Alise Willoughby Explained

Alise Willoughby
Honorific Suffix:	OLY
Fullname:	Alise Rose Willoughby^[1]
Nickname:	"The Beast"
Birth Date:	Alise Rose Post 17 January 1991
Birth Place:	St. Cloud, Minnesota, U.S.
Currentteam:	Daylight Cycles / Toyota
Discipline:	Bicycle Motocross (BMX)
Role:	Rider
Amateuryears1:	2000
Amateurteam1:	Fly
Amateuryears2:	2001-2003
Amateurteam2:	Staats/TBS
Amateuryears3:	2003-2004
Amateurteam3:	Avent/Bombshell
Amateuryears4:	2004-2005
Amateurteam4:	Hyper Bicycles
Amateuryears5:	2005-2006
Amateurteam5:	CMC Inc.
Proyears1:	2006
Proteam1:	CMC Inc.
Proyears2:	2006-2008
Proteam2:	Formula Bicycle/Monster Factory
Proyears3:	2009-2016
Proteam3:	Redline Bicycles
Proyears4:	2017-present
Proteam4:	GW / ToyotaDaylight Cycles

Alise Rose Willoughby (née Post, born January 17, 1991) is an American professional "Current School" BMX racing racer who has been racing competitively since 2002. She uses the moniker "The Beast".^[2]

Career

Originally a state-champion gymnast, Willoughby began racing at the age of six, after watching her older brothers race.^[3]

She turned professional in 2006, at the age of 15. Her first professional race result came in April, when she placed third at the American Bicycle Association Winter Nationals.^[4] Her first professional win came just one month later, when she won the ABA Super Nationals.^[5] She was voted 2006 Rookie Pro of the Year by the readers of BMXer magazine, becoming the first female to win the title.^[6] 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 2008, BMX Racing was added to the Olympics, 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 2012 Summer Olympics, after recovering from surgery for LCL, knee and hamstring reconstruction.^[7] She placed 12th after a crash in the semi-final.

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

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

Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI)

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

Professional

American Bicycle Association (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

• Rio 2016 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.^[9]

External links

• • • The American Bicycle Association (ABA) Website.
• The National Bicycle League (NBL) Website.
• Web site: Alise Post's 2005 interview by young fellow racer Joey Bradford . 2008-12-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080719005422/http://www.joeybradford.com/interviews/alisepost.html . 2008-07-19 . dead .

Notes and References

1. Moto Mag January/February 2004 Vol.3 No.1 pg.20
2. Web site: 2024-05-14 . ‘The Beast’ Rides On: Alise Willoughby’s Journey Toward Paris Goes Through BMX Worlds In South Carolina . 2024-08-28 . www.teamusa.com . en.
3. Web site: girlscantwhat.com January 2007 interview . 2007-07-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070716234101/http://www.girlscantwhat.com/2007/01/04/interview-with-pro-bmx-biker-alise-post . 2007-07-16 . dead .
4. Web site: USA BMX / BMX CANADA - Nationals . 2024-08-28 . www.usabmx.com . en.
5. Web site: ABA supernationals Day 2 results. . 2018-10-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070927200310/http://www.ababmx.com/index.php?page=default%2Fresults&type=nationals&raceid=16183&fn=4 . 2007-09-27 . dead .
6. http://www.bmxtra.com/06news/06news0040.htm bmxtra.com's listing of the ABA year end results.
7. Web site: bmxnews page. . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120625162843/http://www.bmxnews.com/2012/06/the-team/ . 2012-06-25 . 2012-06-30.
8. News: Alise Willoughby's hopes for BMX racing gold dashed on crash-filled day . Tom . Dart . 30 July 2021 . . London . 6 October 2021 . 14 August 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210814080953/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/jul/30/alise-willoughby-bmx-racing-crash-olympics . live .
9. Web site: Gleeson . Scott . Olympian Sam Willoughby was paralyzed in BMX accident. Now he coaches his wife Alise's quest for gold. . USA TODAY . 2 August 2024 . 14 February 2020.