Deirdre "Dede" Demet Barry (born October 8, 1972 in

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) is an American female cycle racer, six times U.S. champion (4 senior titles, two junior). She has won two

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races, two

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medals, and, in 2004, the silver medal in the time trial in the

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. She is married to fellow professional cyclist Michael Barry. They live in Toronto, Canada.

Biography

Barry did not start as a cyclist. Her entry into sport was

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. 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

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and

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in the world championships in her home town of

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. 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,

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, 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

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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 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

;1989 :1st Road race,

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, Junior :1st United States National Time Trial Championships :1st United States National Road Race Championships ;1991 :1st United States National Team Time Trial Championships :1st Team Time Trial, Pan American Games ;1993 :2nd World Team Time Trial Championships :1st 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 :2nd United States National Road Race Championships :3rd

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::3 stage wins :5th Molenheike Stage Race ::1 stage win ;1995 :3rd United States National Time Trial Championships :1st Time trial, Pan American Games :1st

::3 stage victories :1st Thrift Drug Invitational :3rd Colorado Cyclist Classic :4th Tour de l'Aude ::2 stage wins :2nd Epinal Stage Race :1st 89er Stage Race ::1 stage win ;1996 :1st 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 :3rd Tour de 'Toona ::1st Prologue time trial ::2nd Stage 2 :3rd United States National Road Race Championships :2nd 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,

(cat 1) :2nd Stage 8,

(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 United States National Criterium Championships :3rd United States National Road Race Championships :4th 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 :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,

:6th Tour de Suisse Feminin (cat. 1) :5th Stage 5 (Burley South individual time trial),

(cat 1) :3rd Stage 8 (Letha to Firebird Raceway),

(cat 1) :4th Stage 10 (Idaho Statehouse criterium),

(cat 1) :4th United States National Time Trial Championships :5th Stage 5 (Castelnaudary time trial), Tour de l'Aude (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 :4th 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 ;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 :10th Tour de l'Aude ::2 stage victories :4th Damesronde van Drenthe

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