Alice Jung

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Alice Jung
Personal information
Full nameAlice Jung
Nickname"Feisty"
Born (1982-04-23) April 23, 1982 (age 42)
South Korea
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineBicycle Motocross (BMX)
RoleRacer
Rider typeOff Road
Amateur team
1998-1999Bauer Power Racing
Professional teams
1999-2001Bauer Power Racing
2001-2002Hyper
2002Prodigy Racing
2002-2003Enigma
2003-2005Free Agent

Alice Jung (born April 23, 1982) is a former professional "Current School" Bicycle Motocross (BMX) racer whose prime competitive years are from 1996 to 2005. Had the moniker of "Feisty".

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Racing career milestone

Note: Professional first are on the national level unless otherwise indicated.

Started racing: February 1996 at age 13. She got a BMX bicycle in lieu of a mountain bike due to lack of funds. When she was 13 years old her father gave her $250 for the mountain bike she wanted for Christmas in 1995. To her disappointment she did not have enough for a mountain bike but did have enough for a BMX bicycle, which she settled for. [1] Then she was informed about BMX racing by the salesman and the existence of a nearby BMX track. She was enthralled when she road her new bike in practice on the course. However, she was too apprehensive to actually sign up for a membership and race for a month. [2]

First race bike: Dyno Nitro. This was the bike she brought instead of the mountain bike. [1]

First race result: Did not qualify (DNQ) in 13 Novice.

Sanctioning body:

Home sanctioning body district(s):

First win (local):

First sponsor:

First national win:

Turned Professional: 1999

First Professional race result:

First Professional win:

First Junior Women* race result:

First Junior Women Pro win:

First Elite Women** race result:

First Elite Women win:

Retired: Her last race was the ABA Grand Nationals in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on November 27, 2005. She came in fifth place in Pro Girl class. [3] Her last national victories were in Pro Girl on both days at the ABA Fallnationals in Phoenix, Arizona, on October 29 and 30, 2005. [4]

Height and weight at height of her career (): Ht:" Wt:lbs.

*In the NBL/UCI Junior Women; No comparable level exist in the ABA.
**In the NBL/UCI it was/is Supergirls/Elite Women; in the ABA it is Pro Girls.

Career factory and major bike shop sponsors

Note: This listing only denotes the racer's primary sponsors. At any given time a racer could have numerous ever changing co-sponsors. Primary sponsorships can be verified by BMX press coverage and sponsor's advertisements at the time in question. When possible exact dates are given.

Amateur/Junior women

  • Bauer Power Racing: 1998-Late March 2001. Jung would turn professional with this sponsor.

Professional/Elite Women

  • Bauer Power Racing: 1998-Late March 2001
  • Hyper Bicycles/Dope BMX: March 25, 2001 – May 22, 2002. Jung along with her partner Mike Gul left Hyper on good terms believing it was time to move on. [5]
  • Prodigy Racing: May 22, 2002-December 2002
  • Enigma Racing: December 2002-October 2003
  • Free Agent: October 2003-November 27, 2005.

Career bicycle motocross titles

Note: 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.

Amateur/Junior Women

National Bicycle League (NBL)

American Bicycle Association (ABA)

  • 1997, 98, 99 Girls Arizona State Champion
  • 1999 17 Girls Gold Cup Champion
  • 1999 17 Girls Race of Champions Champion.
  • 1999 17 Girls National No.2

Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI)

  • None

Professional/Elite Women

National Bicycle League (NBL)

  • None

American Bicycle Association (ABA)

  • 2000 Pro Girls National No.2
  • 2001 Pro Girls World Champion
  • 2002 Pro Girls Grandnational Champion
  • 2001, 2002 National No.1 Pro Girl

Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI)

  • 2003 Elite Women Bronze Medal World Champion

Pro Series Championships

Notable accolades

Significant injuries

Racing habits and traits

Miscellaneous

Post BMX career

BMX press magazine interviews and articles

BMX magazine covers

Note: Only magazines that were in publication at the time of the racer's career(s) are listed unless specifically noted.

BMX Plus!:

Snap BMX Magazine & Transworld BMX:

Bicycles Today & BMX Today (The official NBL publication of the ABA under two different names):

ABA Action, American BMXer, BMXer (The official publication of the ABA under three different names):

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 "Sicchics of bmx interview". Archived from the original on October 26, 2009.
  2. ↑ May 2002 bmxultra.com interview.
  3. ↑ "ABAbmx.com 2005 Grand National race results". Archived from the original on July 7, 2011. Retrieved May 14, 2019.
  4. ↑ "ABAbmx.com 2005 Fall Nationals Day 1 race results". Archived from the original on July 7, 2011. Retrieved May 14, 2019.
  5. ↑ www.bmxtreme.com May 23, 2002 entry
  6. ↑ bmxtreme.com article word search for "tail bone" without the quotation marks.
  7. ↑ Transworld BMX October 2002 Vol.9 Iss.10 No.72 pg.30
  8. ↑ bmxultra.com May 2003 entry.
  9. ↑ Transworld BMX August 2004 Vol.11 Iss.8 No.94 pg.18
  10. ↑ Transworld BMX April 2003 Vol.10 Iss.4 No.78 pg.58
  11. ↑ Transworld BMX February 2004 Vol.11 Iss.2 No.88 pg.20

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