 33 seconds behind winner Nicole Cooke, who was one year old when Longo first rode in the Olympics. At the same Olympics, she finished 4th in the road time trial, just two seconds shy of securing a bronze medal. She is currently number two on the all-time list of French female summer or winter Olympic medal winners, with a total of four medals including one in gold, which is one less than the total number won by the fencer Laura Flessel-Colovic.
Christa Luding-Rothenburger is a former speed skater and track cyclist. She was born in Weißwasser, East Germany. Luding is one of the few athletes who have competed in both the Summer and Winter Olympic Games, and the first female to win a medal in both the Summer and Winter Games. She is the only athlete to win Winter and Summer Olympic medals in the same year (1988), a feat that is no longer possible due to the staggering of the Winter and Summer Olympic years. In speed skating, she is a two-time Olympic gold medallist, while she is an Olympic silver medallist in cycling.
Kristin Armstrong Savola is a former professional road bicycle racer and three-time Olympic gold medalist, the winner of the women's individual time trial in 2008, 2012, and 2016. Before temporarily retiring to start a family in 2009, she rode for Cervélo TestTeam in women's elite professional events on the National Racing Calendar (NRC) and UCI Women's World Cup. She announced a return to competitive cycling beginning in the 2011 season, competing for Peanut Butter & Co. TWENTY12 at the Redlands Classic.
Bernd Gröne is a retired road racing cyclist from Germany, who won the silver medal for West Germany in the men's individual road race at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. He was a professional rider from 1989 to 1995. He won the German National Road Race in 1993.
Christian Henn is a German former road racing cyclist, who won the bronze medal for West Germany in the men's individual road race at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. He also won the German National Road Race Championships in 1996. He was a professional rider from 1989 to 1999. After he retired after testing positive for testosterone, he admitted to doping.
Rolf Gölz is a retired road and track cyclist from Germany, who was a professional rider from 1985 to 1993. He won the German National Road Race in 1985 and narrowly missed the podium in the 1987 UCI World Championship finishing in 4th place.
Joanna Katie Rowsell MBE is a retired English cyclist on the Great Britain Cycling Team who competed on track and road.
Yvonne McGregor MBE is a female English former professional cyclist from Wibsey. She was made an MBE, for services to cycling, in the 2002 New Year Honours.
Sally Ann Hodge-McKenzie is a Welsh former track cyclist from Cardiff, Wales.
Catherine Marsal is a French former racing cyclist. She has been World Champion four times and raced professionally around the world. At the age of 17 she was selected for the French Olympic Team for the first time. Since then, she represented her native country at four Summer Olympics: 1988, 1992, 1996, and 2000.
Dame Laura Rebecca Kenny, OLY is a former British professional track and road cyclist who specialised in track endurance events, specifically the team pursuit, omnium, scratch race, elimination race and madison disciplines.
Lisa Brennauer is a German former racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2009 and 2022, for six different teams.
Jaime Nielsen is a New Zealand track and road cyclist, and a former representative rower.
Rushlee Buchanan is a New Zealand track and road cyclist. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in Women's madison, and Women's team pursuit.
Karol-Ann Canuel is a Canadian former racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2010 and 2021 for the Vienne Futuroscope, Velocio–SRAM and SD Worx teams.
Jennifer Hohl is a retired Swiss professional road cyclist. She represented Switzerland at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and later earned three Swiss national championship titles in the women's elite road race. Before retiring to focus primarily on her family life and business career, Hohl rode for three seasons on the Bigla Cycling Team since 2006, followed by her short, annual stints on Germany's Noris Cycling and Italy's Mcipollini–Giordana and Faren–Honda Team.
Hartmut Bölts is a German former racing cyclist. In 1985 he won the Hessen-Rundfahrt. He won the German National Road Race in 1988. He also competed in the team time trial event at the 1984 Summer Olympics. He is the brother of fellow former cyclist Udo Bölts.
Gudrun Stock is a German professional racing cyclist. She rode at the 2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships. She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympic as a member of the German women's pursuit team. The team finished in 9th place.
Paula Westher is a Swedish former cyclist. She competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics and the 1988 Summer Olympics. She won the Nordic Championship in 1989.
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