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词条 Denise Mueller-Korenek
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  1. Early life and education

  2. Career

  3. Personal

  4. References

{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2018}}Denise Mueller-Korenek (born {{circa|1973}}) is an American cyclist. {{As of|September 2018|post=,}} she holds the world record for paced bicycle land speed[1][2] and is considered "the fastest cyclist on earth".[3][4] She set the record on September 16, 2018, at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, by traveling an average of 183.932 mph (296.009 km/h) on a custom-built carbon KHS bicycle behind a custom-built vehicle to minimize air resistance.[5] The previous record, {{convert|167|mph}}, was set in 1995 by Dutchman Fred Rompelberg. Two years earlier she set the women's bicycle land speed record, pedaling 147.7 mph (237.7 km/h).[6] She is the first and only woman in history to hold the world record, which was first established in 1899.[7][8]

Early life and education

Denise Mueller was born into a family of daredevils. Her father, Myron Mueller, was an ultra-distance cyclist; he celebrated his 70th birthday by pedaling the entire perimeter of the coterminous United States, a distance of more than {{convert|12,000|miles|km}}. He is in the Guinness Book of World Records as the oldest person to bicycle that perimeter.[8] Her mother, Anna Dement, raced midget demolition-derby cars. "In our family, crazy is our sort of normal," Denise said.[6] She graduated from San Dieguito High School.[6]

Career

Mueller competed as a junior cyclist in her teens and finished in the top three in national and world competitions more than a dozen times.[9] She won national championships in road, track and mountain biking 15 times.[3] She retired in 1992 at age 19.[7] She went to work for her family's security company, eventually becoming president and CEO.[10]

In 2009, Mueller-Korenek resumed bicycling and running, competing in marathons and Ironman Triathlon competitions. Her trainer, both in her teens and later, is John Howard, a three-time Olympian and holder of the world speed record before Rompelberg.[6] Mueller-Korenek decided to go for the speed record when Howard told her no woman had ever attempted it. She began seriously training to set a new bicycle speed record in 2012. Along the way she won two national titles for her age group.[11] In 2016, she made her first run at the record at the Bonneville Salt Flats. Her speed of {{convert|147.7|mph|abbr=on}} established the women's world record.[11]

In paced bicycle racing, the cyclist follows immediately behind a pace car equipped with a wind shield, so that they are pedaling in the car's slipstream. Riding at that speed just inches behind a pace car is so dangerous that most world-class cyclists don't attempt it.[6] The custom bicycle is geared so high that it has to be towed by the pace car until it reaches {{convert|90|to|100|mph}}; the cyclist then casts off the towrope and pedals under their own power.[11] Rompelberg, whose record she was trying to break, encouraged her efforts and allowed her to use as a pace car the same custom {{convert|1000|hp|adj=on}} dragster he had used in setting the record.[12] In her 2018 attempt, Mueller-Korenek circled the track {{frac|3|1|2}} times after casting off the tow rope, breaking the world record on her final mile. Her goal had been to break the previous record of {{convert|167|mph|abbr=on}}; she was surprised to learn she had reached {{convert|183.9|mph|abbr=on}}, breaking Rompelberg's record by almost {{convert|17|mph|abbr=on}}. "We weren't supposed to go more than 175," she said.[13]

Personal

Mueller-Korenek is married to Chris Korenek and has three adult sons. At the time of her world record performance, she was 45 years old and lived in Valley Center, California.[7]

References

1. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2018/09/18/american-woman-pedals-mph-smashing-record-held-by-men-more-than-years/|title=Analysis {{!}} American woman pedals 184 mph, smashing record held by men for more than 100 years|last=Ingraham|first=Chris|work=Washington Post|language=en|access-date=September 25, 2018}}
2. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.bicycling.com/news/a23281242/denise-mueller-korenek-breaks-bicycle-speed-record/|title=This Woman Just Biked at 184 MPH to Smash the Bicycle Speed Record|date=September 17, 2018|work=Bicycling|access-date=September 25, 2018|language=en-US}}
3. ^1 {{Cite news|url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/american-woman-sets-new-bicycle-speed-record-180970329/|title=American Woman Sets New Bicycle Speed Record|last=Daley|first=Jason|work=Smithsonian|access-date=September 25, 2018|language=en}}
4. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/09/19/mother-of-three-becomes-fastest-human-bike-1839mph/|title=Mother-of-three becomes fastest human being on a bike at 183.9mph|last=Allen|first=Nick|date=September 19, 2018|work=The Telegraph|access-date=September 25, 2018|language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235}}
5. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.bikeradar.com/us/road/news/article/cycling-land-speed-record-52942/|title=Cycling land speed record smashed on Bonneville Salt Flats|work=BikeRadar|access-date=September 17, 2018|language=en-us}}
6. ^1 2 3 4 {{Cite news|url=http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/communities/north-county/sd-no-speed-racer-20180801-story,amp.html|title=Woman cyclist aims for men's world speed record|last=Kragen|first=Pam|work=sandiegouniontribune.com|date=August 4, 2018|access-date=September 13, 2018|language=en-US}}
7. ^1 2 {{cite news |last1=Kragen |first1=Pam |title=San Diego woman officially the fastest bicyclist on Earth |work=San Diego Union Tribune |date=September 17, 2018 |url=http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/communities/north-county/sd-no-fastest-woman-20180917-story.html| access-date=September 21, 2018}}
8. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-myron-mueller-passes-at-age-74-2006apr12-story.html|title=Myron Mueller passes at age 74|last=Morrow|first=Tom|date=April 12, 2006|work=San Diego Union Tribune|accessdate=September 27, 2018}}
9. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/2018/09/18/649221471/woman-rides-bicycle-to-183-9-mph-a-new-world-record|title=Woman Rides Bicycle To 183.9 MPH — A World Record|last=Chappell|first=Bill|date=September 18, 2018|work=NPR|accessdate=September 21, 2018}}
10. ^{{Cite news|url=https://durangoherald.com/articles/241987|title=American woman smashes cycling record held by men for more than a decade|work=Durango Herald|access-date=September 25, 2018|language=en}}
11. ^1 2 3 {{cite news|url=https://www.wired.com/story/denise-mueller-korenek-bike-speed-record-168-mph/|title=The Exquisite, Intricate Insanity of Riding a Bike at 184 mph|last=Lindsey|first=Joe|date=September 13, 2018|work=Wired|accessdate=September 21, 2018}}
12. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2018/9/a-history-of-cycling-speed-records-as-denise-mueller-koronek-reaches-183-mph-541481|title=A history of cycling speed records as Denise Mueller-Koronek reaches 183 mph|last=Hollingum|first=Ben|date=September 21, 2018|work=guinnessworldrecords.com|accessdate=September 27, 2018}}
13. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-45572277|title=Cycling land speed: Denise Mueller-Korenek breaks world record|date=September 19, 2018|work=BBC News|accessdate=September 21, 2018}}
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