Dede Barry

Dede Barry

Barry speaks with reporters prior to the 1998 Women's Challenge
Personal information
Full name	Dede Barry
Born	October 8, 1972 (1972-10-08) (age 39) Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America
Team information
Professional team(s)
1997–2000 2002–2004	Saturn T-Mobile
Medal record Competitor for the  United States Road bicycle racing Olympic Games Silver 2004 Athens Time Trial
Infobox last updated on September 5, 2008

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 professionial cyclist Michael Barry. They live in Girona, Spain.

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, 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 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.

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 tial

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

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)

1st Sydney (Aus) World Cup

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 Féminin (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

10th Tour de l'Aude

2 stage victories

4th Damesronde van Drenthe

External links

• Dede Barry's web site

Persondata
Name	Barry, Dede
Alternative names
Short description	American racing cyclist
Date of birth	October 8, 1972
Place of birth	Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date of death
Place of death