| Kim Hayashi | |
| Fullname: | Kimberly M. Hayashi |
| Nickname: | "Lil Kim", "Shorty", "Kim Woo", "Lil Sushi", "Krashin' Kim", etc. |
| Birth Date: | 27 January 1986 |
| Height: | 1.47m (04.82feet) |
| Weight: | 58.1kg (128.1lb) |
| Birth Place: | Honolulu, Hawaii, United States |
| Currentteam: | Speedline / Supercross BMX |
| Discipline: | Bicycle Motocross (BMX) |
| Role: | Racer |
| Ridertype: | Off Road |
| Amateuryears1: | 1998-2000 |
| Amateurteam1: | Gordy's Bike Shop |
| Amateuryears2: | 2000 |
| Amateurteam2: | Enigima Factory Team |
| Amateuryears3: | 2000-2001 |
| Amateurteam3: | Redline Bicycles |
| Proyears1: | 2001-2008 |
| Proteam1: | Redline Bicycles |
| Proyears2: | 2009-2010 |
| Proteam2: | Gordy's Bike Shop |
| Proyears3: | 2010-Present |
| Proteam3: | Speedline / Supercross BMX |
Kimberly M. Hayashi (born January 27, 1986, in Honolulu, Hawaii, United States) is an American professional "New/Current School" Bicycle Motocross (BMX) racer whose prime competitive years are from 2000–Present. Her many nicknames include: "Lil Kim", "Shorty", "Midget", "Sushi Roll", "Kim Woo", Lil Sushi, et al.[1] all references to her diminutive 4' 10", 128 lbs.[2] stature. She is also known as "Krashin' Kim"[3] for her penchant to crash in races. She crashed in her first lap in her very first professional race in 2002 colliding with another rider.[4] Despite this she would become the National Bicycle League (NBL)'s five consecutive number one professional women's racer from 2002 to 2007, which caused her to pick up yet another descriptive nickname: "Tenacious K".[5]
Note: Professional first are on the national level unless otherwise indicated.Started Racing: 1998 at age 12 in Chandler, Arizona, at the Chandler BMX track. Her brother introduced her to the sport.[1]
Sanctioning Body: American Bicycle Association (ABA)
First race result:
First race bike: Gary Fisher[6]
First win (local):
First sponsor: 1999 Gordy's Bike Shop.
First national win:
Turned Professional: November 2001 at age 15 immediately after the American Bicycle Association (ABA) Grand Nationals. Redline teammate Bubba Harris also turns pro on this occasion.[7]
First Professional* race result:
First Professional win:
First Junior Women race result:
First Junior Women win:
First Elite Women** race result:
First Elite Women win:
Retired: Still active. She had plans to retire after participating in the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics[6] but her Olympic bid was quashed when she failed to make it out of the qualifying rounds at the UCI World Championships in Taiyuan, China. Jill Kintner qualified as the United States sole female BMX Olympic participant.[8] She intends to keep on racing with the 2012 Summer Olympics as her goal (See "Post BMX career" section).
Height & weight at height of her career (2002–Present): Ht: 4'10". Wt:128 lbs.
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 used.
Note: Listed are District, State/Provincial/Department, Regional, National, and International titles in italics. Only sanctioning bodies that were active during the racer's career are listed. Depending on point totals of individual racers, winners of Grand Nationals do not necessarily win National titles. Series and one off Championships are also listed in block.
National Bicycle League (NBL)
American Bicycle Association (ABA)
Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI)*
National Bicycle League (NBL)
American Bicycle Association (ABA)
Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI)*
USA Cycling BMX:
Independent Pro Series Championships and Invitational Races
The Robbie Miranda 59 (RM59) Tropical BMX Challenge is an Invitational BMX exhibition race created and promoted by professional BMX racer Robbie Miranda (whose father is Puerto Rican[10]) in Barceloneta, Puerto Rico. It is sanctioned by the Puerto Rican BMX Association (PRBMXA) for the local amateur racers who come out to race and see the BMX stars they only see in the BMX Press since no nationals are held by any major sanctioning body in Puerto Rico.
Tended to crash, earning the moniker "Krashin' Kim". She had a four-year annual first main crash streak during the ABA Grand Nationals until the 2006 edition in which she not only didn't crash in the first main, but was the Grand National winner. She achieved this it is said because she was all but mathematically out of contention for the No.1 Pro Girl title (she didn't win the title despite winning the event).[11]
She had plans on retiring after the 2008 Beijing Olympics if she had made it on to the US Olympic BMX team. She had plans to focus on Dental School and become an orthodontist from then on.[12] However her Olympic bid ended when she failed to make it out of the qualifying rounds at the UCI World Championships in Taiyuan, China. Jill Kintner qualified as the United States sole female BMX Olympic participant.[8] She finished out the 2008 season but suffering from injuries sustained in crashes. On December 3, 2008, she had surgery on an injured shoulder incurred in a crash. However, she fully intends to keep racing after recovering from her surgery and rehabilitation. She also intends to compete in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, England. As she said in a December 29, 2008, post in Vintagebmx.com under her screen name of Redlinegirlkh:
Note: Only magazines that were in publication at the time of the racer's career(s) are listed unless specifically noted.BMX Plus!:
Snap BMX Magazine & Transworld BMX:
Moto Mag:
BMX World:
Bicycles Today & BMX Today (The NBL official membership publication under two names):
ABA Action, American BMXer, BMXer (The ABA official membership publication under three names):