Chris Carmichael (born October 24, 1960 in Miami, Florida, United States) is a retired professional cyclist and cycling, triathlon and endurance sports coach as well as the founder of Carmichael Training Systems.
He was a member of the 1984 U.S.
Olympic Cycling Team, the 7-Eleven Professional Cycling Team (1985-1987), and the Schwinn-Wheaties professional cycling team (1988-1989).
He started coaching with the United States Cycling Federation (now USA Cycling) in 1990, was the U.S.
Men’s Road Cycling team coach for the 1992 Olympic Games and the U.S.
Olympic Cycling Team Head Coach for the 1996 Olympic Games.
Chris founded CTS in 2000 to provide world-class coaching and training camps to athletes of all ability levels, and to train and develop professional endurance coaches.