Stefy Bau is an

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former professional

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and

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racer. After a career-ending injury in 2005, Stefy became the General Manager of the newly established FIM

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Women's World Motocross Championship. Bau is also a member of the CFM (Women Commission inside the FIM

). As of 2019 she manages other racers, including

Tanya Muzinda Tanyaradzwa Adel Muzinda (born 31 August 2004) is a Zimbabwean Motocross rider. She was the first woman to win a motocross championship in Zimbabwe. Life Muzinda was born in Harare in 2004 and she began riding a motorbike when she was five encou ...

Career

Bau is considered to be one of the fastest women motocross racers in the world. In 2000 she became eligible to compete against the male racers in the field. She won three world championships, holds two WMX USA championships, and the Loretta Lynn AMA Amateur National Motocross Championship in addition to seven Italian Championships. In October 2005, Bau had the accident that ended her racing career. Stefy was featured in

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's 2002 video game ''

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'' as a playable character alongside other real-life professional motocross and freestyle motocross riders. At the end on 2019 she arranged for Zimbabwean motocross rider

and her family to move to Florida and she became her manager.

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Stefy Bau
at Exports Insider {{DEFAULTSORT:Bau, Stefy Living people Italian motocross riders Female motorcycle racers AMA Motocross Championship National Champions Italian female cyclists Downhill mountain bikers Italian mountain bikers Year of birth missing (living people)