Arnie Baker is a bicycle coach, racer, and writer. He has coached road and mountain bike racers to several Olympic Games, more than 120 U.S. National Championships and 40 U.S. records. He is the National Cycling Coach for Team in Training, a program of more than 800 coaches and 30,000 participants that raises more than $80 million yearly for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Baker has a Category 1 U.S. Cycling Federation racing license. He has held eight U.S. 40-K time trial records, has won six national championships, and has won more than 200 races. Baker has authored or co-authored 16 books and more than 1,000 articles on bicycling and bicycling-related subjects. He obtained his M.D. and master?s degree in surgery from McGill University, Montreal in 1978. He is a board-certified family physician, living in San Diego, California. He has served on the fitness board of several publications including Bicycling Magazine. He has also been a medical consultant to USA Cycling and the International Olympic Committee. 

August 6th, 1953 in Canada (Age 71)