Sky Christopherson | |
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| Born | January 19, 1976 (age 48) United States |
| Employer(s) | GOLD AI, Biolinq |
| Known for | Olympic athlete, World Record Holder, entrepreneur, public speaker world record in sprint cycling |
Sky Christopherson (born January 19, 1976)[1] is an American entrepreneur, Olympic cyclist, world record holder, and motivational speaker. He has been covered by Fortune[2] Forbes,[3] Sports Illustrated,[4] Wired, Outside magazine, the Financial Times, and other publications. In 2015 he was voted 5th nationwide in "Top 40 under 40 in Healthcare Innovation" [5]
A member of the U.S. Cycling Team, an alternate for the 1996 Olympic Team and winner of the 2000 Olympic Trials, Christopherson is known for breaking a world record in 2011 in the velodrome sprint, notably using a ‘digital health’ model inspired by Dr. Eric Topol.[6] The previous holder of the record, Steven Alfred, subsequently received a lifetime ban for performance-enhancing drug use.[7]
Christopherson founded the $8million dollar software platform Vicaso in 2007,[8] and the biometrics and big data health company Optimized Athlete in 2012,[9] which helped the underdog 2012 women's cycling team win medals at the London Olympics when Lance Armstrong and the men’s team were banned for drugs. The story was featured in the feature documentary Personal Gold: An Underdog Story.
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