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Annie Cohen Kopchovsky (1870 – 11 November 1947), [1] known as Annie Londonderry, was a Jewish Latvian immigrant to the United States who in 1894–95 became the first woman to bicycle around the world. After having completed her travel, albeit mostly by ship, she built a media career around engagement with popular conception of what it was ...
Leah Goldstein (born February 4, 1969, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) is a professional Canadian- Israeli road racing cyclist, former 1989 World Bantamweight Kickboxing Champion, and Israel's 1998 Duathlon champion. [1][2] In 2021, she became the first woman to win the overall solo division of the Race Across America (RAAM). [3][4]
This includes all American female cyclists that can also be found in the subcategories. This is a diffusing subcategory of Category:American cyclists . Articles about female cyclists in the parent category should be moved to this subcategory.
2013 Race Across America: 1st female finisher. Over-50 Recumbent Women's Course Record, exceeding women's standard bike record by approximately 16 hours. 3002 miles in 11 days, 20 hours, and 54 minutes. [7] 2015 Hoodoo 500 Solo Race, St. George, Utah, First Recumbent Female to ever finish. 46 hours, 20 minutes. [8]
The first to surpass 200 km/h was the Frenchman Jose Meiffret in 1962, when he reached 204 km/h (127 mph) behind a Mercedes-Benz 300SL car on a German motorway. [30] Allan Abbott, a cycling enthusiast and motorcycle racer, elevated the motor-paced bicycle speed record at the Bonneville Salt Flats, reaching 223 km/h (139 mph) in 1973.
Sport. Sport cycling. Lael Wilcox (born July 18, 1986) is an ultra-endurance bicycle racer who won the Trans Am Bike Race [1] in 2016, and set Tour Divide 's women's course record on an individual time trial (ITT) in 2015. [2] She was the first American to win the Trans Am. [3][4] She also set the overall course record with her time on the Baja ...
History of the bicycle. 1886 Swift Safety Bicycle. Vehicles that have two wheels and require balancing by the rider date back to the early 19th century. The first means of transport making use of two wheels arranged consecutively, and thus the archetype of the bicycle, was the German draisine dating back to 1817.
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.