# Dede Barry

Deirdre "Dede" Demet Barry (born October 8, 1972 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is an American female cycle racer, six times U.S. champion (4 senior titles, two junior). She has won two World Cup races, two World Championship medals, and, in 2004, the silver medal in the time trial in the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece. She is married to fellow professional cyclist Michael Barry. They live in Toronto, Canada.

## Biography

Barry did not start as a cyclist. Her entry into sport was figure skating. All she wanted to do was race other youngsters to the end of the rink. Her coach suggested she take up speed skating, which she did, swayed by watching Eric and Beth Heiden in the world championships in her home town of Milwaukee. She was a member of the U.S. speedskating team from 1987 to 1991 and selected for the world championships in 1988–1991.
Having used cycling as training for skating, Barry switched completely, prompted by a cycling race series (Superweek) on streets in front of her childhood home. Other American cyclists who excelled in both sports include Eric and Beth Heiden, Chris Witty, Connie Carpenter-Phinney and Erin Mirabella.
Disappointed not to qualify for the Olympics in 1996 and 2000, Barry did not race in 2001 but came back strongly next year with victory in the Montreal World Cup, in which she used a steel Mariposa frame built by her father-in-law, Mike Barry.
Her biggest success came in 2004. Picked for the U.S. Olympic team after accumulating more UCI points than other riders, she came second in the individual time trial event.
She currently co-leads Mariposa Bicycles with her husband, Michael Barry in Toronto, Canada.

## Palmarès
### 1989

    1st Road race, UCI Road World Championships, Junior
    1st United States National Time Trial Championships
    1st United States National Road Race Championships

### 1991

    1st United States National Team Time Trial Championships
    1st Team Time Trial, Pan American Games

### 1993

    2nd World Team Time Trial Championships
    1st United States National Team Time Trial Championships
    1st Team Time Trial U.S. Olympic Festival

### 1994

    3rd World Team Time Trial Championships
    1st Killington Stage Race
    4th United States National Time Trial Championships
    2nd United States National Road Race Championships
    3rd Women's Challenge
       3 stage wins
    5th Molenheike Stage Race
       1 stage win

### 1995

    3rd United States National Time Trial Championships
    1st Time trial, Pan American Games
    1st Women's Challenge
       3 stage victories
    1st Thrift Drug Invitational
    3rd Colorado Cyclist Classic
    4th Tour de l'Aude
       2 stage wins
    2nd Epinal Stage Race
    1st 89er Stage Race
       1 stage win

### 1996

    1st United States National Road Race Championships
    2nd Redlands Bicycle Classic
       1st Climber's jersey

### 1997

    1st Grand Prix Féminin du Canada
       1st Points classification
    2nd Stage 1
       1st Stage 4
       3rd Stage 3
    Stage win Tour Cycliste Féminin
    3rd Tour de 'Toona
       1st Prologue time trial
       2nd Stage 2
    3rd United States National Road Race Championships
    2nd United States National Time Trial Championships
    2nd Fresca International Classic
       3 stage wins
    4th Fresca Tour of America
       3rd Fresca Invitational (Seattle)
       1st Fresca Classic (Racine)
       1st Fresca Classic (Schlitz Park)
       1st Fresca Classic (Lake Front)
       2nd Fresca Classic (Alpine Valley)
    3rd Stage 6, Women's Challenge (cat 1)
    2nd Stage 8, Women's Challenge (cat 1)
    5th CoreStates Liberty Classic
    2nd Conyers and Pearman Grand Prix
       1st Road race
       2nd Criterium
       3rd Time trial
    2nd 89er Stage Race
       1st Stage 3 (criterium)
       2nd Stage 2 (time trial)
       3rd Prologue
    2nd Stage 3, Street Skills Women's Stage Race
    2nd Stage 6, Street Skills Women's Stage Race
    Stage victory (criterium), Redlands Bicycle Classic

### 1998

    1st Sydney (Aus) World Cup
    2nd UCI World Cup Overall
    4th Beneden-Maas (Ned) World Cup
    7th Thüringen-Rundfahrt
    1st Fitchburg-Longsjo Classic
       2nd Stage 1 (Royal Plaza time trial, 12.9 miles)
       2nd Stage 3 (road race)
    1st United States National Criterium Championships
    3rd United States National Road Race Championships
    4th United States National Time Trial Championships
    7th Liberty Classic (USA) World Cup
    3rd Wilmington Classic
       2nd Stage 1 (time trial, 8.6 miles), Enchanted Mountain Stage Race
       1st Stage 3 (criterium), Enchanted Mountain Stage Race
    3rd Tour of Willamette
       1st Stage 2
       3rd Stage 4
    1st Tour de Snowy
       2nd Stage 3 (Berridale to Cabramurra)
    4th Street Skills Stage Race
       1st Stage 5 (Hamilton to Hautapu road race)
    2nd Stage 4 (Beaver Criterium), Redlands Bicycle Classic

### 1999

    1st BMC Tour of Houston
    5th GP Feminin du Québec
       3rd Stage 1 (Farnham road circuit race
       1st Stage 4 (Bedford road circuit race
    3 stage victories, Superweek
    2nd Stage 7 (St. Lauret to Durban Corbières), Tour de l'Aude
    2nd Tour of Willamette
       1st Stage 1, (Hinman Vineyard road race)
    1st Stage 2, (California Speedway time trial), Redlands Bicycle Classic

### 2000

    7th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
    6th Tour de Suisse Feminin (cat. 1)
    5th Stage 5 (Burley South individual time trial), Women's Challenge (cat 1)
    3rd Stage 8 (Letha to Firebird Raceway), Women's Challenge (cat 1)
    4th Stage 10 (Idaho Statehouse criterium), Women's Challenge (cat 1)
    4th United States National Time Trial Championships
    5th Stage 5 (Castelnaudary time trial), Tour de l'Aude (cat 1)
    2nd Tour of Willamette
       1st Stage 6 (Brownsville road race)

### 2001

    Barry did not race in 2001

### 2002

    6th United States National Road Race Championships
    4th United States National Time Trial Championships
    3rd Liberty Classic (cat. 1)
    2nd Le Tour du Montréal (cat. 2)
       2nd Stage 1, Le Tour du Montréal, Lachine time trial, 3km
       3rd Stage 2, Le Tour du Montréal, Little Italy circuit race
    1st Montréal (Can) World Cup

### 2003

    8th World time trial championship
    2nd Giro della Toscana (cat 1)
       1st Stage 4, Giro della Toscana

### 2004

    2nd Olympic Games Time Trial
    1st Sparkassen Giro Bochum
    10th Tour de l'Aude
       2 stage victories
    4th Damesronde van Drenthe