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Bunki Bankaitis-Davis

Danute "Bunki" Bankaitis-Davis (January 2, 1958 – January 29, 2021)[1] was an American road racing cyclist. She won a gold medal at the 1992 UCI Road World Championships in the team time trial. She competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in the women's road race finishing 14th.[2][3][4]

Danute Bankaitis-Davis
Personal information
NicknameBunki
Born(1958-01-02)January 2, 1958
United States
DiedJanuary 29, 2021(2021-01-29) (aged 63)
Team information
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Medal record

Born to Lithuanian parents, Bunki Bankaitis-Davis competed in the women’s road race at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, finishing 14th. She started out as a volleyball player, earning a scholarship to Cleveland State University where she studied chemistry. Bankaitis-Davis later earned a PhD in organic chemistry from the University of North Carolina. She started working with Amgen in Boulder, Colorado, but left after several years and started her own company, Source Molecular Diagnostics, which does molecular blood tests.

She was inducted into the United States Bicycling Hall of Fame in 2021.[5]

References Edit

  1. ^ "U.S. cycling great Bunki Bankaitis-Davis dies at 63". VeloNews. February 2, 2021. Retrieved February 2, 2021.
  2. ^ "Bunki Davis". cyclingarchives.com. Retrieved July 5, 2013.
  3. ^ "World Champion Cyclists". yamaguchibike.com. Retrieved July 5, 2013.
  4. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
  5. ^ "Inductee Listing". usbhof.org. United States Bicycling Hall of Fame. Retrieved March 6, 2022.

External links Edit

  • Bunki Bankaitis-Davis at Cycling Archives


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