Derek Bouchard-Hall

Derek Bouchard-Hall (born July 16, 1970) is a former US professional cyclist, whose career highlights include winning the US Professional Criterium Championship, winning the gold medal in the team pursuit at the Pan American Games, and competing on the 2000 US Olympic team in Sydney, Australia and for Mercury at Paris–Roubaix in 2001. After retiring from cycling in 2002, Bouchard-Hall pursued a career in business, including positions as a management consultant at McKinsey and as a Director at international cycling retailer, Wiggle.com. From June 2015, he will be the CEO and President of USA Cycling.[1]

Biography

Cycling and Education

Derek Albert Bouchard-Hall was born at the naval base in Port Hueneme, CA, USA, where his naval officer father was based. He spent most of his childhood in Norton, MA, where he graduated from Norton High School in 1988. Though a successful runner in high school, a foot injury led Bouchard-Hall to pursue cycling at Princeton University. Bouchard-Hall graduated from Princeton in 1992, with a degree in Architectural Engineering, then moved to the West Coast to attend Stanford University.

Bouchard-Hall graduated from Stanford in 1994 with an MS in Structural Engineering and began his professional cycling career, signing with Team Shaklee. Shaklee teammates introduced Bouchard-Hall to track cycling, and he soon began to train with the US track cycling team. From 1996–2000, Bouchard-Hall divided his cycling calendar into training and competing for both his professional road cycling team and for the US National track cycling team.

In 1998, Bouchard-Hall moved from Team Shaklee to the newly formed Mercury Cycling Team, where he competed both domestically and internationally. It was as a member of the Mercury team where Bouchard-Hall achieved his greatest road successes, winning the United States National Criterium Championships in 2000 and competing in Paris–Roubaix, Gent–Wevelgem, and Critérium International.

In 1999, Bouchard-Hall was a member of the gold medal winning team pursuit squad at the Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Canada.[2] In 2000, Bouchard-Hall achieved another career highlight when he was selected as a member of the US Olympic team, to compete in the track cycling team pursuit event, after winning the US National Championship in the team pursuit with Erin Hartwell, Mariano Friedick, and Tommy Mulkey. At the 2000 Sydney Olympics, Bouchard-Hall and the US team pursuit team finished in 10th place.[3][4] Bouchard-Hall continued to cycle for Mercury until the 2002 cycling season, when he announced his retirement at the age of 32 during the US Road Championships in Philadelphia, PA., in June. At the time, Mercury was ranked #1 in the NRC team standings.[5][6]

Exterior and Common Iliac Endofibrosis

Toward the end of his cycling career, Bouchard-Hall began experiencing pain and loss of strength in his left leg when he was training. After months of various medical and physio examinations, and through his own extensive research, he sought the advice of a vascular surgeon at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, USA.[7] Bouchard-Hall underwent surgery at Stanford University Medical Center to correct the problem in the winter of 2000, which ultimately led to his most successful year as a professional cyclist. In 2002, however, the pain and numbness in his leg returned, and, rather than risking a second highly invasive surgery, he retired.[8]

Post-Cycling Career

From 2002–2004, Bouchard-Hall attended Harvard Business School, graduating with an MBA in 2004, and began working in management consulting, first in Boston and then, in 2006, for McKinsey and Company in London. In 2009–2010, he served as interim director of the US Small Business Administration's HUBZone program, in Washington, DC, before returning to London in the summer of 2010. Since October 2011, Bouchard-Hall has been an executive with Wiggle Ltd,[9] one of the world's largest internet retailers of cycling, running, and triathlon equipment. Bouchard-Hall succeeded Steve Johnson as President and CEO of USA Cycling in June 2015.[10]

Personal

Bouchard-Hall is married with two children and resides in the UK.

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Professional Cycling Resume[11]

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

References

  1. ↑ https://www.usacycling.org/bouchard-hall-named-usa-cycling-chief-executive-officer.htm/ref>
  2. ↑ "CNN/SI – Olympics – Pan Am Games Friday Event Capsules – Saturday July 31, 1999 02:48 AM". Sportsillustrated.cnn.com. 1999-07-31. Retrieved 2014-05-19.
  3. ↑ "Derek Bouchard-Hall Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at". Sports-reference.com. 1970-07-16. Retrieved 2014-05-19.
  4. ↑ "Truing Olympic cycling dreams". Paloaltoonline.com. 2000-09-22. Retrieved 2014-05-19.
  5. ↑ "www.cyclingnews.com – the world centre of cycling". Autobus.cyclingnews.com. 2002-06-12. Retrieved 2014-05-19.
  6. ↑ "Pro Cycling News". Daily Peloton. 2002-06-13. Retrieved 2014-05-19.
  7. ↑ "Cyclist Bouchard-Hall Perseveres". Apnewsarchive.com. 2000-08-25. Retrieved 2014-05-19.
  8. ↑ "Mercury's Bouchard-Hall retires – VeloNews.com". Velonews.competitor.com. 2002-06-11. Retrieved 2014-05-19.
  9. ↑ Harker, Jonathon (2011-10-21). "US Olympic cyclist joins Wiggle | Bicycle Business". BikeBiz. Retrieved 2014-05-19.
  10. ↑ "Wiggle exec and former pro Derek Bouchard-Hall appointed CEO of USA Cycling". Velonews.com. 2015-04-28. Retrieved 2015-05-12.
  11. ↑ "Derek Bouchard-Hall". Cyclingarchives.com. 1970-07-16. Retrieved 2014-05-19.
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