Vicki Golden

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]

Vicki Golden
Golden at the X Games XVII (2011)
Nationality American
BornJuly 28, 1992 (1992-07-28) (age 28)
San Diego, California
Motocross career
Years active2000-active

Early career

Golden began racing at the age of seven after seeing her brother and father racing. Golden had to race with the boys because there wasn't enough girls to create a separate race class.[4] Golden's career took off at age 16 when raced 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]

Career Highlights

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]

References
  1. "Vicki Golden". Metal Mulisha. Retrieved 2015-05-04.
  2. "Moto X Best Whip - Results - Summer X Games 2013 Los Angeles". Xgames.espn.go.com. Retrieved 2015-05-04.
  3. "Vicki Golden". Metal Mulisha. Retrieved 2015-05-04.
  4. "Vicki Golden Gets Third for X Games Best Whip". Dirtbag Darling. Retrieved 2015-05-04.
  5. Andrew Campo (2008-08-02). "Loretta Lynn's 2008: Friday Youth". vurbmoto. Retrieved 2015-05-04.
  6. "She Races: Vicki Golden | TransWorld Motocross". Motocross.transworld.net. 2013-08-08. Retrieved 2015-05-04.
  7. "TransWorld Motocross announces the nominees for the 1st Annual TransWorld Motocross Awards". Espn.go.com. 2009-09-22. Retrieved 2015-05-04.
  8. "Women's Moto X Racing - Results - Summer X Games 2013 Los Angeles". Xgames.espn.go.com. Retrieved 2015-05-04.
  9. https://web.archive.org/web/20111021131815/http://www.arenacross.com/News/2011/06/09/1/. Archived from the original on October 21, 2011. Retrieved August 3, 2014. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. "Vicki Golden races AMA Arenacross in Colo". Sports.espn.go.com. 2011-01-29. Retrieved 2015-05-04.
  11. Bane, Colin (2012-06-30). "Summer X Games 2015 Austin - X Games". Xgames.espn.go.com. Retrieved 2015-05-04.
  12. "Vicki Golden First Woman to Complete Ricky Carmichael's Road to Supercross | Transworld Motocross". Motocross.transworld.net. 2014-03-21. Retrieved 2015-05-04.
  13. "Vicki Golden Nominated for 2014 ESPY". Motorcycle USA. 2014-07-10. Retrieved 2015-05-04.
  14. "Vicki Golden makes Supercross history again - The Inside Track". Insidetrack.blogs.news-journalonline.com. Retrieved 2015-05-04.
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