KRISTIN ARMSTRONG SAVOLA

healthy active lifestyles, including through her position as Executive Director of Community Health and Sports Medicine Programs at St. Luke’s in Boise. She also joined Twenty16 Professional Cycling in partnering with Go On Idaho to promote postsecondary education at the Boise Twilight Criterium cycling race. Twenty16 is an internationally touring cycling team in which Kristin serves as the team’s high performance director.

“She has exemplified a strong work ethic and true dedication that serves us as a great example for all Idahoans,” said M. Duane Nellis, former UI president and current president of Texas Tech University.

Internationally known Olympian and College of Education alumna Kristin Armstrong Savola is being recognized with the Alumni Association’s Distinguished Idahoan Award.

Kristin, who graduated in 1995 with a degree in education, exercise physiology, is a two-time winner of Olympic Gold medals in road racing cycling events. She won her first gold in the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Kristin then briefly retired to start a family, but returned to the sport after the birth of her son. She went on to win her second gold in London in 2012 – making her the oldest champion in a road cycling event when she turned 39 just weeks after the event.

Kristin, who is a member of the college Advocacy Board, also has been nationally and internationally recognized in triathlete competitions and is an advocate for

The Alumni Association’s Distinguished Idahoan was created in 1978 and is awarded to an alumnus/ alumna or friend who has an international or national reputation and has brought distinction to the State of Idaho and the University of Idaho or rendered extraordinary service to one or both. It is funded and administered by the University of Idaho Alumni Association and has been presented to a limited number of people.