Kristen Faulkner

Kristen Faulkner
Faulkner in 2024
Personal information
Full nameKristen Faulkner
Nickname"Faulks"
Born (1992-12-18) December 18, 1992 (age 31)[1]
Homer, Alaska, U.S.
Height5 ft 6 in (168 cm)
Team information
Current teamEF–Oatly–Cannondale
DisciplineRoad and Track
RoleRider
Rider typeTime-trialist (Road)
Team pursuit (Track)
Amateur teams
2017–2018Century Road Club Association
Dave Jordan Racing
2019JLVelo
2019Revolution Racing p/b Jakroo
Professional teams
2020–2021Tibco–Silicon Valley Bank[2][3]
2022–2023Team BikeExchange–Jayco
2024–EF–Oatly–Cannondale
Major wins
Road

One-day races and Classics

Olympic Games Road Race (2024)
National Road Race Championships (2024)
Track
Team pursuit, Olympic Games (2024)
Medal record
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
Women's Road bicycle racing
Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris Road race
Women's Track cycling
Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris Team pursuit
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2023 Santiago Time trial

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]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "EF Education - Cannondale". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved April 1, 2024.
  5. ^ "Kristen Faulkner". efprocycling.com. Archived from the original on February 29, 2024. Retrieved March 10, 2024.
  6. ^ "2024 US Professional Road Race Championship - Sunday". my.raceresult.com. Archived from the original on May 25, 2024. Retrieved May 25, 2024.
  7. ^ 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.