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| Full name | Mark Brian Gorski | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1960-01-06) 6 January 1960 (age 64) Evanston, Illinois, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Track Cycling | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Mark Brian Gorski (born January 6, 1960) is a 1984 Olympic Gold medal-winning cyclist in the 1000m match sprint from the United States. He attended Lake Park High School in Roselle, Illinois and the University of Michigan.
Gorski was a member of the 1980, 1984 and 1988 Olympic Teams and won a gold medal in the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles in the 1000 meter sprint cycling event. He was inducted into the U.S. Cycling Hall of Fame in 1995. He served as a commentator for NBC at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona and has done numerous speaking engagements over the past 20 years. Gorski attended the University of Michigan from 1978 to 1982.
Gorski lives in Indian Wells, California. He is a Senior Vice President at Wexford Science & Technology, where he leads the leasing activities in its West region markets. Gorski has held leasing and development positions with Wexford since May 2009. Over the past 33 years, Gorski has held management positions in marketing and sales roles with Wells Fargo Bank, Sister to Sister Foundation, Montgomery Sports and Tailwind Sports.
References
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Mark Gorski". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved May 29, 2015.
- "STL Today Articles". Article Reference. December 13, 2009. Retrieved October 30, 2015.
External links
- Mark Gorski at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Mark Gorski at databaseOlympics.com (archived)
- Mark Brian Gorski at Olympics.com
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- 1960 births
- Living people
- American track cyclists
- American male cyclists
- Cyclists at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States in cycling
- Cyclists from Chicago
- University of Michigan alumni
- Cyclists at the 1987 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 1987 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States in cycling
- People from Roselle, Illinois
- 20th-century American sportsmen