Alise Rose Willoughby (née Post, born January 17, 1991) is an American professional "Current School"

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racer who has been racing competitively since 2002. She uses the

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"The Beast".

Career

Originally a state-champion gymnast, Willoughby began racing at the age of six, after watching her older brothers race. She turned professional in 2006, at the age of 15. Her first professional race result came in April, when she placed third at the

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Winter Nationals. Her first professional win came just one month later, when she won the ABA Super Nationals. She was voted 2006 Rookie Pro of the Year by the readers of ''BMXer'' magazine, becoming the first female to win the title. She was also the youngest female to hold the National No.1 Pro Women's title, one of the youngest BMX racers to turn pro, one of the youngest to hold a pro title, and the first female to earn all three Girls division classifications. In

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, BMX Racing was added to the

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, but the 19 years age minimum meant Willoughby, age 17, was unable to compete. Willoughby would go on to make her Olympic Debut at the

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, after recovering from surgery for LCL, knee and hamstring reconstruction. She placed 12th after a crash in the semi-final. In 2021, Willoughby suffered a crash at the

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(held in 2021) and did not qualify for the final.

Major results

Amateur

American Bicycle Association

= 20 inch

= *''1999,'00,'01,'02,'03,'04 Minnesota District 6 (MN-06) No.1'' *''1999,'00,'02,'03,'04 Minnesota State Champion'' *''2000,'01,'02,'03,'04 Central Region Redline Cup Champion'' *''2000 9 Girls National Age Group (NAG) No.1'' *2000 9 Girls Race of Champions (ROC) Champion *''2001 10 Girls NAG No.1'' *''2002 11 Girls NAG No.1'' *2002 11 Girls ROC Champion *2002 11 Girls Grandnational Champion *2002 Girls National No.2 *''2003 12 Girls World Champion'' *''2003 12 Girls NAG No.1'' *2003 12 Girls ROC Champion *2003 12 Girls Grandnational Champion *2003 Girls National No.2 *''2004 13 Girls NAG No.1'' *2004 13 Girls ROC Champion *''2001,'04 National No.1 Girl''

= Cruiser

= *''2000,'01,'02,'03,'04 Cruiser Minnesota District 6 (MN-06) No.1'' *''2002,'03'04 Minnesota State Cruiser Champion'' *''2000,'01 10 & Under Girls Cruiser Redline Cup Central Region Champion'' *''2002,03,'04 11-13 Girls Cruiser Central Regional Redline Cup Champion'' *''2001 10 & Under National Age Group (NAG) Girls Cruiser No.1'' *''2002,'03,'04 11-13 National Age Group (NAG) Girls Cruiser No.1'' *''2002,'03 Race of Champions Cruiser Champion.'' *''2003,'04 National No.1 Girl Cruiser''

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(UCI)

*''2001,'02,'03,'04 World Champion'' *''2001,'04 Cruiser World Champion'' *''2007 15-16 Girls Cruiser World Champion''

Professional

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(ABA)

*''2006, '07 National No.1 Pro Women''

Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI)

*''2017, '19, '24 Elite Women World Champion''

USA Cycling

*''2010 Elite Women Second Place National Champion''

World Cup

* ''2020 Gold Medalist'' * ''2012, '15, '19, '24 Bronze Medalist''

World Championships

*''2017, '19, '24 Gold Medalist'' *''2013, '14, '15 Silver Medalist'' *''2010, '16, '23 Bronze Medalist''

Olympics

* ''

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Silver Medalist''

Personal life

In December 2015 Sam Willoughby proposed to Alise. Sam had a training incident in 2016 that forced him to retire, after which he became Alise's coach. They were married in January 2019.

Notes

References

External links

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The American Bicycle Association (ABA) Website.

The National Bicycle League (NBL) Website.
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Willoughby, Alise 1991 births Living people American female cyclists American BMX riders Olympic silver medalists for the United States in cycling Cyclists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Pan American Games cyclists for the United States Cyclists at the 2015 Pan American Games 21st-century American sportswomen Sportspeople from St. Cloud, Minnesota Cyclists from Minnesota Cyclists at the 2024 Summer Olympics