2012 U.S. Olympic Team Cycling Jersey
name: label: user
content: Gould, Georgia
label: maker
content: SKINS International Trading AG
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Spandex short sleeve cycling jersey worn by Georgia Gould when she won the bronze medal in the Cross-Country Mountain Bike event at the 2012 London Summer Olympics. Winning five national championships within six years - four in cross country mountain bike and one in short track mountain bike, Gould has become a staple in the cycling world. In 2007, she brought forth a proposal for equal pay within the top five men and women in interational cyclocross events known as the "Gould Formula." Gould would go on to secure equal prize money for women in all "UCI Mountain Bike races" in 2013. https://georgiagould.com/about/
label: Description (Brief)
content: The 2012 Summer Olympics, also known as the Games of the XXX Olympiad were held in London, England with 204 countries, 5,992 men and 4,776 women athletes participating. With the inclusion of women’s boxing, these Games became the first with female competitors in every sport and the first at which each country entered, had a female representative. Women’s boxing debuted and mixed doubles in tennis was held for the first time since the 1924 Games. American Michael Phelps won his 22nd medal making him the most decorated Olympic athlete of all time. Every athlete to win a medal at these Games was drug tested and as of 2017, 31 medals had been rescinded due to doping. The United States won the medal count with 104.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: worn
content: United Kingdom: England, London
topic: label: used
content: Olympics
label: used
content: Cycling
label: used
content: Mountain Biking
label: related event
content: Olympic Summer Games: London, 2012
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content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
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content: Sports & Leisure
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2014.0065.02
label: accession number
content: 2014.0065
label: catalog number
content: 2014.0065.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: cycling jersey, summer olympics
label: Object Name
content: cycling jersey
label: Object Name
content: cycling jersey
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: synthetic fabric (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: blue (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: white (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: red (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 25 1/2 in x 27 1/4 in; 64.77 cm x 69.215 cm