Vicki Golden
{{short description|American motorcycle racer}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2023}}
{{Infobox Motocross rider
| name = Vicki Golden
| image = Racers - Vicki Golden 2011.jpg
| caption = Golden at the X Games XVII (2011)
| nationality = {{flagicon|United States}} American
| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|July 28, 1992}}
| birth_place = San Diego, California, U.S.
| years = 2000-active
| teams =
| races =
| championships =
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Vicki Golden (born July 28, 1992 in San Diego, California) is an American professional Freestyle Motocross rider and the first female team member of Metal mulisha,{{cite web |url=http://www.metalmulisha.com/team/vicki-golden/ |title=Vicki Golden |publisher=Metal Mulisha |date= |access-date=May 4, 2015}} Since beginning her career in 2000 Golden has won three consecutive gold medals in Women's Moto X Racing at the X Games. She is also the first woman to compete in a freestyle Moto X competition, earning the bronze medal in the best whip category.{{cite web |url=http://xgames.espn.go.com/events/2013/los-angeles/results/400486183/moto-x-best-whip |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130805213036/http://xgames.espn.go.com/events/2013/los-angeles/results/400486183/moto-x-best-whip |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 5, 2013 |title=Moto X Best Whip - Results - Summer X Games 2013 Los Angeles |publisher=ESPN |date= |access-date=May 4, 2015}} She currently rides a Suzuki 450/250 motocross bike.{{cite web |url=http://www.metalmulisha.com/team/vicki-golden/#bio |title=Vicki Golden |publisher=Metal Mulisha |date= |access-date=May 4, 2015}}
Early career
Golden began racing at the age of seven after seeing her brother and her father race. Golden had to race with boys, because there weren't enough girls to create a separate race class.{{cite web |url=http://www.dirtbagdarling.com/vicki-golden-makes-us-want-to-try-motocross/ |title=Vicki Golden Gets Third for X Games Best Whip |publisher=Dirtbag Darling |date= |access-date=May 4, 2015}} Golden's career took off at age 16, after competing in the Loretta Lynn's Amateur Motocross National Championships in Tennessee where she won the Women's Amateur National Champion title.{{cite web |author=Andy Reagan |date=August 2, 2008 |title=Loretta Lynn's 2008: Friday Youth |url=http://vurbmoto.com/blogs/loretta-lynns-youth-report-friday/1080/ |access-date=May 4, 2015 |publisher=vurbmoto}} In the same year she also earned her AMA/WMX Pro License.{{cite web |url=http://motocross.transworld.net/1000151296/features/she-races-vicki-golden/ |title=She Races: Vicki Golden | TransWorld Motocross |publisher=Motocross.transworld.net |date=August 8, 2013 |access-date=May 4, 2015}}
Career highlights
2008 - Loretta Lynn's AMA Women's Amateur Champion
2009 - TransWorld Motocross Magazine's Female Motocross Rookie of the Year {{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/action/fmx/news/story?id=4494691 |title=TransWorld Motocross announces the nominees for the 1st Annual TransWorld Motocross Awards |publisher=Espn.go.com |date=September 22, 2009 |access-date=May 4, 2015}}
2011 - Won the gold medal in the Women's Moto X Racing in the Summer X Games{{cite web |url=http://xgames.espn.go.com/events/2013/los-angeles/results/400486133/women-moto-x-racing |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130807200823/http://xgames.espn.go.com/events/2013/los-angeles/results/400486133/women-moto-x-racing |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 7, 2013 |title=Women's Moto X Racing - Results - Summer X Games 2013 Los Angeles |publisher=ESPN |date= |access-date=May 4, 2015}}
2011 - First Female to break top 10 in AMA Arena Cross Lites Main {{cite web |url=http://www.arenacross.com/News/2011/06/09/1/ |access-date=August 3, 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111021131815/http://www.arenacross.com/News/2011/06/09/1/ |archivedate=October 21, 2011 |title=News Articles - AMA Arenacross Series}}
2011 - First female to qualify for AMA Arena Cross Premier class night show {{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/action/fmx/news/story?id=6072129&src=mobile |title=Vicki Golden races AMA Arenacross in Colo |publisher=ESPN |date=January 29, 2011 |access-date=May 4, 2015}}
2012 - Won her second gold medal in the Women's Moto X Racing in the Summer X Games{{cite web |last=Bane |first=Colin |url=http://xgames.espn.go.com/xgames/summer/2012/article/8107834/vicki-golden-wins-women-moto-x-racing-gold-x-games-los-angeles-2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810160158/http://xgames.espn.go.com/xgames/summer/2012/article/8107834/vicki-golden-wins-women-moto-x-racing-gold-x-games-los-angeles-2012 |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 10, 2014 |title=Summer X Games 2015 Austin - X Games |publisher=ESPN |date=June 30, 2012 |access-date=May 4, 2015}}
2012 - Third consecutive gold medal in the Women's Moto X Racing in the Summer X Games
won bronze for Moto X Best Whip
2014 - First woman to complete Ricky Carmichael's Road to Supercross {{cite web |url=http://motocross.transworld.net/1000159645/features/vicki-golden-woman-supercross/ |title=Vicki Golden First Woman to Complete Ricky Carmichael's Road to Supercross | Transworld Motocross |publisher=Motocross.transworld.net |date=March 21, 2014 |access-date=May 4, 2015}}
2014 - Nominated for an ESPY Award in 2014 for Best Female Action Sports Athlete {{cite web |url=http://www.motorcycle-usa.com/5/18831/Motorcycle-Article/Vicki-Golden-Nominated-for-2014-ESPY.aspx |title=Vicki Golden Nominated for 2014 ESPY |publisher=Motorcycle USA |date=July 10, 2014 |access-date=May 4, 2015}}
2015 - First woman in Monster Energy AMA Supercross, an FIM World Championship, to qualify for the “Fast 40″ – the riders that transition to the night program from time qualifying – which she did for the 2015 finale.{{cite web |url=http://insidetrack.blogs.news-journalonline.com/11581/vicki-golden-makes-supercross-history-again/ |title=Vicki Golden makes Supercross history again - The Inside Track |publisher=Insidetrack.blogs.news-journalonline.com |date= |access-date=May 4, 2015}}
References
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External links
- {{X Games profile|old_id=3015333}}
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