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Karen Dunne (born December 30, 1967, in
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) is a retired female professional cyclist from the
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. She is best known for winning the gold medal at the women's individual road race at the
1999 Pan American Games The 1999 Pan American Games, officially the XIII Pan American Games or the 13th Pan American Games, was a major international multi-sport event that was held from July 23 to August 8, 1999, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada and surrounding towns and ...
in
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, Manitoba, Canada. She also won 11 U.S. National Championships: 3 Elite (
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,
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, Kilometer Time Trial), 3 Collegiate (
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, 500 Meter Time Trial, Track Omnium), and 5 Mixed Tandem (Pursuit, 2 x Kilometer Time Trial, 2 x Match Sprints). Her cycling career began while attending
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in Bloomington where she won the 1991 Women's Little 500.


Career highlights

2000 * GP Feminin International du Quebec: First, second, and third place stage finishes * GP Feminin International du Quebec: Most aggressive rider award * USA Cycling's ( USAC) Olympic Long Team, Road * Selected to receive one of 100 Olympic Edition Commemorative vehicles through the UAW-GM ''The Team Behind The Team'' program in conjunction with the Sydney Olympic Games. * Wendy's International Stage Race: Overall winner and two stage wins *
Sea Otter Classic The Sea Otter Classic is a bicycling and outdoor sports festival and exposition held each spring since 1991 at the WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca in Monterey, California. The four-day event is considered the world's largest cycling festival, ...
: Stage winner, road race *
Redlands Bicycle Classic The Redlands Bicycle Classic is a cycling stage race located in Redlands, California, United States that has been held since 1985. It consists of three road races, an individual time trial and a criterium A criterium, or crit, is a bike race ...
: Sprint jersey winner 1999 *
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Road Race: Gold medal * U.S. National
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Championships: Gold medal * Visa/USA Cycling's Elite Road Female Athlete of the Year * HP International
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: Sprint jersey winner * UCI Women's Road World Cup, First Union Liberty Classic: Silver medal *
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National Championships with Matt King: Gold medal - Mixed Tandem Match Sprints 1998 * UCI Track World Cups: 3rd and 4th,
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*
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National Championships: Gold medals - Mixed Tandem Match Sprints and Kilometer Time Trial 1997 * U.S. National Track Championships: Gold medal,
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* UCI Track World Cup: 5th,
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*
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National Championships: Gold medals - Mixed Tandem Pursuit and Kilometer Time Trial 1996 * Tour Cycliste Féminin: Two fourth place stage finishes (Stage 2 La Roche sur Yon to La Tremblade and Stage 5 Saint-Orens de Gameville to Carcassonne) 1995 * PowerBar International
Women's Challenge The Women's Challenge bicycle race (originally known as the Ore-Ida Women's Challenge as the lead sponsor was the Ore-Ida brand of frozen potato products) was held annually in the western United States in southern Idaho, beginning in 1984 until i ...
: 2nd place - sprint classification * U.S. Olympic Festival: Two Gold medals, two Silver medals 1994 *
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: Bronze medal * U.S. National
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Championships: Silver medal * U.S. National Track Championships: Gold medal - Kilometer Time Trial; Bronze medal -
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* PowerBar International
Women's Challenge The Women's Challenge bicycle race (originally known as the Ore-Ida Women's Challenge as the lead sponsor was the Ore-Ida brand of frozen potato products) was held annually in the western United States in southern Idaho, beginning in 1984 until i ...
: 1st, 2nd and 3rd place stage finishes * U.S. Collegiate National Championships: Gold Medals -
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, 500 Meter Time Trial, and Track Omnium; Silver Medal - Match Sprints


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Dunne, Karen 1967 births Living people American female cyclists Sportspeople from Colorado Springs, Colorado Competitors at the 1994 Goodwill Games Goodwill Games medalists in cycling Cyclists at the 1999 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in cycling 21st-century American women