Years active 2000 - 2013 | ||
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Born 14 September 1983 (age 33) ( 1983-09-14 ) Championships 2000, 2004-2007, 2010, 2013 Nominations Best Female Action Sports Athlete ESPY Award Profiles | ||
Jessica patterson retires
Jessica Patterson (born 14 September 1983) is an American former professional motocross and enduro racer. Patterson was one of the most accomplished female racers in the history of AMA motocross, winning 7 national championships.
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Biography
Originally from Tallahassee, Florida, Patterson began riding motorcycles at the age of 7 and qualified for her first Loretta Lynn’s Amateur Motocross National Championship by age 12. By the time she became a professional racer in 2000, Patterson had won 42 amateur championships. As a professional rider, Patterson went on to win the AMA Women's motocross national championship seven times starting in 2000. In 2013, she announced her intention to retire from motocross competitions at the end of the season. She then won the last motocross race of her career to clinch the 2013 Women's motocross national championship. Her 7 national championships are second only to the 9 championships won by Mercedes Gonzalez.
After her motocross racing career, she competed in the Grand National Cross Country enduro championship as well as in Endurocross competitions before retiring in 2015.
