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| Full name | Kristen Faulkner | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | "Faulks" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | December 18, 1992[1] Homer, Alaska, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (168 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current team | EF–Oatly–Cannondale | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road and Track | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rider type | Time-trialist (Road) Team pursuit (Track) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Amateur teams | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | Century Road Club Association Dave Jordan Racing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | JLVelo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Revolution Racing p/b Jakroo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Professional teams | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | Tibco–Silicon Valley Bank[2][3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Team BikeExchange–Jayco | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024– | EF–Oatly–Cannondale | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kristen Faulkner (born December 18, 1992)[1] is an American racing cyclist, who rides for UCI Women's Continental Team EF–Oatly–Cannondale.[4][5] She is the reigning USA National Road Race Champion[6] and won two gold medals in the women's individual road race and women's track cycling team pursuit at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Faulkner is the first American woman, and third female Olympian, in history to win two gold medals in two different disciplines (in her case, road cycling and track cycling) in the same Olympic Games.[7]
- ^ a b Kassim, Ehsan (August 4, 2024). "Who is Kristen Faulkner? Cyclist ends 40-year drought for U.S. women at 2024 Paris Olympics". USA Today. Archived from the original on August 6, 2024. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
- ^ "Rider spotlight: Meet Kristen Faulkner". Team Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank. May 19, 2020. Archived from the original on September 28, 2020. Retrieved October 1, 2020.
- ^ "TIBCO-SVB renew contracts with core virtual Tour de France team". Cyclingnews.com. August 27, 2020. Archived from the original on August 7, 2024. Retrieved October 1, 2020.
- ^ "EF Education - Cannondale". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved April 1, 2024.
- ^ "Kristen Faulkner". efprocycling.com. Archived from the original on February 29, 2024. Retrieved March 10, 2024.
- ^ "2024 US Professional Road Race Championship - Sunday". my.raceresult.com. Archived from the original on May 25, 2024. Retrieved May 25, 2024.
- ^ https://www.teamusa.com/news/2024/august/07/team-usa-is-golden-in-women-s-team-pursuit-kristen-faulkner-becomes-first-u-s-woman-to-win-olympic-gold-in-two-different-disciplines . Retrieved 7 August 2024.