Connie Paraskevin

Connie Paraskevin

Personal information
Full name	Constance Anne Paraskevin
Born	(1961-07-04) July 4, 1961 Detroit, Michigan, United States of America
Height	1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight	55 kg (121 lb; 8.7 st)
Team information
Discipline	Track
Role	Rider
Medal record Women's track cycling Representing the  United States 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 Speed skating World Championships 1978 ? 1978 ?
Infobox last updated on 16 August 2010

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 a coach and motivational speaker.

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References

External links

• Official website
• Connie Paraskevin profile at Cycling Archives