Alise Willoughby
Personal information
Full nameAlise Rose Willoughby
Nickname"The Beast"
BornAlise Rose Post
(1991-01-17) January 17, 1991 (age 33)
St. Cloud, Minnesota, U.S.
Height5 ft 2 in (158 cm)
Weight117 lb (53 kg)
Team information
Current teamGW Shimano
DisciplineBicycle Motocross (BMX)
RoleRacer
Rider typeOff Road
Amateur teams
2000Fly
2001-2003Staats/TBS
2003-2004Avent/Bombshell
2004-2005Hyper Bicycles
2005-2006CMC Inc.
Professional teams
2006CMC Inc.
2006-2008Formula Bicycle/Monster Factory
2009-2016Redline Bicycles
2017-presentGW
Medal record
Representing  United States
Women's BMX racing
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 0 1 0
World Championships 2 3 2
World Cup 1 0 3
World Cup stage 5 12 7
Total 8 16 12
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro BMX racing
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Rock Hill BMX racing
Gold medal – first place 2019 Heusden-Zolder BMX racing
Silver medal – second place 2013 Auckland BMX time trial
Silver medal – second place 2014 Rotterdam BMX racing
Silver medal – second place 2015 Heusden-Zolder BMX time trial
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Pietermaritzburg BMX racing
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Medellín BMX racing
World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2020 BMX racing
Bronze medal – third place 2012 BMX racing
Bronze medal – third place 2015 BMX racing
Bronze medal – third place 2019 BMX racing

Alise Rose Willoughby[1] (née Post, born January 17, 1991) is an American professional "Current School" Bicycle Motocross (BMX) racer who has been racing competitively since 2002. She uses the moniker of "The Beast".[1]

Racing career milestones

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Note: Professional firsts are on the national level unless otherwise indicated.

Started racing: In 1997 at the age of six. Her brother raced and suggested that she try it.[2]

First race result: Backed out of racing at the last minute. She looked down the steep starting hill and couldn't bring herself to do it.[3] After overcoming her sense of nerves the next week she placed second in her second attempt at racing.[2]

Turned Professional/Elite:* Professional during the third week of January 2006 at 15 years of age.[4]

First Professional[5] race result: Third place on day 1 in the American Bicycle Association Winternationals in Phoenix, Arizona, on April 1, 2006. She came in third as well the next day.[6]

First Professional win: At the ABA Supernationals in Desoto, Texas, on May 7, 2006 (Day 2).[7]

2021 crush Willoughby suffered a heartbreaking crash at the 2020 Summer Olympics (held in 2021) and did not qualify for the final.[8]

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 given.

Amateur

Professional

Career bicycle motocross titles

Note: Listed are District, State/Provincial/Department, Regional, National, and International titles in italics. Depending on point totals of individual racers, winners of Grand Nationals do not necessarily win National titles. Only sanctioning bodies active during the racer's career are listed. Series and one off Championships are also listed in block.

Amateur

National Bicycle League (NBL)

American Bicycle Association (ABA)

20 inch:
Cruiser:

Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI)

Professional

National Bicycle League (NBL)

American Bicycle Association (ABA)

Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI)*

USA Cycling

Pro Series Championships and Invitationals

Notable accolades

Miscellaneous

BMX press magazine interviews and articles

Personal life

Willoughby married Sam Willoughby in 2019.[13] Brother Nick Post

References

  1. ^ a b Moto Mag January/February 2004 Vol.3 No.1 pg.20
  2. ^ a b "girlscantwhat.com January 2007 interview". Archived from the original on July 16, 2007. Retrieved July 2, 2007.
  3. ^ ""St. Cloud athlete Alise Post is 2-sport star" By Jim Paulsen, Star Tribune December 3, 2007". Star Tribune. Archived from the original on October 10, 2008. Retrieved December 29, 2008.
  4. ^ "bicycle motocross.co.uk blog 09/01/07 (in european dating format, 1/9/07 in North American format) entry. Word search for "Alise" (without the quotation marks)". Archived from the original on September 29, 2007. Retrieved July 2, 2007.
  5. ^ In the NBL it is Supergirls/Junior & Elite Women; in the ABA it is single tier Girls Pro.
  6. ^ BMX Plus! July 2006 Vol.29 No.7 pg.68 (photo caption)
  7. ^ "ABA supernationals Day 2 results". Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved October 12, 2018.
  8. ^ Dart, Tom (July 30, 2021). "Alise Willoughby's hopes for BMX racing gold dashed on crash-filled day". The Guardian. London. Archived from the original on August 14, 2021. Retrieved October 6, 2021.
  9. ^ CMC BMX page. Click on CMC Inc. Homepage
  10. ^ Although Alise Post was a pro in the ABA at the time of the 2007 UCI World Championships, under UCI rules she was too young to qualify for Elite women status.
  11. ^ "bmxnews page". Archived from the original on June 25, 2012. Retrieved June 30, 2012.
  12. ^ bmxtra.com's listing of the ABA year end results. Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine
  13. ^ Gleeson, Scott. "Olympian Sam Willoughby was paralyzed in BMX accident. Now he coaches his wife Alise's quest for gold". USA TODAY. Retrieved June 30, 2021.

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