Deanna J. Jamieson (née Edwards) (June 13, 1970 - June 22, 2015 from Walled Lake, Michigan United States) was an amateur "Old School" Bicycle Motocross (BMX) racer whose prime competitive years were from 1981-1987. She retired in 1987 but resumed racing in 2004.
Davis Racing: Early 1982-1983Columbus Schwinn: Early 1984-December 1984GT (Gary Turner) Racing: December 1984-Mid December 1986 Left because the ABA and NBL dropped its requirement that team must have at least one girl on it and the new team manager wanted to take the team "..in a different direction.".World Class: Mid December 1986-September 1987 Edward's last race was the 1987 NBL Grand Nationals.Retired for 16 years (1988–2004) Restarted racing 2004Supercross: 2004–PresentNo professional career.National Bicycle Association (NBA)
NoneNational Bicycle League (NBL)
1982 10-11 Girls Grandnational Champion1982 10-11 Girls National No.11983 12-13 Girls National No.11984 14 Girls National No.11985 15 Girls Grandnational Champion1985 15 Girls National No.11986 16 & Over Girls Murray World Cup V Champion1986, 1987 16 & Over Girls Grandnational Champion.1986 & 1987 16 & Over Girls National No.12007 36-40 Women Cruiser Grand National ChampionAmerican Bicycle Association (ABA)
1982, 1985, 1986 Michigan District #5 (Mich-5) No.1 Girl1983 13-14 Girls International Super Bowl of BMX Champion*1985 15 & Over Girls National No.21986 13 & Over Girls Cruiser Grandnational Champion. This was the very first race of this class.1987 13 & Over Girls Cruiser Grandnational Champion.Retired for 16 years (1988–2004) Restarted racing 20042006 36-40 Women Cruiser National No.1Fédération Internationale Amateur de Cyclisme (FIAC)*
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1981 10-11 Powder Puff International Champion.Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI)*
2007 35-39 Women Cruiser World ChampionUSA Cycling
1981 JAG 10-11 Powder Puff World Champion (fastest personal lap time: 29.93 seconds)2007 35-39 USAC Women's Cruiser World ChampionNo professional careerInducted into the BMX Hall of Fame, Female Racer - 2014
Suffered a three to four inch Type 4 AC left shoulder separation and one broken finger on her right hand in a crash in the first turn at the ABA Mid-West Nationals in Rockford, Illinois on June 21, 2009 (Day 2). She is currently awaiting surgery which will involve installing titanium screws in a procedure called "Tightrope" and is expected to be out five months returning for the 2009 ABA Grand National in late November 2009.She was the second female to perform a bicycle evaluation for a major BMX magazine when she tested a GT Mach One for the December 1985 issue of BMX Action Misty Dong was the first when she evaluated the Raleigh R6000 in the February 1984 issue of Super BMX magazine.She won the first 13 & over Girls Cruiser class which was introduced at the 1986 ABA Grandnationals as a test/exhibition event Michelle Gibson won for 12 & Under Girls Cruiser. Amateur Girls cruiser began as a full competitive division in the following season of 1987.Minicycle/BMX Action & Super BMX:
NoneBicycle Motocross Action & Go:
NoneBMX Plus!:
NoneTotal BMX:
Bicycles and Dirt: (published by the ABA)
NoneBMX World (2005 version):
Bicycles Today & BMX Today (The official NBL publication under two names):
ABA Action, American BMXer, BMXer (The official ABA publication under three names):
Deanna passed on June 22, 2015 after a brief battle with cancer.
