Karen Kurreck
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Full name | Karen Brems Kurreck | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | United States | June 13, 1962||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 57 kg (126 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Retired | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Karen Brems Kurreck (born June 13, 1962, in
Sydney, Australia
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Prior to her cycling career, Brems was a collegiate gymnast at the
University of Illinois where in 1984 she became the first Illini athlete to be named as the school's Athlete of the Year and the Big Ten Conference Medal of Honor Award winner in the same season.[1]
Since 2011, Brems has concentrated on the
Cyclocross discipline. She won two consecutive 50+ Masters World Championships in 2012 and 2013,[2] and several Masters 50+ championship jerseys at US Cross Nationals including: in 2013 (Master 50–54)[3] in Louisville, Kentucky; in 2015 (Master 50–54)[4] in Austin, Texas; in 2016 (Master 50–54)[5] in Asheville, North Carolina; and in 2018 (Master 55–59)[6] in Reno, Nevada
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References
- ^ "Illini Legends, Lists and Lore: Happy birthday, Karen Brems!". June 11, 2016. Retrieved December 18, 2022.
- ^ "Interview: Karen Brems Continues to Race, Continues to Win". August 14, 2014. Retrieved December 18, 2022.
- ^ "Masters Cyclocross World Championships Day 4 • Feb 1 2013 • Louisville, KY". Retrieved December 18, 2022.
- ^ "2015 US Nationals Day 2 • Jan 8 2015 • Austin, TX". Retrieved December 18, 2022.
- ^ "US National Championships Day 3 • Jan 7 2016 • Asheville, NC". Retrieved December 18, 2022.
- ^ "US Cross Nationals Day 4 • Jan 12 2018 • Reno, NV". Retrieved December 18, 2022.
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Karen Kurreck". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020.
- Karen Kurreck at Cycling Archives