Connie Paraskevin
 |
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Constance Anne Paraskevin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | July 4, 1961 Detroit, Michigan, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 55 kg (121 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Track | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Constance Anne Paraskevin, known as Connie (married name Paraskevin-Young; born July 4, 1961) is a retired American professional track cyclist and speed skater. She is a four times sprint world champion, ten times national sprint champion and an Olympic bronze medalist.[1]
Paraskevin began skating at the age of ten, she finished third at two 500m competitions at the world sprint speed skating championships in 1978 but did not medal.[2] At the age of 19, she was a member of the US team at the 1980 Winter Olympics although she did not compete. Four years later she competed at the 1984 Winter Olympics.
Paraskevin campaigned to have the women's sprint event included in the 1988 Summer Olympics before going on to win a bronze medal in the event in Seoul. She went on to compete at a further two Summer Olympics before retiring at the end of 1996.
Born in Detroit, Michigan, she is the former wife of the Olympic cyclist Roger Young. Paraskevin also coached the speed skater Bonnie Blair when she briefly dabbled in track cycling.[3] She is now the founder/director of the Connie Cycling Foundation.
Palmarès
[edit]- 1975
- 1st Intermediate Girls, US National Track Championships
- 1976
- 1st Intermediate Girls, US National Track Championships
- 1977
- 1st Junior Women, US National Track Championships
- 1978
- 1st Junior Women, US National Track Championships
- 1979
- 2nd Junior Women, US National Track Championships
- 1981
- 1st
US National Criterium Championships
- 2nd Sprint, US National Track Championships
- 1982
- 1st Sprint, UCI Track Cycling World Championships
- 1st
- 1983
- 1st Sprint, UCI Track Cycling World Championships
- 1st
- 1984
- 1st Sprint, UCI Track Cycling World Championships
- 2nd GP d'Osaka, Japan
- 1985
- 1st
- 2nd Sprint, UCI Track Cycling World Championships
- 1987
- 1st
- 1st Sprint, Pan American Games
- 3rd Sprint, UCI Track Cycling World Championships
- 1988
- 1st
- 3rd Sprint, Olympic Games
- 1989
- 1st
- 1st Sprint, Sundance Grand Prix, USA
- 3rd Sprint, World Invitational, USA
- 1990
- 1st Sprint, UCI Track Cycling World Championships
- 1st Sprint, ABC Olympic Cup, USA
- 1st Sprint, Goodwill Games, USA
- Velo News Oscars - U.S. Female Cyclist of the year.
- 1991
- 1st Sprint, Pre Olympic Track event, Spain
- 3rd Sprint, UCI Track Cycling World Championships
- 3rd Sprint, G.P. De Paris, France
- 1992
- 1st
- 1993
- 3rd UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Copenhagen
- 3rd Sprint, US National Track Championships
- 1994
- 1st Sprint, US National Track Championships
- 1995
- 1st
- 2nd Sprint, Pan American Games, Argentina
- 1996
- 1st
References
[edit]- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Connie Paraskevin". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
- ^ "World Sprint Speed Skating Championships 1977/1978". ISU. Retrieved August 30, 2016.
- ^ "SPORTS WORLD SPECIALS: CYCLING; A Smooth-as-Ice Switch". New York Times. June 5, 1989.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- Connie Paraskevin at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Connie Paraskevin at CycleBase
- Connie Paraskevin in SpeedSkatingBase.eu (archived)
- Connie Paraskevin at SpeedSkatingNews.info
- Connie Paraskevin at SpeedSkatingStats.com
- 1961 births
- Living people
- American female cyclists
- American female speed skaters
- Speed skaters at the 1980 Winter Olympics
- Speed skaters at the 1984 Winter Olympics
- Cyclists at the 1987 Pan American Games
- Cyclists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Cyclists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Cyclists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Olympic speed skaters for the United States
- Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in cycling
- UCI Track Cycling World Champions (women)
- Cyclists at the 1995 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 1995 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in cycling
- Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States in cycling
- American track cyclists
- Competitors at the 1990 Goodwill Games
- 20th-century American sportswomen