Deanna Edwards
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Deanna J. Jamieson née Edwards |
| Date of birth | June 13, 1970 |
| Country |  United States |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Supercross |
| Discipline | Bicycle Motocross (BMX) |
| Role | Racer |
| Rider type | Off Road |
| Amateur team(s) | |
| 1982-1983 1984 1984-1986 1986-1987 (1988-2004) 2004- |
Davis Racing Columbus Schwinn GT Racing World Class Retired for 16 years Supercross |
| Infobox last updated on: | |
| February 14, 2008 | |
Deanna J. Jamieson (née Edwards) (b. June 13, 1970 from Walled Lake, Michigan[1] USA) is 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.
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[edit] Racing career
Note: Professional firsts are on the national level unless otherwise indicated.
Started Racing: February 15, 1980 at nine years old at the Bogie Downs race track. She got into racing because Raleigh, a bicycle company, didn't name girls in one of their advertisements.[2]
Sanctioning Body: ()
First race result: 2nd place.
First win (local):
First sponsor:
First national win: First national event 6 months after she started racing.
Turned Professional: No professional career.
First Professional race result: Not Applicable
First Professional win: Not Applicable
First Junior Women Pro* race result: Not Applicable
First Junior Women Pro win: Not Applicable
First Senior Women Pro** race result: Not Applicable
First Senior Women Pro win: Not Applicable
Retired: Originally 1987 at age 17. Her last race was the 1987 NBL Grandnational in which she won her 16 & Over girls' class and took National No.1 for that division. She retired because she was burned out with the traveling taking its toll and she wanted to be a "normal kid." [3] She resumed racing in 2004 at age 34. Still active.
Height & weight at height of her career (): Ht:5'10 (2005)[4] Wt:
[edit] Career factory and major bike shop sponsors
Note: This listing only denotes the racer's primary sponsors. At any given time a racer could have numerous ever-changing co-sponsors. Primary sponsorships can be verified by BMX press coverage and sponsor's advertisements at the time in question. When possible exact dates are used.
[edit] Amateur
- Davis Racing: Early 1982-1983
- Columbus Schwinn: Early 1984-December 1984
- GT (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.".[5]
- World Class: Mid December 1986-September 1987 Edward's last race was the 1987 NBL Grand Nationals.[6]
- Retired for 16 years (1988-2004) Restarted racing 2004
- Supercross: 2004-Present
[edit] Professional
- No professional career.
[edit] Career bicycle motocross titles
Note: Listed are District, State/Provincial/Department, Regional, National, and International titles in italics. "Defunct" refers to the fact of that sanctioning body in question no longer existing at the start of the racer's career or at that stage of his/her career. Depending on point totals of individual racers, winners of Grand Nationals do not necessarily win National titles. Series and one off Championships are also listed in block.
[edit] Amateur
National Bicycle Association (NBA)
- None
National Bicycle League (NBL)
- 1981 10-11 Powder Puff Jag World Champion (NBL sanctioned)
- 1982 10-11 Girls Grandnational Champion
- 1982 10-11 Girls National No.1
- 1983 12-13 Girls National No.1
- 1984 14 Girls National No.1
- 1985 15 Girls Grandnational Champion
- 1985 15 Girls National No.1
- 1986 16 & Over Girls Murray World Cup V Champion
- 1986, 1987 16 & Over Girls Grandnational Champion.
- 1986 & 1987 16 & Over Girls National No.1
- 2007 36-40 Women Cruiser Grand National Champion
American Bicycle Association (ABA)
- 1982, 1985, 1986 Michigan District #5 (Mich-5) No.1 Girl
- 1983 13-14 Girls International Super Bowl of BMX Champion[7]
- 1986 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 2004
- 2006 36-40 Women Cruiser National No.1
Fédération Internationale Amateur de Cyclisme (FIAC)*
- None
International Bicycle Motocross Federation (IBMXF)*
- 1981 10-11 Powder Puff International Champion.
Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI)*
- 2007 35-39 Women Cruiser World Champion
USA Cycling
- 1981 JAG 10-11 Powder Puff World Champion (fastest personal lap time: 29.93 seconds)
- 2007 35-39 USAC Women's Cruiser World Champion
*See note in professional section
[edit] Professional
- No professional career
[edit] Notable accolades
[edit] Significant injuries
[edit] Peccadilloes
[edit] Post BMX career
[edit] BMX magazine covers
Note: (defunct) denotes that the magazine was out of business before the career of the racer started.
Bicycle Motocross News:
- None
Minicycle/BMX Action & Super BMX:
- None
Bicycle Motocross Action & Go:
- None
BMX Plus!:
- None
Total BMX:
Bicycles and Dirt: (published by the ABA)
- None
Snap BMX Magazine & Transworld BMX:
- None
BMX World:
Bicycles Today & BMX Today (The official NBL publication under two names):
ABA Action, American BMXer, BMXer (The official ABA publication under three names):
[edit] BMX press magazine interviews and articles
[edit] Miscellaneous and Trivia
- She was only 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[8] Misty Dong was the first when she evaluated the Raleigh R6000 in the February 1984 issue of Super BMX magazine.[9]
- 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.[10] Amateur Girls cruiser began as a full competitive division in the following season of 1987.
[edit] End Notes
- ^ Super BMX May 1983 Vol.10 No.5 pg.23
- ^ BMX Action December 1985 Vol.10 No.12 pg.33
- ^ bmxultra.com December 2006 interview.
- ^ Vintage BMX topic "Deanna Edwards own thread" pg.1
- ^ bmxultra December 2006 interview.
- ^ Vintage BMX Topic "Deanna Edwards own thread" pg.3
- ^ Bicycles and Dirt April 1984 Vol.2 No.7 pg.20
- ^ BMX Action December 1985 Vol.10 No.12 pg.33
- ^ Super BMX February 1984 Vol.11 No.2 pg.66
- ^ American BMXer January/February 1987 Vol.9 No.1 pg.44 (results)
