About Bunki Bankaitis-Davis
Lived 1958 – 2021 (aged 63). Bunki Bankaitis-Davis was an American sport cyclist.
Danute "Bunki" Bankaitis-Davis (January 2, 1958 – January 29, 2021) was an American road racing cyclist. She won a gold medal at the 1992 UCI Road World Championships in the team time trial. She competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in the women's road race finishing 14th.
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 the United States Bicycling Hall of Fame in 2021.
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Who was Bunki Bankaitis-Davis?
American racing cyclist (1958-2021)
When was Bunki Bankaitis-Davis born?
Bunki Bankaitis-Davis was born on 2 January 1958 in United States.
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Bunki Bankaitis-Davis died on 29 January 2021.
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Bunki Bankaitis-Davis was a sport cyclist.
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Bunki Bankaitis-Davis was American.
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