American cyclist (1958–2021)
Danute Bankaitis-Davis Personal information Nickname Bunki Born (1958-01-02 ) January 2, 1958United States Died January 29, 2021(2021-01-29) (aged 63) Team information Discipline Road Role Rider
Danute "Bunki" Bankaitis-Davis (January 2, 1958 – January 29, 2021)[ 1] racing cyclist . She won a gold medal at the1992 UCI Road World Championships in theteam time trial . She competed at the1988 Summer Olympics in thewomen's road race finishing 14th.[ 2] [ 3] [ 4]
Born to Lithuanian parents, Bunki Bankaitis-Davis competed in the women’s road race at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, finishing 14th. She started out as a volleyball player, earning a scholarship to Cleveland State University where she studied chemistry. Bankaitis-Davis later earned a PhD in organic chemistry from the University of North Carolina. She started working with Amgen in Boulder, Colorado, but left after several years and started her own company, Source Molecular Diagnostics, which does molecular blood tests.
She was inducted into theUnited States Bicycling Hall of Fame in 2021.[ 5]
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National teams 1987 :Soviet Union (Kibardina ,Jakovleva ,Poliakova ,Pugovichnikova ) 1988 :Italy (Bandini ,Bonanomi ,Canins ,Galli ) 1989 :Soviet Union (Kibardina ,Poliakova ,Zilporytė ,Melyokhina ) 1990 :Netherlands (Van Moorsel ,Knol ,Westland ,Schop ) 1991 :France (Clignet ,Gendron ,Odin ,Marsal ) 1992 :United States (Stephenson ,Golay ,Bolland ,Bankaitis-Davis ) 1993 :Russia (Sokolova ,Bubnenkova ,Polkhanova ,Koliaseva ) 1994 :Russia (Sokolova ,Bubnenkova ,Polkhanova ,Koliaseva ) Trade teams 2012 :Team Specialized–lululemon (Becker ,Neben ,Stevens ,Teutenberg ,Van Dijk ,Worrack ) 2013 :Specialized–lululemon (Brennauer ,Colclough ,Small ,Stevens ,Van Dijk ,Worrack ) 2014 :Specialized–lululemon (Blaak ,Brennauer ,Canuel ,Small ,Stevens ,Worrack ) 2015 :Velocio–SRAM (Amialiusik ,Brennauer ,Canuel ,Guarischi ,Kröger ,Worrack ) 2016 :Boels–Dolmans (Blaak ,Canuel ,Deignan ,Majerus ,Stevens ,Van Dijk ) 2017 :Team Sunweb (Brand ,Kirchmann ,Mackaij ,Rivera ,Stultiens ,Van Dijk ) 2018 :Canyon–SRAM (Amialiusik ,A. Barnes ,H. Barnes ,Cecchini ,Klein ,Worrack )
