John Coyle competed in both cycling and speed skating for the Wolverine Sports Club in Royal Oak, Michigan. Other than his Olympic performance, his best international short-track finish was a bronze medal at the 1993 World Winter University Games in the relay. He was also a nationally competitive cyclist, winning the US Junior Cycling Championships in 1987, and placing fifth that year at the World Junior Championships. He was on the US National Cycling team, the 7-11 Cycling team, and has won the Michigan Road Championships six times. Coyle graduated from Stanford with a degree in mechanical engineering. He writes about cycling and speed skating on his blog at http://johnkcoyle.wordpress.com/about/.
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