Vicki Golden | |
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Nationality | American |
Born | July 28, 1992 San Diego, California, U.S. | (age 31)
Motocross career | |
Years active | 2000-active |
Vicki Golden (born July 28, 1992 in San Diego, California) is an American professional Freestyle Motocross rider and the first female team member of Metal mulisha, [1] Since beginning her career in 2000 Golden has won three consecutive gold medals in Women's Moto X Racing at the X Games. She is also the first woman to compete in a freestyle Moto X competition, earning the bronze medal in the best whip category. [2] She currently rides a Suzuki 450/250 motocross bike. [3]
Golden began racing at the age of seven after seeing her brother and her father race. Golden had to race with boys, because there weren't enough girls to create a separate race class. [4] Golden's career took off at age 16, after competing in the Loretta Lynn's Amateur Motocross National Championships in Tennessee where she won the Women's Amateur National Champion title. [5] In the same year she also earned her AMA/WMX Pro License. [6]
2008 - Loretta Lynn's AMA Women's Amateur Champion [5]
2009 - TransWorld Motocross Magazine's Female Motocross Rookie of the Year [6] [7]
2011 - Won the gold medal in the Women's Moto X Racing in the Summer X Games [8]
2011 - First Female to break top 10 in AMA Arena Cross Lites Main [9]
2011 - First female to qualify for AMA Arena Cross Premier class night show [10]
2012 - Won her second gold medal in the Women's Moto X Racing in the Summer X Games [11]
2012 - Third consecutive gold medal in the Women's Moto X Racing in the Summer X Games won bronze for Moto X Best Whip [8]
2014 - First woman to complete Ricky Carmichael's Road to Supercross [12]
2014 - Nominated for an ESPY Award in 2014 for Best Female Action Sports Athlete [13]
2015 - First woman in Monster Energy AMA Supercross, an FIM World Championship, to qualify for the “Fast 40″ – the riders that transition to the night program from time qualifying – which she did for the 2015 finale. [14]