Vicki Golden

Vicki Golden (born July 28, 1992 in San Diego, California) is a professional Freestyle Motocross rider and the first female team member of Metal mulisha,^[1] 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 women to compete in a freestyle Moto X competition, earning the bronze medal in the best whip category.^[2] She currently rides a Suzuki 450/250 bike.^[3]

Early career

Vicki Golden began racing at the age of seven after seeing her brother and father racing. Golden had to race with the boys because there wasn’t enough girls to create a separate race class.^[4] Golden’s career took off at age 16 when raced the AMA Loretta Lynn’s amateur Championship in Tennessee where she won the Women’s Amateur National Champion title.^[5] In the same year she also earned her AMA/WMX Pro License.^[6]

Career Highlights

2008 - Loretta Lynn’s AMA Women’s Amateur Champion ^[7]

2009 - TransWorld Motocross Magazine’s Female Motocross Rookie of the Year ^[8][9]

2011 - Won the gold medal in the Women’s Moto X Racing in the Summer X Games ^[10]

2011 - First Female to break top 10 in AMA Arena Cross Lites Main ^[11]

2011 - First female to qualify for AMA Arena Cross Premier class night show ^[12]

2012 - Won her second gold medal in the Women’s Moto X Racing in the Summer X Games ^[13]

2012 - Third consecutive gold medal in the Women’s Moto X Racing in the Summer X Games won bronze for Moto X Best Whip ^[14]

2014 - First woman to complete Ricky Carmichael's Road to Supercross ^[15]

2014 - Nominated for an ESPY Award in 2014 for Best Female Action Sports Athlete ^[16]

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