Ron Skarin (born November 9, 1951) is an American former

cyclist Cycling, also known as bicycling or biking, is the activity of riding a bicycle or other types of pedal-driven human-powered vehicles such as balance bikes, unicycles, tricycles, and quadricycles. Cycling is practised around the world fo ...

. He competed at the

1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and officially branded as Munich 1972 (; ), were an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. It was the ...

and

1976 Summer Olympics The 1976 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Montreal 1976 (), were an international multi-sport event held from July 17 to August 1, 1976, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Montreal ...

. Skarin won ten national titles, including the Team Pursuit 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1976 and 1977, Individual Pursuit 1975, Ten mile 1976, Points Race 1978 and Madis in 1981. He was Gold Medalist in the team pursuit at the Pan American Games in Mexico City in 1975. He broke the men's hour record in May 1979 at Ontario Motor Speedway, completing 5.310 km in one hour. Skarin was director of the U.S. Cycling Federation in 1979-80.

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* 1951 births Living people American male cyclists Olympic cyclists for the United States Cyclists at the 1972 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Cyclists from Los Angeles American track cyclists Cyclists at the 1975 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1975 Pan American Games Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in cycling 20th-century American sportsmen {{US-cycling-bio-1950s-stub