Missy Giove

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Missy Giove
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Medal record
Representing the Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Women's Mountain bike racing
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1994 Vail, Colorado USA Downhill (DH)
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1993 Métabief, France Downhill (DH)
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1996 Cairns, Australia Downhill (DH)
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2002 Kaprun, Austria Downhill (DH)
World Cup
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1996 Downhill (DH)
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1997 Downhill (DH)
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1998 Downhill (DH)
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1999 Downhill (DH)
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2000 Downhill (DH)
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2001 Downhill (DH)
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1993 Downhill (DH)
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1994 Downhill (DH)

Melissa 'The Missile' Giove (born 1972) is an American professional downhill mountain biker. Throughout her career she won 14 NORBA downhill titles and 11 world cups. Giove's other accomplishments include three overall NORBA downhill crowns, two World Cup overalls, and the 1994 World Championship title.

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Career

Giove was born in Manhattan, NY. [1] She raced for Yeti Cycles, [2] along with other racers: Myles Rockwell, Jimmy Deaton, John Tomac and Johnny O'Mara, managed by former owner of Yeti Cycles, John Parker, the Volvo-Cannondale USA cycling team.

Giove raced[ when? ] wearing the desiccated body of her deceased pet piranha, Gonzo, around her neck, [1] which would become a marketing campaign for Cannondale.[ citation needed ]

2015, Giove qualified 17th at the World Cup Downhill race at Windham, New York +36.558 seconds off the pace of Rachael Atherton's 3:05.135. [3] [4]

2016, Giove was inducted into the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame. [5]

2022, Giove is a main character in the book, Pressure: A Memoir by Eric Canori. [6]

1999, May. Giove, along with Amazon Inc. filed a lawsuit against Cannondale (AMAZON, INC. v. CANNONDALE CORP. DIRT CAMP, INC., Civil Action Nos. 99-cv-00571-EWN-PAC, 00-cv-02063-EWN-PAC (D. Colo. March 10, 2006) and Dirt Camp, Inc. for a 1999 Cannondale Product Catolog and sought $2 million dollars in damages. During the summer and early fall of 1998, while Giove was still a member of the team, Cannondale designed, published, and distributed its 1999 products catalog. The catalog included several photographs of Giove. Subsequently, Giove and Team Sports Mountain Inc.(TMSI) failed to renegotiate a contract, and the TSMI/Amazon contract expired on December 31, 1998. Cannondale continued to distribute the 1999 catalog containing Giove's photographs after the TSMI/Amazon contract expired. [7]

2009, June. Giove was arrested in Wilton, New York on charges of conspiring to possess and distribute 174 kilograms (384 pounds) of marijuana found hidden in a car trailer during a routine traffic stop. The case netted over $12,515,738 assets seized in the conspiracy. [8] [9] [10] [11]

2012, November. Giove, pleaded guilty in the case and was sentenced to 5 years on probation and 6 months under house arrest. [12]

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References

  1. 1 2 Browne, David (May 19, 1996). "SPORTS EXTREMIST". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved May 16, 2023.
  2. ↑ Thomas, Pete (July 6, 1994). "Ask and She Shall Succeed : Fearless Missy Giove Crashes to the Top of Mountain Biking World With an Odd and Aggressive Style". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 16, 2023.
  3. ↑ "Results Windham DH World Cup". August 7, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Missy Giove Qualifying Windham World Cup". Red Bull .
  5. ↑ "Marin MTB HOF".
  6. ↑ Kaplan, Michael (May 13, 2022). "How I built a multi-million-dollar weed empire in college". New York Post. Retrieved July 7, 2022.
  7. ↑ "Amazon v Cannondale".
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  9. ↑ "Giove Sentence Terminated".
  10. ↑ "You Tube, Vice Video, Red Cards, S1/E1,"Downhill Champion Drug Smuggler"". YouTube .
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