Alise Willoughby
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Full name | Alise Rose Willoughby[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | "The Beast" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Alise Rose Post January 17, 1991 St. Cloud, Minnesota, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 2 in (158 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 117 lb (53 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Daylight Cycles / Toyota | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Discipline | Bicycle Motocross (BMX) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Amateur teams | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2000 | Fly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2001-2003 | Staats/TBS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2003-2004 | Avent/Bombshell | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2004-2005 | Hyper Bicycles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2005-2006 | CMC Inc. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2006 | CMC Inc. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2006-2008 | Formula Bicycle/Monster Factory | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2009-2016 | Redline Bicycles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2017-present | GW / Toyota Daylight Cycles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Alise Rose Willoughby OLY (née Post, born January 17, 1991) is an American professional "Current School" BMX racing racer who has been racing competitively since 2002. She uses the moniker "The Beast".[2]
Career
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Originally a state-champion gymnast, Willoughby began racing at the age of six, after watching her older brothers race.[3]
She turned professional in 2006, at the age of 15. Her first professional race result came in April, when she placed third at the American Bicycle Association Winter Nationals.[4] Her first professional win came just one month later, when she won the ABA Super Nationals.[5] She was voted 2006 Rookie Pro of the Year by the readers of BMXer magazine, becoming the first female to win the title.[6] She was also the youngest female to hold the National No.1 Pro Women's title, one of the youngest BMX racers to turn pro, one of the youngest to hold a pro title, and the first female to earn all three Girls division classifications.
In 2008, BMX Racing was added to the Olympics, but the 19 years age minimum meant Willoughby, age 17, was unable to compete.[2]
Willoughby would go on to make her Olympic Debut at the 2012 Summer Olympics, after recovering from surgery for LCL, knee and hamstring reconstruction.[7] She placed 12th after a crash in the semi-final.
In 2021, Willoughby suffered a crash at the 2020 Summer Olympics (held in 2021) and did not qualify for the final.[8]
Major results
[edit]American Bicycle Association
[edit]20 inch
[edit]- 1999,'00,'01,'02,'03,'04 Minnesota District 6 (MN-06) No.1
- 1999,'00,'02,'03,'04 Minnesota State Champion
- 2000,'01,'02,'03,'04 Central Region Redline Cup Champion
- 2000 9 Girls National Age Group (NAG) No.1
- 2000 9 Girls Race of Champions (ROC) Champion
- 2001 10 Girls NAG No.1
- 2002 11 Girls NAG No.1
- 2002 11 Girls ROC Champion
- 2002 11 Girls Grandnational Champion
- 2002 Girls National No.2
- 2003 12 Girls World Champion
- 2003 12 Girls NAG No.1
- 2003 12 Girls ROC Champion
- 2003 12 Girls Grandnational Champion
- 2003 Girls National No.2
- 2004 13 Girls NAG No.1
- 2004 13 Girls ROC Champion
- 2001,'04 National No.1 Girl
Cruiser
[edit]- 2000,'01,'02,'03,'04 Cruiser Minnesota District 6 (MN-06) No.1
- 2002,'03'04 Minnesota State Cruiser Champion
- 2000,'01 10 & Under Girls Cruiser Redline Cup Central Region Champion
- 2002,03,'04 11-13 Girls Cruiser Central Regional Redline Cup Champion
- 2001 10 & Under National Age Group (NAG) Girls Cruiser No.1
- 2002,'03,'04 11-13 National Age Group (NAG) Girls Cruiser No.1
- 2002,'03 Race of Champions Cruiser Champion.
- 2003,'04 National No.1 Girl Cruiser
- 2001,'02,'03,'04 World Champion
- 2001,'04 Cruiser World Champion
- 2007 15-16 Girls Cruiser World Champion[b]
Professional
[edit]American Bicycle Association (ABA)
[edit]- 2006, '07 National No.1 Pro Women
Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI)
[edit]- 2017, '19, '24 Elite Women World Champion
USA Cycling
[edit]- 2010 Elite Women Second Place National Champion
World Cup
[edit]- 2020 Gold Medalist
- 2012, '15, '19, '24 Bronze Medalist
World Championships
[edit]- 2017, '19, '24 Gold Medalist
- 2013, '14, '15 Silver Medalist
- 2010, '16, '23 Bronze Medalist
Olympics
[edit]- Rio 2016 Silver Medalist
Personal life
[edit]In December 2015 Sam Willoughby proposed to Alise. Sam had a training incident in 2016 that forced him to retire, after which he became Alise's coach. They were married in January 2019.[9]
Notes
[edit]- ^ Listed are District, State/Provincial/Department, Regional, National, and International titles in italics. Depending on point totals of individual racers, winners of Grand Nationals do not necessarily win National titles. Only sanctioning bodies active during the racer's career are listed. Series and one off Championships are also listed in block.
- ^ Although Alise Post was a pro in the ABA at the time of the 2007 UCI World Championships, under UCI rules she was too young to qualify for Elite women status.
References
[edit]- ^ Moto Mag January/February 2004 Vol.3 No.1 pg.20
- ^ a b "'The Beast' Rides On: Alise Willoughby's Journey Toward Paris Goes Through BMX Worlds In South Carolina". www.teamusa.com. May 14, 2024. Retrieved August 28, 2024.
- ^ "girlscantwhat.com January 2007 interview". Archived from the original on July 16, 2007. Retrieved July 2, 2007.
- ^ "USA BMX / BMX CANADA - Nationals". www.usabmx.com. Retrieved August 28, 2024.
- ^ "ABA supernationals Day 2 results". Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved October 12, 2018.
- ^ bmxtra.com's listing of the ABA year end results. Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "bmxnews page". Archived from the original on June 25, 2012. Retrieved June 30, 2012.
- ^ Dart, Tom (July 30, 2021). "Alise Willoughby's hopes for BMX racing gold dashed on crash-filled day". The Guardian. London. Archived from the original on August 14, 2021. Retrieved October 6, 2021.
- ^ Gleeson, Scott. "Olympian Sam Willoughby was paralyzed in BMX accident. Now he coaches his wife Alise's quest for gold" (14 February 2020). USA TODAY. Retrieved August 2, 2024.
External links
[edit]- Alise Willoughby at Cycling Archives
- Alise Willoughby at CycleBase
- Alise Willoughby at UCI BMX Supercross World Cup Results
- Alise Willoughby at Olympics.com
- Alise Willoughby at Olympedia
- Alise Willoughby at Team USA (archive October 28, 2022)
- The American Bicycle Association (ABA) Website.
- The National Bicycle League (NBL) Website.
- "Alise Post's 2005 interview by young fellow racer Joey Bradford". Archived from the original on July 19, 2008. Retrieved December 30, 2008.
- 1991 births
- Living people
- American female cyclists
- American BMX riders
- Olympic silver medalists for the United States in cycling
- Cyclists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Cyclists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Cyclists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Pan American Games cyclists for the United States
- Cyclists at the 2015 Pan American Games
- 21st-century American sportswomen
- Sportspeople from St. Cloud, Minnesota
- Cyclists from Minnesota
- Cyclists at the 2024 Summer Olympics