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Lindenmuth, Tanya

The Short List

2000 Olympian - sixth in matched sprints
World Track Cycling Championships: 1999-2001
Junior World Track Cycling Championships: 1997
Four-time National Track Cycling Champion: 1999-2001 (500m time trial, match sprint)
Junior National Track Cycling Champion: 1997 (omnium, 500m time trial, match sprint)

Did You Know?

Youngest-ever Olympic cyclist at 21.
Always smiling, so much so that friends say “she’s contageous.”
Friends also say: “she could easily win a one-legged butt kicking competition, she’s that huge.”
Says she doesn't want to look like a Victoria's Secret model, “track cyclists are built like brick outhouses, at least from the waste down.”
Gets angry when she goes pants shopping because she can never find a pair that her legs can fit in.
Trains with 2000 Paralympic Champion Pam Fernandes.
Member of the Future Champions Cycling Club (FCCC).
Set American record in 500-meter time trial at 2000 EDS Elite National Track Cycling Championships (35.236, Colorado Springs, Colo.).
1997 U.S. Cycling Federation Junior Female Athlete of the Year.
Began cycling in 1995 through Air Products Developmental Programs and The Bicycle Racing League.
Also competed in roller speed skating.
Hopes to someday become a professional vocalist.

It's Every Day

When Lindenmuth was born, it was questionable whether she would be able to walk. Her feet were extremely crooked. For the first two years of her life, she wore casts on both feet from the knees down. “"The doctors wanted to break my feet and reset them," she said. "But that hasn't been done to this day." Her feet and legs have served her well. And though they are large for a 5-foot-1-inch woman, she's rather proud of them. She says her legs used to be bigger when she competed as a roller speed skater -- cycling has made her more lean.

Height: 5' 1
Born: 5/25/1979
Hometown: Trexlertown, Pa.
Resides: Trexlertown, Pa.
Sport: Cycling
Event: Track