# Dede Barry > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Dede_Barry > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Dede_Barry.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dede_Barry > Source revision: 1266021809 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|American cyclist (born 1972)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2024}} {{BLP sources|date=March 2016}} {{Infobox cyclist | name = Dede Barry | image = DedeBarry9806 122.jpg | caption = Barry speaks with reporters prior to the 1998 [Women's Challenge](/source/Women's_Challenge) | fullname = Deirdre Barry | nickname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1972|10|8}} | birth_place = [Milwaukee, Wisconsin](/source/Milwaukee%2C_Wisconsin), U.S. | height = | weight = | currentteam = | discipline = [Road](/source/Road_bicycle_racing) | role = Rider | ridertype = | amateuryears1 = | amateurteam1 = | proyears1 = 1997–2000 | proteam1 = Saturn | proyears2 = 2002–2004 | proteam2 = T-Mobile | majorwins = | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Women's [road cycling](/source/road_bicycle_racing) }} {{MedalCountry | the {{USA}} }} {{MedalCompetition | [Olympic Games](/source/Olympic_Games) }} {{MedalSilver | [2004 Athens](/source/2004_Summer_Olympics) | [Time trial](/source/Cycling_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women's_road_time_trial) }} {{MedalCompetition | [World Championships](/source/UCI_Road_World_Championships) }} {{MedalBronze | [1994 Agrigento](/source/1994_UCI_Road_World_Championships) | [Team time trial](/source/1994_UCI_Road_World_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women's_team_time_trial) }} {{MedalSilver | [1993 Oslo](/source/1993_UCI_Road_World_Championships) | [Team time trial](/source/1993_UCI_Road_World_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women's_team_time_trial) }} }} '''Deirdre "Dede" Demet Barry''' (born October 8, 1972 in [Milwaukee, Wisconsin](/source/Milwaukee%2C_Wisconsin)) is an American female cycle racer, six times U.S. champion (4 senior titles, two junior). She has won two [World Cup](/source/World_Cup_of_Road_Cycling_(women)) races, two [World Championship](/source/World_Championship_of_Road_Cycling_(women)) medals, and, in 2004, the silver medal in the time trial in the [2004 Olympic Games](/source/2004_Olympic_Games) in [Athens](/source/Athens), [Greece](/source/Greece). She is married to fellow professional cyclist [Michael Barry](/source/Michael_Barry_(cyclist)). They live in Toronto, Canada. ==Biography== Barry did not start as a cyclist. Her entry into sport was [figure skating](/source/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](/source/Eric_Heiden) and [Beth Heiden](/source/Beth_Heiden) in the world championships in her home town of [Milwaukee](/source/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](/source/Chris_Witty), [Connie Carpenter-Phinney](/source/Connie_Carpenter-Phinney) 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](/source/Montreal) World Cup, in which she used a steel Mariposa 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](/source/Union_Cycliste_Internationale) points than other riders, she came second in the individual time trial event. She currently co-leads Mariposa Bicycles with her husband, Michael Barry in Toronto, Canada. ==Palmarès== {{div col|colwidth=30em}} ;1989 :1st Road race, [UCI Road World Championships](/source/UCI_Road_World_Championships), Junior :1st {{flagicon|USA}} [United States National Time Trial Championships](/source/United_States_National_Time_Trial_Championships) :1st {{flagicon|USA}} [United States National Road Race Championships](/source/United_States_National_Road_Race_Championships) ;1991 :1st {{flagicon|USA}} United States National Team Time Trial Championships :1st Team Time Trial, Pan American Games ;1993 :2nd World Team Time Trial Championships :1st {{flagicon|USA}} 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](/source/United_States_National_Time_Trial_Championships) :2nd [United States National Road Race Championships](/source/United_States_National_Road_Race_Championships) :3rd [Women's Challenge](/source/Women's_Challenge) ::3 stage wins :5th Molenheike Stage Race ::1 stage win ;1995 :3rd [United States National Time Trial Championships](/source/United_States_National_Time_Trial_Championships) :1st Time trial, Pan American Games :1st [Women's Challenge](/source/Women's_Challenge) ::3 stage victories :1st Thrift Drug Invitational :3rd Colorado Cyclist Classic :4th [Tour de l'Aude](/source/Tour_de_l'Aude_Cycliste_F%C3%A9minin) ::2 stage wins :2nd Epinal Stage Race :1st 89er Stage Race ::1 stage win ;1996 :1st {{flagicon|USA}} [United States National Road Race Championships](/source/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](/source/Grande_Boucle) :3rd [Tour de 'Toona](/source/International_Tour_de_Toona) ::1st Prologue time trial ::2nd Stage 2 :3rd [United States National Road Race Championships](/source/United_States_National_Road_Race_Championships) :2nd [United States National Time Trial Championships](/source/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](/source/Women's_Challenge) (cat 1) :2nd Stage 8, [Women's Challenge](/source/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 :1st Sydney (Aus) World Cup :2nd UCI World Cup Overall :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 {{flagicon|USA}} [United States National Criterium Championships](/source/United_States_National_Criterium_Championships) :3rd [United States National Road Race Championships](/source/United_States_National_Road_Race_Championships) :4th [United States National Time Trial Championships](/source/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) :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](/source/Tour_de_l'Aude_Cycliste_F%C3%A9minin) :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](/source/UCI_Road_World_Championships) :6th [Tour de Suisse Feminin](/source/Tour_de_Suisse_Feminin) (cat. 1) :5th Stage 5 (Burley South individual time trial), [Women's Challenge](/source/Women's_Challenge) (cat 1) :3rd Stage 8 (Letha to Firebird Raceway), [Women's Challenge](/source/Women's_Challenge) (cat 1) :4th Stage 10 (Idaho Statehouse criterium), [Women's Challenge](/source/Women's_Challenge) (cat 1) :4th [United States National Time Trial Championships](/source/United_States_National_Time_Trial_Championships) :5th Stage 5 (Castelnaudary time trial), [Tour de l'Aude](/source/Tour_de_l'Aude_Cycliste_F%C3%A9minin) (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](/source/United_States_National_Road_Race_Championships) :4th [United States National Time Trial Championships](/source/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](/source/Montr%C3%A9al_(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 :1st [Sparkassen Giro Bochum](/source/Sparkassen_Giro_Bochum) :10th [Tour de l'Aude](/source/Tour_de_l'Aude_Cycliste_F%C3%A9minin) ::2 stage victories :4th Damesronde van Drenthe {{div col end}} ==External links== * {{Sports links}} {{UCI Road World Champions – Women's junior road race}} {{Footer Pan American Champions Women's Cycling Time Trial}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Barry, Dede}} Category:1972 births Category:Living people Category:American female cyclists Category:American cycling road race champions Category:Cyclists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Category:University of Colorado Boulder alumni Category:Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Category:Sportspeople from Milwaukee Category:Olympic silver medalists for the United States in cycling Category:Cyclists at the 1995 Pan American Games Category:Medalists at the 1995 Pan American Games Category:Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in cycling Category:21st-century American sportswomen Category:Cyclists from Wisconsin Category:American female speed skaters Category:20th-century American 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