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Angie Marino (born March 27, 1990) is an American Freestyle BMX cyclist.
She grew up in Buffalo, New York although she now resides in North Carolina. She picked up her first BMX when her older brother was interested and she quickly began racing. By age 15, she made the switch to Freestyle BMX. [1] Marino won bronze at the 2017 UCI Urban Cycling World Championships, and in 2018 she would podium again at the same event. [2] [3] She was named by ESPN as one of the top 50 Female Athletes in Action Sports, named 17th in ESPN’s X Games Most Unstoppable Women in action sports, and featured ons bike doing stunts in the 2016 film Bad Moms . [4] [5]
She created "Yeah Zine" which eventually became "The Bloom" BMX website along with fellow pro rider Beatrice Trang to promote BMX for girls. [6]
All results are sourced from the Union Cycliste Internationale.
As of August 6th, 2024
| Event | Freestyle Park |
|---|---|
 2017 Chengdu | Bronze |
| 2018 Chengdu | Silver |
| 2019 Chengdu | 14th |
 2021 Montpellier | 6th |
 2022 Abu Dhabi | 9th |
 2023 Glasgow | 19th |
| Season | Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | Stage 4 | Overall | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Position | |||||
| 2022 | 8th | 8th | 10th | — | 1610 | 7th |
| 2023 | 21st | 13th | 26th | 18th | 469 | 23rd |
| 2024 | 12th | — | — | 390 | 22nd | |
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