# Connie Paraskevin

Constance Anne Paraskevin, known as Connie (married name Paraskevin-Young; born July 4, 1961) is a retired American professional track cyclist and speed skater. She is a four times sprint world champion, ten times national sprint champion and an Olympic bronze medalist.
Paraskevin began skating at the age of ten, she finished third at two 500m competitions at the world sprint speed skating championships in 1978 but did not medal. At the age of 19, she was a member of the US team at the 1980 Winter Olympics although she did not compete. Four years later she competed at the 1984 Winter Olympics.
Paraskevin campaigned to have the women's sprint event included in the 1988 Summer Olympics before going on to win a bronze medal in the event in Seoul. She went on to compete at a further two Summer Olympics before retiring at the end of 1996.
Born in Detroit, Michigan, she is the former wife of the Olympic cyclist Roger Young. Paraskevin also coached the speed skater Bonnie Blair when she briefly dabbled in track cycling. She is now the founder/director of the Connie Cycling Foundation.

## Palmarès
### 1975

    1st Intermediate Girls, US National Track Championships

### 1976

    1st Intermediate Girls, US National Track Championships

### 1977

    1st Junior Women, US National Track Championships

### 1978

    1st Junior Women, US National Track Championships

### 1979

    2nd Junior Women, US National Track Championships

### 1981

    1st US National Criterium Championships
    2nd Sprint, US National Track Championships

### 1982

    1st Sprint, UCI Track Cycling World Championships
    1st Sprint, US National Track Championships

### 1983

    1st Sprint, UCI Track Cycling World Championships
    1st Sprint, US National Track Championships

### 1984

    1st Sprint, UCI Track Cycling World Championships
    2nd GP d'Osaka, Japan

### 1985

    1st Sprint, US National Track Championships - World Record 200 m - 11.393
    2nd Sprint, UCI Track Cycling World Championships

### 1986

    3rd Sprint, UCI Track Cycling World Championships

### 1987

    1st Sprint, US National Track Championships
    1st Sprint, Pan American Games
    3rd Sprint, UCI Track Cycling World Championships

### 1988

    1st Sprint, US National Track Championships
    3rd Sprint, Olympic Games

### 1989

    1st Sprint, US National Track Championships
    1st Sprint, Sundance Grand Prix, USA
    3rd Sprint, World Invitational, USA

### 1990

    1st Sprint, UCI Track Cycling World Championships
    1st Sprint, ABC Olympic Cup, USA
    1st Sprint, Goodwill Games, USA
    Velo News Oscars - U.S. Female Cyclist of the year.

### 1991

    1st Sprint, Pre Olympic Track event, Spain
    3rd Sprint, UCI Track Cycling World Championships
    3rd Sprint, G.P. De Paris, France

### 1992

    1st Sprint, US National Track Championships

### 1993

    3rd UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Copenhagen
    3rd Sprint, US National Track Championships

### 1994

    1st Sprint, US National Track Championships

### 1995

    1st Sprint, US National Track Championships
    2nd Sprint, Pan American Games, Argentina

### 1996

    1st Sprint, US National Track Championships