Alice Jung
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Alice Jung
Alice Jung (born April 23, 1982 in South Korea
(Moved to USA 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".
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.
American Bicycle Association (ABA)
Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI)
(NBL)
American Bicycle Association
(ABA)
Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI)
Pro Series Championships
BMX Plus!:
Snap BMX Magazine & Transworld BMX:
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):
Alice Jung (born April 23, 1982 in South Korea
South Korea
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(Moved to USA before her first birthday) is a former professional "Current School" Bicycle Motocross (BMX)
BMX
Bicycle motocross or BMX refers to the sport in which the main goal is extreme racing on bicycles in motocross style on tracks with inline start and expressive obstacles, and it is also the term that refers to the bicycle itself that is designed for dirt and motocross cycling.- History :BMX started...
racer whose prime competitive years are from 1996-2005. Had the moniker of "Feisty".
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
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Tulsa is the second-largest city in the state of Oklahoma and 46th-largest city in the United States. With a population of 391,906 as of the 2010 census, it is the principal municipality of the Tulsa Metropolitan Area, a region with 937,478 residents in the MSA and 988,454 in the CSA. Tulsa's...
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
Phoenix, Arizona
Phoenix is the capital, and largest city, of the U.S. state of Arizona, as well as the sixth most populated city in the United States. Phoenix is home to 1,445,632 people according to the official 2010 U.S. Census Bureau data...
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 LeagueNational Bicycle League
The National Bicycle League is a United States based Bicycle Motocross sports sanctioning body originally based in Deerfield Beach, Florida but after several moves it was based in Hilliard, Ohio...
(NBL)
- None
American Bicycle Association
American Bicycle Association
The American Bicycle Association is a United States-based Bicycle Motocross sports governing body in Gilbert, Arizona created by Merl Mennenga and Gene Roden in 1977. It is the largest sanctioning body in the United States concerning BMX. It has tracks in Canada and Mexico as well as in the USA...
(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, FloridaSarasota, FloridaSarasota is a city located in Sarasota County on the southwestern coast of the U.S. state of Florida. It is south of the Tampa Bay Area and north of Fort Myers...
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 CarolinaClemmons, North CarolinaClemmons is a village in Forsyth County, North Carolina and a suburb of Winston-Salem. The population was 18,627 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Clemmons is located at ....
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):
External links
- The American Bicycle Association (ABA) Website.
- The National Bicycle League (NBL) Website.
- 2002 Sic Chicks of BMX interview. (Archived 2009-10-25)
- Xgirlsport.com profile of Jung.
- Jung's Girl Punknet article about the state of female BMX racing.
- Jung's UCI rider details of NBL and UCI race results between April 19, 2003 & March 7, 2005.