Mia Kilburg (née Manganello; born October 27, 1989) is an American
speed skater
Speed skating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in travelling a certain distance on skates. Types of speed skating are long track speed skating, short track speed skating, and marathon speed skating. ...
and professional
racing cyclist, who currently rides for
UCI Women's Continental Team . She is an Olympic bronze medalist in long track speed skating.
Speed skating career
After nearly qualifying for the
2010 Winter Olympics
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, Kilburg qualified for the
2018 Winter Olympics
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[Finally, Mia Manganello can call herself an Olympian]
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Brittany Starr Bowe (born February 24, 1988) is an American speed skater and former inline skater and basketball player. She has eight gold, one silver, and two bronze medals from the world inline speedskating championships. From her junior years, ...
, Kilburg won bronze in the team pursuit at the 2018 Olympics in Pyeongchang
Pyeongchang (; in full, ''Pyeongchang-gun'' ; ) is a county in the province of Gangwon-do, South Korea, located in the Taebaek Mountains region. It is home to several Buddhist temples, including Woljeongsa. It is about east southeast of Seou ...
. The medal was U.S. speed skating's first Olympic medal since 2010. Kilburg again qualified for the 2022 Winter Olympics
The 2022 Winter Olympics (2022年冬季奥林匹克运动会), officially called the XXIV Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Beijing 2022 (2022), was an international winter multi-sport event held from 4 to 20 February 2022 in Beij ...
in the mass start event.
Cycling career
Kilburg is also a professional cyclist,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 ...
.
See also
*List of 2016 UCI Women's Teams and riders
Listed below are the UCI Women's Teams that compete in 2016 women's road cycling events organized by the International Cycling Union ( UCI), including the 2016 UCI Women's World Tour.
Teams overview
The country designation of each team is deter ...
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1989 births
Living people
American female cyclists
Place of birth missing (living people)
American female speed skaters
Speed skaters at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Speed skaters at the 2022 Winter Olympics
Medalists at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in speed skating
21st-century American women
World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships medalists
People from Fort Walton Beach, Florida
Sportspeople from Okaloosa County, Florida