Kenneth ("Ken") Michael Carpenter (born December 31, 1965) is a retired American

road bicycle racer Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional form of bicycle racing, in terms of numbers of competitors, events and spectators. The two most common ...

and track racer, who represented the United States at the

1988 File:1988 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The oil platform Piper Alpha explodes and collapses in the North Sea, killing 165 workers; The USS Vincennes (CG-49) mistakenly shoots down Iran Air Flight 655; Australia celebrates its Australian ...

and

1992 Summer 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 ...

. He won the Men's 200m Match Sprint at the

1987 Pan American Games The 1987 Pan American Games, officially known as the X Pan American Games, was a major international multi-sport event held in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, on August 7–23, 1987. Over 4,300 athletes from 38 countries in the Americas c ...

. Carpenter was a professional rider from 1992 to 1995.

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* 1965 births Living people American male cyclists Cyclists from California Cyclists at the 1987 Pan American Games Cyclists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists for the United States People from La Mesa, California Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States Pan American Games medalists in cycling Medalists at the 1987 Pan American Games 20th-century American people {{US-cycling-bio-stub