Connie Paraskevin

American cyclist and speed skater

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Connie ParaskevinPersonal information

Full name| Constance Anne Paraskevin
Born|  (1961-07-04) July 4, 1961 (age 62)
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

Representing the  United States
Women's track cycling
Olympic Games
| 1988 Seoul | Sprint
World Championships
| 1982 Leicester | Sprint
| 1983 Zurich | Sprint
| 1984 Bassano del Grappa | Sprint
| 1990 Maebashi | Sprint
| 1985 Bassano del Grappa | Sprint
| 1986 Colorado Springs | Sprint
| 1987 Vienna | Sprint
| 1991 Stuttgart | Sprint
Women's Speed skating
World Championships
| 1978 | ?
| 1978 | ?

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  Sprint, US National Track Championships

1983
1st Sprint, UCI Track Cycling World Championships
1st  Sprint, US National Track Championships

1984
1st Sprint, UCI Track Cycling World Championships
2nd GP d'Osaka, Japan

1985
1st  Sprint, US National Track Championships \- World Record 200 m - 11.393
2nd Sprint, UCI Track Cycling World Championships

1986
3rd Sprint, UCI Track Cycling World Championships

1987
1st  Sprint, US National Track Championships
1st Sprint, Pan American Games
3rd Sprint, UCI Track Cycling World Championships

1988
1st  Sprint, US National Track Championships
3rd Sprint, Olympic Games

1989
1st  Sprint, US National Track Championships
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  Sprint, US National Track Championships

1993
3rd UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Copenhagen
3rd Sprint, US National Track Championships

1994
1st Sprint, US National Track Championships

1995
1st  Sprint, US National Track Championships
2nd Sprint, Pan American Games, Argentina

1996
1st  Sprint, US National Track Championships

## References[edit]

1. ^ 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.
2. ^ "World Sprint Speed Skating Championships 1977/1978". ISU. Retrieved August 30, 2016.
3. ^ "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
* Connie Paraskevin at CycleBase
* Connie Paraskevin in SpeedSkatingBase.eu
* Connie Paraskevin at SpeedSkatingNews.info
* Connie Paraskevin at SpeedSkatingStats.com
* Connie Paraskevin at Olympics.com
* Connie Paraskevin at Olympedia

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UCI Track Cycling World Champions – Women's sprint

* 1958–61: Galina Yermolayeva
* 1962: Valentina Savina
* 1963: Galina Yermolayeva
* 1964: Irina Kirichenko
* 1965: Valentina Savina
* 1966: Irina Kirichenko
* 1967: Valentina Savina
* 1968: Alla Bagiyanz
* 1969–71: Galina Tsareva
* 1972: Galina Yermolayeva
* 1973: Sheila Young
* 1974: Tamara Piltsikova
* 1975: Sue Novara-Reber
* 1976: Sheila Young
* 1977–79: Galina Tsareva
* 1980: Sue Novara-Reber
* 1981: Sheila Young
* 1982–84: Connie Paraskevin
* 1985: Isabelle Nicoloso
* 1987: Erika Salumäe
* 1989: Erika Salumäe
* 1990: Connie Paraskevin
* 1991: Ingrid Haringa
* 1993: Tanya Dubnicoff
* 1994: Galina Yenyukhina
* 1995–99: Félicia Ballanger
* 2000: Natallia Tsylinskaya
* 2001: Svetlana Grankovskaya
* 2002: Natallia Tsylinskaya
* 2003–04: Svetlana Grankovskaya
* 2005: Victoria Pendleton
* 2006: Natallia Tsylinskaya
* 2007–10: Victoria Pendleton
* 2011: Anna Meares
* 2012: Victoria Pendleton
* 2013: Becky James
* 2014–15: Kristina Vogel
* 2016: Zhong Tianshi
* 2017–18: Kristina Vogel
* 2019: Lee Wai-sze
* 2020–21: Emma Hinze
* 2022: Mathilde Gros
* 2023: Emma Finucane

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