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Full name
  
Alice Jung

Rider type
  
Off Road

Nickname
  
"Feisty"

1998-1999
  
Bauer Power Racing


Current team
  
Retired

Name
  
Alice Jung

Role
  
Racer

Disciplines
  
BMX racing

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Born
  
April 23, 1982 (age 41) South Korea (
1982-04-23
)

Alice Jung (born April 23, 1982 in South Korea (Moved to United States before her first birthday) is a former professional "Current School" Bicycle Motocross (BMX) racer whose prime competitive years are from 1996-2005. Had the moniker of "Feisty".

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Racing career milestone

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. 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.

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

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. Her last national victories were in Pro Girl on both days at the ABA Fallnationals in Phoenix, Arizona on October 29 and 30, 2005.

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

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.
  • Prodigy Racing: May 22, 2002-December 2002
  • Enigma Racing: December 2002-October 2003
  • Free Agent: October 2003-November 27, 2005.

    • Amateur/Junior Women

    National Bicycle League (NBL)

  • None

    • 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

    Significant injuries

  • Broke her collar bone and fractured tail bone the weekend of April 29, 2001. She was laid up until The American Bicycle Association's (ABA) Dixieland Nationals held during the weekend of June 10, 2001
  • Broke collar bone in July 2002.
  • Had a back injury in early 2003
  • Broke collarbone at the NBL Tarheal National in North Carolina in May 2003
  • Broke collarbone for the sixth time at the NBL Easter Classic in Sarasota, Florida on April 11, 2004 in which she crashed in turn two. She still managed to race the main.
  • Broke collarbone at the NBL Tar Heel National in Clemmons, North Carolina on May 28, 2005.

    • Miscellaneous

  • Jung became the first female Pro to win the ABA's Girls Pro division title twice and also consecutively: 2001 and 2002
  • In 2003 Jung, along with fellow racer Arielle Martain, became one of the first female racers to perform a back flip jump.

    • Post BMX career

  • Jung retired after the 2005 ABA Grandnationals (coming in 5th in Women's pro on day 2) to concentrate on her college studies.

    • BMX press magazine interviews and articles

  • "Interview: Alice Jung" Transworld BMX April 2003 Vol.10 Iss.4 No.78 pg.58

    • BMX magazine covers

    BMX Plus!:

    Snap BMX Magazine & Transworld BMX:

  • None

    • 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):

    References

    Alice Jung Wikipedia
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