Janelle Parks
American bicycle racer
Janelle Louise Parks (born August 1, 1962) is a retired American cyclist. Competing in the individual road race she won a silver medal at the 1986 World Championships and finished tenth at the 1984 Olympics. Parks won the national title in this event in 1987, placing second in 1983 and 1988. In 1985 she won the Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Féminin and placed 7th overall as top American finisher in the Tour de France Féminin 1985. Parks later married, becoming Janelle Parks-Graham, and settled in Western Australia as a cycling coach.
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