Erin Hartwell

Erin Wesley Hartwell ( born June 10, 1969 in Philadelphia ) is an American former racing cyclist and current cycling coach.

1991 took Erin Hartwell at the Pan American Games in Havana, ranked second in the 1000 -meter time trial. In 1994 he was vice-champion of the amateurs in the same discipline. 1995 at the Track World Championships in Bogota, he came third in the time trial and team sprint ( with Marty Nothstein and William Clay ). Three times - 1992, 1996 and 2000, he competed at the Olympic Games - and won bronze in Barcelona in 1992 and Atlanta 1996 silver, each time trial, in which he ( 1:02.940 min. ) At the race in Atlanta an Olympic record aufstellte, the short was undercut it by the eventual winner, Florian Rousseau again ( 1:02.712 min. ).

1999 Hartwell won at the Pan American Games in Winnipeg, the silver medal in the time trial. In 2000 he was U.S. Champion in the Team Pursuit ( with Mariano Friedick, Derek Bouchard -Hall and Tommy Mulkey ). Then he stepped over to the professionals and also drove road race, but without much success. His best performance was the eighth place finish at the Tour of Wellington in 2001.

Since his retirement from cycling at the end of 2001, Erin Hartwell has worked as a cycling coach and, together with his wife May Britt Hartnell, a former Norwegian cyclist, own Trainingswhip school in Trexlertown, where there is a velodrome located. From 2005 to 2008 he headed the Valley Preferred Cycling Center, also in Trexlertown.