Inga Thompson
Encyclopedia
Inga Thompson is a road bicycle racing
professional from Reno, Nevada
. She started professional cycling at 20, in 1984. That year she rode the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics road race and finished 21st. Her career ran from 1984 to 1993. She competed in two more Olympics(1988,1992), won national championships (1987,1988,1991,1993), and finished second in two world championships (1990,1991).
She was recognizable by her long braid which she clipped to her uniform.
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
Road bicycle racing
Road bicycle racing is a bicycle racing sport held on roads, using racing bicycles. The term "road racing" is usually applied to events where competing riders start simultaneously with the winner being the first to the line at the end of the course .Historically, the most...
professional from Reno, Nevada
Reno, Nevada
Reno is the county seat of Washoe County, Nevada, United States. The city has a population of about 220,500 and is the most populous Nevada city outside of the Las Vegas metropolitan area...
. She started professional cycling at 20, in 1984. That year she rode the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics road race and finished 21st. Her career ran from 1984 to 1993. She competed in two more Olympics(1988,1992), won national championships (1987,1988,1991,1993), and finished second in two world championships (1990,1991).
She was recognizable by her long braid which she clipped to her uniform.
Major results
1984- 21st - 1984 Los Angeles Olympics
1985
- 13th - World Championships (Road Race)
1986
- 3rd - Grande BoucleGrande BoucleThe Grande Boucle, formerly known as the Tour Cycliste Féminin, or simply Tour Féminin, is one of the Grand Tours of women's cycle races. Grande Boucle means "great loop" and describes the individual stages which form a circuit around France....
(Tour de France Feminine)
1987
- 1st - National Championships (Road Race)
- 2nd - World Championships (Team Time Trial)
1988
- 1st - National Championships (Road Race)
- 8th - 1988 Summer Olympics1988 Summer OlympicsThe 1988 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad, were an all international multi-sport events celebrated from September 17 to October 2, 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. They were the second summer Olympic Games to be held in Asia and the first since the 1964 Summer Olympics...
1989
- 1st - National Championships (Time Trials)
- 3rd - Grande BoucleGrande BoucleThe Grande Boucle, formerly known as the Tour Cycliste Féminin, or simply Tour Féminin, is one of the Grand Tours of women's cycle races. Grande Boucle means "great loop" and describes the individual stages which form a circuit around France....
(Tour de France Feminine)
1990
- 2nd - World Championships (Team Time Trial)
- 1st - National Championships (Team Time Trials)
1991
- 1st - National Championships (Road Race)
- 1st - National Championships (Time Trials)
- 2nd - World Championships (Road Race)
1992
- 26th - 1992 Barcelona Olympics
- 2nd - National Championships (Road Race)
- 1st - USCF Olympic Trails (Road Race)
- 1st - US National Rankings.
1993
- 1st - National Championships (Road Race)