Mary McConneloug (born June 24, 1971 in

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) is a

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from the

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, specializing in competitive mountain biking. She is a four time USA Cross Country Mountain Bike National Champion having captured the title in 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008. McConneloug graduated from Santa Clara University in 1993 with a

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degree in Vocal Performance. McConneloug twice represented her native country at the Summer Olympics ( 2004 and

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), where she finished in 9th and 7th place respectively in the final rankings of the women's cross-country race. In 2003, she claimed the silver medal at the Pan American Games in

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, behind Argentina's Jimena Florit. After nearly 15 years of international competition in cross country racing, and representing USA Cycling National Team for 13 years, Mary and her long-time teammate and husband Mike Briderick turned their focus to Enduro MTB racing, following the Enduro World Series as Master's (40+) athletes.

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1971 births Living people American female cyclists Cross-country mountain bikers Cyclists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2003 Pan American Games Cyclists at the 2007 Pan American Games Olympic cyclists for the United States Sportspeople from San Francisco Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States Pan American Games medalists in cycling American mountain bikers Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games {{US-cycling-bio-stub