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Kristen Faulkner becomes first U.S. woman to win Olympic gold in two different disciplines in the same Olympics
Kristen Faulkner Wins Gold at Paris 2024 Olympic Games, Team USA’s First Women’s Road Race Medal in 40 Years
Cyclist Kristen Faulkner heads to the 2024 Olympics
Cyclist Kristen Faulker is headed to the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.
“I’m really excited. This is a dream come true for me. I’ve wanted this for a real long time,” Faulkner said.
Faulker grew up in Alaska and eventually made her way to New York City after college for a job in venture capital. Her career path was short-lived after a class in Manhattan got her hooked on cycling.
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BY JUSTINE RE NEW YORK CITY
PUBLISHED 10:00 PM ET JUL. 10, 2024
How Kristen Faulkner pedaled her way from Homer to Paris Olympics on Team USA Cycling
HOMER, Alaska (KTUU) - Olympic cyclist Kristen Faulkner first learned how to balance on a bike in Homer.
“There is this little gravel road below our house, and I remember learning to ride a bike on that road, and there are a lot of potholes on it and I remember, bumpity, bump, bump, bump,” Faulkner recalled.
KRISTEN FAULKNER REPRESENTS TEAM USA AT ROAD AND TRACK
USA CYCLING ANNOUNCES OLYMPIC GAMES PARIS 2024
TRACK CYCLING TEAM
Kristen Faulkner, who began riding as a side hobby from her finance job, is a medal contender at the 2024 Paris Games.
“I would honestly use the word ‘resilience,’” she said. “I’ve had a concussion. I’ve been hit by a car. And every time I’ve never lost my passion to keep going. It’s never a matter of if I’ll keep going. It’s just a matter of how.”
Eight years ago she didn't know how to clip into a bike now she's an Olympic cyclist
Homer’s Kristen Faulkner makes Olympic cycling’s Pursuit Squad
On Thursday, six athletes were announced to the Olympic Games Paris 2024 Track Cycling Team, including Kristen Faulkner of Homer.
Faulkner, 31, is new to the Olympic Team Pursuit squad. A Harvard graduate, she only started bike racing four years ago, unlike most internationally competitive cyclists who start much younger in life.
Kristen Faulkner goes from Alaska to Harvard rowing to venture capital to Olympic cycling
Alaskan Kristen Faulkner is a Harvard graduate, a junior world championships medalist in rowing and a former venture capitalist who quit her job in 2021 to pursue cycling full-time.
Now she’s going to the Olympics.
Kristen Faulkner not giving up on Olympic dream, turns focus to track after winning US road race title
Making Team USA for the Paris Olympics has been an uphill battle for Kristen Faulkner (EF Education-Cannondale), but the Alaskan is not giving up yet.
Kristen Faulkner has been nominated to the Olympic Long Team in Paris
CYCLIST KRISTEN FAULKNER ON HER LOFTY SPORTING DREAMS: “I HAVE SOME BIG GOALS, DON’T I?”
You can hardly fault Kristen Faulkner for dreaming big. The 31-year-old venture capitalist turned professional cyclist has achieved a lot in her short career. Yet, a nagging childhood dream still remains unfulfilled: competing at the Olympic Games.
Kristen Faulkner: I dreamed of becoming an Olympian because of the women I saw on TV
US rider on how her 'life goal' took hold and now lies within her grasp in 2024
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