Dotsie Bausch
 Bausch in 2011 | |||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Website | DotsieBauschUSA.com | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
| |||||||||||||||
Dorothy Lee "Dotsie" Bausch is an American former cyclist and Olympic silver medalist. She is also the executive director of the nonprofit Switch4Good.
Early life
[edit]Bausch grew up in Kentucky and graduated from Villanova University with a degree in journalism.[1]
At 26 years old, toward the end of her therapy work, her therapist encouraged her to move her body again, choosing a physical activity that was not attached to a goal of fitness or weight loss. She chose cycling.[2]
Career
[edit]Bausch was featured in the 2015 documentary Personal Gold: An Underdog Story and the 2017 documentary The Game Changers.[3]
Switch4Good is an athlete-driven nonprofit working toward a dairy-free future. The organization employs athlete stories with scientific research and outreach to help others "live better and do more" by avoiding dairy.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Dotsie Bausch". USA Cycling. Archived from the original on August 1, 2012. Retrieved August 19, 2014.
- ^ Glassner, Jacob (July 25, 2012). "Dotsie Bausch sees God's hand in Olympic dream". The Southeast Outlook. Middletown, Kentucky: Southeast Christian Church. Archived from the original on June 29, 2019. Retrieved July 28, 2012.
- ^ "Dotsie Bausch". IMDb.
- ^ "Our Story". May 21, 2019.
External links
[edit]
   | This biographical article relating to American cycling is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |