User:Ogran004/Janie Eickhoff

Early Life

Janie Eickhoff, graduated from Los Alamitos High School in 1988. With many successes in a short period of time Eickhoff was inducted into the Los Alamitos High School Hall of Fame. Continuing her career at “Cal State Dominguez Hills" where Eickhoff would face many challenges.

Approaching what would be the “...last victories are the women's individual pursuit during the World Junior Championships 1987 and the women's sprint during the World Junior Championships 1987. She competes in individual pursuit; points race and sprint."

Eickhoff sustained a career ending injury that led her down a new road, a change of profession opened several doors when taking up cycling. The 19-year-old qualified and won the “top kudos from the U.S. Cycling Federation."

“Janie Eickhoff edged fellow American Mindee Mayfield by 0.15 seconds and took the women's 20-mile competition in the second leg of the International Cycle Road Race."

Janie would then take on "...the world cycling championships," where "Eickhoff considering whether she should focus solely on cycling."

Durning Eickhoff's victories there was still time to take up a separate hobby. “Speed skating was another one of those things Eickhoff drifted into. A lot of speed skaters train at the velodrome, and Eickhoff had heard of skater/bikers such as Sheila Young Ochowicz. So, she took up the sport-and this coming season will mark her third year on the speed skating national team...” the majority of her sports successes she dedicates to her father who went above and beyond at each given event.

Early Sports

Eickhoff's career in cycling began after her freshman year of high school at Los Al High school. After recovering from a knee injury caused by soccer, Eickhoff took up cycling. It was Eickhoff's father who encouraged her to try cycling after the soccer

injury. She began cycling in the sprint bicycle races. After only two years of cycling, Janie Eickhoff took first at the Junior World Championships in Italy for the 2000-meter individual pursuit. Eickhoff was focusing on too many sports at one time.

Eickhoff’s success in cycling and speed skating is because of her versatility. She’s also a sprinter who has endurance and cunning. Her coaches--Levy and cycling coach Pat McDonough, both of whom she spends hours with on the phone getting

long-distance training advice--would each like to see her focus on one sport. If it had to be one, cycling would win. She attempted Speed skating as well, became another one of those sports she drifted on too

In 1986 Eickhoff took up the sport because of hearing other cyclist talk about it as they trained. She had saw this as a way to complement her riding. Mostly because of the leg training and having a small brake from cycling. Within the next few years she had won the nation senior women's

short track speed skating championship at Cleveland. According to her father she also knows pistol shooting

Bicycle Career

Eickhoff began cycling in 1984. Her father George, got her a track bike and took her to cycling classes at the Encino Velodrome. She continued to take classes and tried out some racing. In the summer of 85 she won her first championship in the junior girls division. Two years later Eickhoff

won the national match sprint, point race, and individual pursuit plus the junior world sprint and individual pursuit.

In cycling she was concentrated on sprinting, but plans her plans shift her focus toward the 3000 meter pursuit. Her coach said that opportunities for sprinters to compete are limited, and Eickhoff's the kind of athlete who likes to race often.

Education and College Sports

Eickhoff attended Cal State Dominguez Hills for college education. During her freshman year there, she earned the title of Women's Amateur Cyclist of the year by the United States Cycling Federation. In the year 1990 Eickhoff officially switched from biking in sprint races to biking in

individual pursuit races. After this switch, Eickhoff earned eighth place at the World Championships. The next year, she moved her way up to second place at the same race.

She also beat the United States record for the Kilometer Time Trial with a time of 1:12:298. Eickhoff had taken the year 1997 off from cycling. After this break, she won the individual pursuit. "Overall Janie Eickhoff won ten U.S. National Titles in Pursuit, Time Trial and in the Points Race as well

as 6 medals at UCI World Championship events. She also won 2 gold medals at the Pan American games in the Pursuit and Points Race in 1995."

Family Sports History

Eickhoff was not the only member of her family to take sports so heavily. Her father, George Eickhoff, and her Brother, Rick had been on the U.S. pistol shooting team. George had also raced cars.

Historic bicycles at the U.S. Cycling Hall of Fame

Hall Of Fame

Janie Eickhoff was inducted in to two different hall of fames. The first was her high school Hall Of Fame. She was inducted after she graduated at "Los Alamitos High school". After high school she didn't stop there.

Janie went further in her sports career, racking over nine career achievements. When inducted in to the "The 29th Annual U.S. Bicycling Hall of Fame" in 2015, she had been recognized for her achievements.

Modern Post-1975 Competitor was the division she was placed in. (United States Bicycling Hall of Fame)

Achievements

1993, 94 World Championship – 3rd Place Track Pursuit

1989, 91, 92 World Championship –  3rd Place Track Points race

1991 World Championship – 2nd Place Track Pursuit

1995 Pan American Games – 1st Place 3000 meter Pursuit

1995 Pan American Games – 1st Place Points Race

1990 Goodwill Games – 1st Place Individual Pursuit

1988, 90, 92, 93, 94 National Track Championships – 1st Place Points Race

1990, 91, 93, 94 National Track Championships – 1st Place Pursuit

1991 Set U.S. Record for 1 Km Event, 1:12:298