Kristen Faulkner
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| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Kristen Faulkner | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | "Faulks" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | December 18, 1992 Homer, Alaska, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (168 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | EF Education–Oatly | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road and Track | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rider type | Time-trialist (Road) Team pursuit (Track) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2017–2018 | Century Road Club Association Dave Jordan Racing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | JLVelo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Revolution Racing p/b Jakroo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Professional teams | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | Tibco–Silicon Valley Bank | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Team BikeExchange–Jayco | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024– | EF Education–Oatly | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Kristen Faulkner (born December 18, 1992) is an American racing cyclist, who rides for UCI Women's Continental Team EF Education–Oatly. She is the reigning USA National Road Race Champion and won two gold medals in the women's individual road race and women's track cycling team pursuit at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Faulkner is the first American woman, and third female Olympian, in history to win two gold medals in two different disciplines (in her case, road cycling and track cycling) in the same Olympic Games.