Kristin Inga Thompson (born January 27, 1964) is a retired road bicycle racer. She competed at the 1984, 1988 and 1992 Olympics with the best result of eighth place in 1988. She won silver medals at the world championships in 1987, 1990 and 1991, and placed third at the

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in 1986 and 1989. Nationally she won

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in 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991 and 1993. Inga Thompson was inducted into the US Bicycling Hall of Fame in 2014 She continues to be on many advocacy boards for Women in Sports.

Activism

In 2019 Thompson obtained the signatures of over 80 Olympians to advocate for categories separated by sex assigned at birth submitted to the IOC in hopes Women's Voices would be heard. She maintains that women's voices have been silenced. Thompson continues her work with Nancy Hogshead-Makar, Alison Sydor, Martina Navratilova, Sharon Davies, and many prominent women athletes to advocate for categories separated by sex at birth. Also in 2019 Thompson was interviewed for an article opposing participation of transgender women in cycling events, and instead advocating for a separate transgender category. This prompted an outcry from members of the

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who called for her removal from the organization's board of directors as her statements did not align with the policies of the organization. While the board initially voted to retain her as a board member, she resigned 3 days later to pursue advocacy for protecting women's sports.

Major results

;1984 * 21st –

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;1985 * 13th – World Championships (Road Race) ;1986 * 3rd – Grande Boucle (Tour de France Feminine)2 Stage Wins Individual Time Trial ;1987 * 1st – National Championships (Individual Time Trial) * 1st – National Championships (Team Time Trial) * 2nd – World Championships (Team Time Trial) * 2nd – Pan American Games (Road Race) ;1988 * 1st – National Championships (Road Race) * 1st – USCF Olympic Trials (Road Race) * 8th –

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

* 1st – Coors Classic Overall G.C. ;1989 * 1st – National Championships (Time Trials) * 3rd – Grande Boucle (Tour de France Feminine) ;1990 * 2nd – World Championships (Team Time Trial) * 1st – National Championships (Team Time Trials) * 1st – National Championships (Individual Time Trial) * 1st – Ore-Ida

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, Overall G.C., Longest Women's Stage Race in the World (17 stages, ;1991 * 1st – National Championships (Road Race) * 1st – National Championships (Time Trials)(National Record) * 2nd – World Championships (Road Race) ;1992 * 26th –

1992 Barcelona Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...

* 2nd – National Championships (Road Race) * 1st – Olympic Trials (Road Race) * 1st – US National Rankings. ;1993 * 1st – National Championships (Road Race)

References

External links

Pro Women's Cycling
* 1964 births Living people Sportspeople from Reno, Nevada People from Halfway, Oregon American female cyclists American cycling road race champions Olympic cyclists of the United States Cyclists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Pan American Games medalists in cycling Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States Cyclists at the 1987 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1987 Pan American Games 21st-century American women {{US-cycling-bio-stub