Randy is both a pet name, and a given name in the English language. It is both a masculine name and a feminine name. The masculine name was originally derived from the names Randall, Randolf, and also Andrew. The feminine name may have originated from the masculine Randy, or it may have originated as a pet form of Miranda. Randi is another form of the name Randy.

Men known as Randy[link]

• Randy, Equatoguinean footballer, real name Ibán Iyanga Travieso
• Randy from reggaeton duo Jowell & Randy
• Randy Alcorn, Christian evangelist and author
• Randy Anderson, professional wrestling referee
• Randy Bachman, Canadian musician
• Randy Barnes, American shot putter
• Randy Blythe, vocalist of the metal-band Lamb of God
• Randy Brecker, American musician
• Randy Brooks (disambiguation), several people
• Randy Burridge, Canadian hockey player
• Randy Castillo, drummer
• Randy Couture, American mixed martial arts fighter/wrestler
• Randy Cunneyworth, Canadian hockey player & coach
• Duke Cunningham ("Randy" Cunningham), California Republican politician
• Randy DeBarge, American musician of R&B band DeBarge
• Randy Dixon, American football player
• Randy Gardner (disambiguation), several people
• Randy Gregg (disambiguation), several people
• Randy Goins, Entrepreneur and Business Owner
• Randy Grossman, American NFL football player
• Randy Harrison, American actor
• Randy Holt, Canadian hockey player
• Randy Houser, American country singer
• Randy Jackson (disambiguation), several people
• Randy Johnson (disambiguation), several people
• Randy Kamp, Canadian politician
• Randy Ladouceur, Canadian hockey player and coach
• Randy Meisner, musician/songwriter
• Randy Mengullo, karateka and martial arts instructor
• Randy Milligan, American baseball player
• Randy Charles Morin, author and blogger
• Randy Moss, American football player
• Randy Neumann, former American boxer
• Randy Newman, singer/songwriter
• Randy Orton, professional wrestler
• Randy Owen, American country singer, formerly of country music band Alabama
• Randy Quaid, American film and television actor
• Randy Pausch, American professor of computer science, author of The Last Lecture
• Randy Piper, American lead guitarist
• Randy Powell, American writer & novelist
• Randy Raine-Reusch, Canadian composer, concert-artist
• Randy Ready, American baseball player & coach
• Randy Rhoads, American rock guitarist
• Randy Robitaille, Canadian hockey player
• Randy Salerno, CBS 2 news anchor
• Randy Samuel, soccer player
• Randy Savage, professional wrestler
• Randy Shughart, sniper killed in action during the 1993 Battle of Mogadishu and posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor
• Randy Spelling, American actor
• Randy Thorsteinson, Canadian politician
• Randy Travis, American country singer
• Randy VanWarmer, American songwriter and guitarist
• Randy Wayne, American actor
• Randy Weston, American pianist and composer
• Randy Wolf, American baseball player

In fiction[link]

• Randy, a character in Trailer Park Boys played by Patrick Roach
• Lt. Randy Disher, a recurring character on the comedy/detective television show Monk played by Jason Gray-Stanford
• Randy Hickey, a character in My name is Earl played by Ethan Suplee
• Randy and Sharon Marsh, South Park characters
• Randy Pearson, a character in That '70s Show played by Josh Meyers
• Randy Springs, an alter-ego of comedian Aziz Ansari
• Randy Taylor, a character in the American sitcom Home Improvement played by Jonathan Taylor Thomas
• Randy was also the name of Ralph's little brother in the 1983 film, A Christmas Story
• Randy the Bandicoot is the name of a minor character in the webcomic Questionable Content

Men known as Randi[link]

• James Randi, stage magician and scientific skeptic
• Randi Patterson, Trinidadian footballer
• Randi J. Rost, American computer graphicist

Women known as Randy[link]

• Randy Crawford, American singer

Women known as Randi[link]

• Randi Anda, Norwegian politician
• Randi Bakke, Norwegian skater
• Randi Becker, American politician
• Randi Brooks, American actress
• Randi Elisabeth Dyrdal, Norwegian handballer
• Randi Ettner, Norwegian psychologist
• Randi Flesland, Norwegian civil servant
• Randi Gaustad, Norwegian curator and art historian
• Randi Gustad, Norwegian handball player
• Randi Hansen, Norwegian singer
• Randi Heide Steen, Norwegian singer
• Randi Hutter Epstein, American medical writer
• Randi Karlstrøm, Norwegian politician
• Randi Kaye, American journalist
• Randi Kiger, American actress
• Randi Leinan, Norwegian footballer
• Randi Lindtner Næss, Norwegian actress and singer
• Randi Michelsen, Danish actress
• Randi Mayem Singer, American screenwriter and film producer
• Randi Miller, American wrestler
• Randi Øverland, Norwegian politician
• Randi Reisfeld, American children's author
• Randi Rhodes, American radio personality
• Randi Scheurer, American politician
• Randi Solem, Norwegian religious organiser
• Randi Thorvaldsen, Norwegian skater
• Randi Weingarten, American trade union leader
• Randi Wright, American actress and television host
• Randi Zuckerberg, American social media magnate

Other usage[link]

• Randy (band), Swedish punk rock band
• Randy, a UK English term meaning "horny"
• 'Are You Randy', the name of an unpopular band in the 2008 film Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist

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Donald Robinson (b. June 17, 1983, in Napa, California,^[1] U.S.) is an American professional "New/Current School" Bicycle Motocross (BMX) racer whose prime competitive years are from 1999 to the present. His moniker is "dR", his initials. The use of the lowercase "d" for his given name is perhaps related to his relatively diminutive physical size. A past nickname, "Scrawny", was definitely linked to his small stature, since even when very young he was the smallest child in his age group. It was given to him by Bruce Minton.^[2] Like BMX predecessors Mike Miranda and Eric Rupe, Robinson is a devout Christian.^[3][4]

On June 25, 2008, Robinson was chosen by Mike King, team coach of the 2008 USA BMX Olympic Team, to represent the USA along with teammates Jill Kintner, Mike Day, and Kyle Bennett in BMX racing competition at the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, China. His Olympic dream was realized at least in part when he came in third at the Summer Olympics winning a Bronze Medal executing a maneuver that saw Sifiso Nhlapo take out nearly half the field. Since it was the sport's debut and the men's final was run after the women's, he became the third American and the sixth person overall to win an Olympic Medal in BMX Racing. Jill Kintner won the Bronze medal; Mike Day won the Silver medal. Kyle Bennett finished sixth in his semi-final and as a result did not qualify for the finals.

Racing career milestones[link]

Career factory and major bike shop sponsors[link]

Amateur[link]

• USA Wheel Sports: 1989-1991
• CFC Racing: 1992-December 1994
• Hyper Bicycles: December 1994-Late 1995
• Powerlite Industries: Late 1995-December 2001; Robinson turned pro with this sponsor.

Professional[link]

• Powerlite Industries: Late 1995-December 2001
• Fly Racing/Staats Bicycles: December 2001-December 2002
• Factory Phantom/Avent Cycles/Fly Racing: December 2002-2004
• Avent/Bombshell/Fly Racing: 2004-2005
• Formula Bicycle Company/HP: February 2006-December 2007.
• Hewlett-Packard/AT&T: January 2008-March 23, 2008
• Hyper Bicycles: March 24, 2008^[8]-Present

Career bicycle motocross titles[link]

Amateur/Junior Men[link]

National Bicycle League (NBL)

• 1996 13 Expert NAG No. 1

American Bicycle Association (ABA)

• 1993 California District 4 (CA-04) No. 1
• 1994 11 Boys Northern California State Champion
• 1995 12 Expert World Cup Champion
• 1996 13 Expert National Age Group (NAG) No.1
• 1996 13 Expert Grandnational Champion
• 1997 14 Expert NAG No. 1
• 1998 15 Expert Race of Champions (ROC) Champion.
• 1998 15 Expert NAG No. 1
• 1999 16 Expert NAG No. 1
• 1999 16 Cruiser Grandnational Champion
• 2000 17 Expert and 17 Cruiser NAG No. 1
• 2001 18 Expert World Cup Champion
• 2001 18 Expert NAG No. 1

Fédération Internationale Amateur de Cyclisme (FIAC)*

• None

International Bicycle Motocross Federation (IBMXF)*

• None

Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI)*

• 2001 Junior Men & Junior Cruiser World Champion

USA Cycling

• None

Professional/Elite Men[link]

National Bicycle League (NBL)

• 2005 National No.1 Pro Cruiser
• 2006 Elite Men Grand National Champion
• 2006 National No.1 Pro

American Bicycle Association (ABA)

• 2003 Pro Cruiser Grandnational Champion
• 2004 World Cup Pro Time-Trial Champion.
• 2006 National No. 1 Pro Cruiser

International Bicycle Motocross Federation (IBMXF)*

• None (defunct)

Fédération Internationale Amateur de Cyclisme (FIAC)*

• None (defunct. FIAC did not have a strictly professional division during its existence).

Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI)*

• 2006 UCI/NBL North American Champion
• 2006 Supercross World Cup Elite Men's Champion
• 2006 Elite Men's Cruiser World Champion
• 2008 Elite Men Supercross World Cup Champion
• 2009 Elite Men Gold Medal World Champion
• 2009 Elite Men Gold Medal Continental Series Champion

USA Cycling

• 2007 Elite Men National No. 1 Pro†
• On June 14, 2008 Robinson came in second at the Olympic trials at the Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, California. Mike Day won the event with 35 points, winning two of the three runs of motos out of a scheduled four. This race format had seven racers participating in hopes of winning an automatic place on the USA BMX Olympic Team (Bubba Harris, who intended to compete, withdrew after breaking his right ankle in practice the previous Thursday). Robinson's 21 points from winning the second moto placed him in second but mathematically eliminated the possibility of overtaking Day in the winner-take-all format. As a result the scheduled fourth moto was canceled, given concerns about racer safety (no need to endanger Day, given the potential of injury on the track, when other competitors had nothing to gain). However, Robinson was the top-ranked BMXer in the world and did well on the UCI and USA Cycling circuits, making him a much-speculated-upon choice for the fourth spot on the team, which was to be filled at the discretion of the team coach, Mike King. On June 25, 2008, that expectation was realized, and he was selected, joining Jill Kintner, Mike Day, and Kyle Bennett on the USA BMX Olympic Team.^[9]

International Olympic Committee (IOC)

Games of the XXIX Olympiad (2008 Summer Olympics)

USA BMX Teammates Kyle Bennett, Mike Day, Jill Kintner

Medal record
Competitor for  United States
BMX
Olympic Games
Bronze	2008 Beijing	Men's BMX

Discipline: Men's BMX

Location: Laoshan BMX Field Beijing, China

Number of competitors: 32

Positions:

Event Results Wednesday, August 20

Men's First Seeding Run‡:36.810sec

Men's Second Seeding Run: 36.868sec

Seconds behind leader: +1.118sec (24th place)

Seeding run leader: Mike Day  United States

Robinson advances to quarter-finals†

Men's quarter-finals (Overall after three motos Run 1): Third place. Qualifies for semi-finals

Event Results Thursday, August 21

Postponed due to rain. Rescheduled.

Event Results Friday, August 22

Men's semi-finals (Overall after three motos Run 1*): Third place. Qualifies for finals.

Semi-final winner (Run 1): Mike Day  United States

Men's final (Medal Round; one run of Main): Third place, Bronze Medal.

Silver Medal winner:** Mike Day  United States

Gold Medal winner:** Māris Štrombergs  Latvia

Independent Pro Series Championships and Invitational Races

• 2006 International BMX Championships “Summer Festival”¥ Champion.

BMX product lines[link]

• "dR" Signature Series FLY Racing "Powercurve" Handlebars (2002–2007)^[12]
• "dR" Signature Series Avent Complete bicycles (2004 & 2005)

Notable accolades[link]

• In 1996 he was named as one of "The 10 Hottest Amateurs" and future top Pro BMXers by BMX Plus!^[13]
• He is a winner of the 2006 RideBMX Number One Rider Award (NORA)^[14]
• He won the 2006 BMXer Golden Crank Pro of the Year award.^[15]

Significant injuries[link]

• Broke thumb at the 1997 ABA Fall Nationals (Day 1) in late October, 1997. He was laid up for approximately eight weeks.^[16]
• Crashed hard hard enough to bruise two ribs and split his helmet apart during his 15 Expert quarter-finals at the 1999 ABA Spring Nationals in Santa Clara, California.^[17]
• Partially separated ACL in his shoulder early in 2002.^[18]
• Dislocated his right wrist and broke his left thumb in April 2002 at the ABA U.S. Nationals in Tulare, California. Surgery was required to fix the ligaments in his wrist.^[19][20] He was laid up for six months. The first race after his return to the sport was the ABA Grandnational on November 30, 2002, in Tulsa, Oklahoma.^[21]

Racing traits and habits[link]

• Robinson is aerophobic. Also his confidence is much greater when he is on the bike than off. He first spoke to his girlfriend when he was on his bike, admitting he never could if he did not have it with him.^[1]

Post BMX career[link]

• Still active.

Personal life[link]

Robinson wed girlfriend Tiffany Lei Glenn is a ceremony in Napa, Calif., on November 14, 2009. In addition to BMX racing, Robinson has aspirations to be a Broadway theater actor/dancer/singer. He sang in his middle school choir. He went on "tour" with his now-wife performing at schools and fairgrounds.^[22]

BMX and general press magazine interviews and articles[link]

• "1993 District Number Ones" American BMXer October 1994 Vol.16 Iss.9 pg.51 One of many mini biographes of the ABA district champions of 1993.
• "The Fabulous Five" Snap BMX Magazine May 2001 Vol.8 Iss.5 No.55 pg.63 One of five short articles with five racers including Bubba Harris, Ian Stoffel, Brandon Nicholls, and Clint Gower.
• Donny Robinson" Transworld BMX November 2001 Vol.8 Iss.11 No.61 pg.71 A brief interview about doubling at the 2001 UCI World Championships in Mens Junior 20" and Cruiser.
• "Beijing Bound" The Napa Valley Register September 14, 2007
• "Small man, big plan: American Donny Robinson has eyes on BMX gold" Associated Press, USA Today December 25, 2007.

BMX magazine covers[link]

Bicycle Motocross Action & Go:

• None

BMX Plus!:

Snap BMX Magazine & Transworld BMX:

Twenty BMX:

Moto Mag:

• None

BMX World:

Bicycles Today & BMX Today (The official NBL membership publication under two names):

ABA Action, American BMXer, BMXer (The official ABA membership publication under three names):

End notes[link]

External links[link]

• The American Bicycle Association (ABA) Website.
• The National Bicycle League (NBL) Website.
• NBL Profile.
• Martijnscherpen.com Interview.
• Associated Press article printed in USA Today on December 25, 2007: "Small man, big plan: American Donny Robinson has eyes on BMX gold"
• "Beijing Bound" The Napa Valley Register September 14, 2007, newspaper article.

Kyle Bennett (born September 25, 1979 in Conroe, Texas U.S.) is an American professional "New/Current School" Bicycle Motocross (BMX) racer and Dirt Jumper whose prime competitive years are from 1999 to the present. He has the moniker "Butter" for his smooth riding style.^[1] On May 10, 2008 he won an automatic spot on the first US BMX Olympic team, a sport that made its debut in the 2008 Summer Olympics. He made it to the finals and finished sixth of the UCI World Cup in Copenhagen, Denmark after winning USA Cycling's year-long series of races as the highest ranking American.^[2] and becoming the first member of the BMX Olympic team. Jill Kintner became the second member of the team on 2 June 2008; Mike Day the third member on 15 June 2008; and Donny Robinson the fourth chosen on 25 June 2008. On 22 August 2008 Bennett raced with a reset dislocated shoulder from a quarter-final crash two days earlier and came sixth in his semi-final and did not qualify for the medal round. Kintner won the bronze, first American and third overall to win an Olympic medal in BMX. Mike Day became the second American (fifth overall) and highest ranking American by winning the silver; and Donny Robinson the third (sixth overall) with his bronze.

Racing career milestones[link]

Career factory and major bike shop sponsors[link]

Amateur/Junior Men[link]

• S&S Racing (bicycle shop): April 1991- The ABA Heartland National in on May 11, 1991 was the first race with this sponsor and this was Kyle's first sponsor for months
• R&C Racing: 1992-
• ODi: 1994
• S&M (Greg Scott & Chris Moeller^[8]) Bicycles: December 1995-

Professional/Elite Men[link]

• ORP/Standard Bykes: -Late November 2000.
• Nirve Sports: Late November 2000-December 2003
• Free Agent BMX: Mid December 2003^[9]-January 2012
• GHP Racing: -January 2012 - Present

Career bicycle motocross titles[link]

Amateur/Junior Men[link]

National Bicycle League (NBL)

American Bicycle Association (ABA)

Fédération Internationale Amateur de Cyclisme (FIAC)*

• None

International Bicycle Motocross Federation (IBMXF)*

• None

Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI)*

*See note in professional section.

Professional/Elite Men[link]

National Bicycle League (NBL)

• 2004 Elite Men Grandnational Champion
• 2002, 2004 & 2007 National No.1 Pro
• 2006 Elite Men National No.2

American Bicycle Association (ABA)

• 2004 AA Pro National No.3
• 2005,'06,'07 AA Pro National No.2
• 2009 "AA" Pro Grand National Champion

International Bicycle Motocross Federation (IBMXF)*

• None (defunct)

Fédération Internationale Amateur de Cyclisme (FIAC)*

• None (defunct. FIAC did not have a strictly professional division during its existence).

Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI)*

• 2002, 2003 & 2007 20" Elite Men World Champion
• 2003 Intercontinental Pro Shootout Invitational Champion.^[10]

USA Cycling

• 2008 Elite Men National Champion
• On May 10, 2008 Kyle Bennett became the first member on the US BMX Olympic Team for the Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. He earned this first automatic spot when made the finals of the UCI World Cup in Copenhagen, Denmark on that date. He won USA Cycling circuit's year-long points race with that finish.^[2] Later Bennett would be joined on the Olympic squad by Jill Kintner, who won her spot when she came in sixth at the UCI World Championships in Elite Women on June 2, 2008 and Mike Day, who earned the last automatic spot when he won the Team Trial event held at the Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, California on June 14, 2008. The fourth member, Donny Robinson, earned his spot by being appointed to the team on the Team's coach former BMX and Mountain Bike racing pro Mike King's discretion on June 25, 2008 on the strength of his second place finish behind Day and his performances on the NBL and UCI circuits.

International Olympic Committee (IOC)

Games of the XXIX Olympiad (2008 Summer Olympics)

USA BMX Teammates: Mike Day, Donny Robinson, Jill Kintner

Discipline: Men's BMX

Location: Laoshan BMX Field Beijing, China

Number of competitors: 32

Positions:

Event Results Wednesday August 20

Men's First Seeding Run‡: 36.491secs

Men's Second Seeding Run: 36.421secs

Seconds behind leader: +0.729 (12th place)

Seeding Run leader: Mike Day  United States

Bennett advances to Quarterfinals

Men's Quarter Finals (Overall after three motos Run 2): Eighth place Qualifies for Semi Final†.

Event Results Thursday August 21

Postponed due to rain. Rescheduled.

Event Results Friday August 22

Men's Semi Finals (Overall after three motos Run 1): Sixth place. Did not qualify.

Semi Final winner (Run 1): Mike Day  United States

Men's Final (Medal Round; one run of Main): Bennett did not qualify.

Bronze medal winner: Donny Robinson  United States

Silver medal winner: Mike Day  United States

Gold medal winner: Māris Štrombergs  Latvia

Independent Pro Series Championships and invitationals

Significant injuries[link]

• Broke leg in four different places in a motorcycle accident in 1995 when he was 16 years old (interrupted his racing).^[11]
• Broke hand at the Summer X-Games Downhill BMX race in Woodward, Pennsylvania (officially the 2001 location of the Summer X Games was Philadelphia, Pennsylvania since most X-Games events (Dirt Jumping, Freestyle) were staged there. Woodward was the Downhill BMX racing venue) during his semi final on August 19, 2001. In the lead, he overshot a set of double jumps coming out of the second turn. He underwent surgery and had two pins inserted. He was laid up for six weeks.^[12]
• Suffered a broken collarbone on the step down jump going into the first turn at the ABA Lancaster National in Lancaster, California on May 31, 2003. He was laid up for five weeks.^[13]
• Broke collarbone at the 2004 NBL Grand National.^[11]
• Suffered a knee injury in October 2006 and had knee reconstructive surgery on a torn ACL in December 2006.^[14] His first race back was the NBL Gator Nationals in Sarasota, Florida on March 31, 2007.^[15]

Racing habits and traits[link]

Miscellaneous[link]

• Kyle Bennett is the stepson of BMX pro racer John Purse.^[16] This makes them technically the only father-son combination to win racing titles in BMX, professional or amateur. They both held the NBL National No. 1 pro title. Bennett won in 2002, 2004 and 2007; Purse won in 1995 and 1996. They also both won UCI Elite Men World Championships Purse in 1997 and Bennett in 2002, 2004 and 2007. When Purse was an up and coming pro and Bennet was an amateur at the beginning of his career, they were on the same team; S&S racing in 1991. It was a bicycle shop team.

BMX and general press magazine interviews and articles[link]

• "American Xpress: Kyle Bennett" BMX World December 2005/January 2006 Vol.1 No.1 pg.51 (Premier Issue)

BMX magazine covers[link]

Minicycle/BMX Action & Super BMX:

• None

Bicycle Motocross Action & Go:

• None

BMX Plus!:

Snap BMX Magazine & Transworld BMX:

Twenty BMX:

Moto Mag:

• September/October 2002 Vol.1 No.2 in front of Warwick Stevenson.

BMX World:

• December 2005/January 2006 Vol.1 No.1 Premier issue.
• August/September 2006 Vol.1 Iss.5 (67) behind Robert de Wilde (77) ahead of Jerrett Kolich (198) and Greg Romero (100)

Bicycles Today & BMX Today (The official NBL membership publication under two names):

ABA Action, American BMXer, BMXer (The official ABA membership publication under three names):

References[link]

External links[link]

• The American Bicycle Association (ABA) Website.
• The National Bicycle League (NBL) Website.
• Brief BMXOnline.com December 1, 2000 interview with Kyle Bennet
• EXPN athlete bio.
• October 1, 2004 BMXmania.com interview.

Joseph Bradford (b. October 10, 1989 in Monterey, California USA) is an American professional "New/Current School" Bicycle Motocross (BMX) racer whose prime competitive years are from 1999 to the present. His nickname is simply "Joey".

BMX racing career milestones[link]

Career factory and major bike shop sponsors[link]

Amateur/Junior Men[link]

• Haynes BMX: 1999
• No Fear Racing: -April 1999
• Kovachi Wheels:April 1999-2000
• Fox/Specialized/Mountain Dew: 2000-2001
• Staats Bicycles: 2002-December 2003
• Avent/Bomshell: December 2003-December 2004
• Hyundai/Mongoose: January 2005-Mid December 2005
• GT (Gary Turner) Bicycles: December 20, 2005–Present. Joey would turn pro with this sponsor.

Professional/Elite Men[link]

• GT (Gary Turner) Bicycles: December 20, 2005–Present.

Career bicycle motocross titles[link]

Amateur/Junior Men[link]

National Bicycle League (NBL)

• 1998 8 Expert National No.1
• 1999 9 Expert & 9-10 Cruiser National No.1
• 1998,'99,'00 California State Champion
• 1998,'99,'00 Western-Regional Champion
• 1998 8 Expert President's Cup Champion
• 2002 12 Expert and 12 Cruiser Grandnational Champion
• 2002 12 Expert and 12 Cruiser National No.1
• 2003 13 Expert and 13 Cruiser Grandnational Champion
• 2003 13 Expert & 13-14 Cruiser National No.1
• 2004 14 Expert Grandnational Champion.
• 2004 14 Expert National No.1
• 2005 15 Expert National No.1
• 2006 16 Expert National No.1

American Bicycle Association (ABA)

• 1998 8 Expert Gold Cup West Champion
• 1998,'99,'00,'01,'02,'03 California State Champion
• 1998 10 Expert Redline Gold Cup Champion
• 1999 10 Expert & 10 Cruiser Race of Champions Champion
• 2000 12 Expert & 12 Cruiser Redline Gold Cup Champion
• 2001 11 Expert World Champion
• 2001 12 Expert & 12 Cruiser Race of Champions champion
• 2002 12 Expert & 12 Cruiser World Champion
• 2002 13 Expert & 13 Cruiser Race of Champions champion
• 2003 14 Expert & 14 Cruiser Race of Champions (ROC) champion
• 2004 14 Expert & 14 Cruiser World Champion
• 2004 15 Expert & 15 Cruiser Redline Gold Cup Champion
• 2005 15 Expert & 15 Cruiser World Champion
• 2005 16 Expert & 16 Cruiser Redline Gold Cup Champion
• 2005 16 Expert National Age Group (NAG) No.1
• 2006 17 Expert Redline Gold Cup Cruiser Champion

Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI)

• 2000 11 Boys World Champion
• 2002 12 Boys World Champion
• 2003 13 Boys & 13-14 Cruiser World Champion
• 2005 15 Boys & 15-16 Cruiser World Champion
• 2003 14-16 Pacific Oceanic Champion
• 2005 14–16 Boys Pan Pacific Champion
• 2006 14–16 boys Pan Pacific Champion
• 2006 North American Junior Men Champion
• 2007 Junior Mens Silver Medal World Champion

USA Cycling BMX

• 2007 Junior Cruiser National Champion

Professional/Elite Men[link]

National Bicycle League (NBL)

American Bicycle Association (ABA)

Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI)*

USA Cycling

BMX South Africa (BMXSA)

• 2007 Elite Men South African National Champion

Pro Series Championships

BMX product lines[link]

• 2006 Fly Joey Bradford Signature Series Bars.

Product evaluation:

Notable accolades[link]

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Significant injuries[link]

• Dislocated shoulder in a crash during the main at the 2006 UCI World Championships in Holland.^[1]
• Suffered a bad muscle bruise injury in his left lower back falling coming out of the first turn in the first moto at the ABA Winternationals in Phoenix, Arizona on March 25, 2007.^[4]

Racing habits and traits[link]

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Miscellaneous[link]

• In early 2007 when Bradford was still just 17 years old he started the "Joey Bradford Disability Fund" to aid financially seriously injured and/or financially troubled BMX racers. BMX despite being an Olympic sport and gaining world respect, is still not truly a professional sport in which a racer could become financially independent. Sponsors provide professional racers their salaries as well as providing them with free travel, expenses, entrance fees for racers, and free bicycle parts as well as payment for appearing in advertisements. If he or she is let go by a sponsor, that racer would often be in financial straits. With no salary, free travel or other expenses paid. He would solely rely on race winnings to support his racing, which would be of course, partly offset by the entrance fees he would have to pay for out of pocket including travel cost. The financial pressures are even greater if the racer is married with children with a mortgage and car payments. As a result a racer could find him/herself in dire straits if he is injured, particularly if it is a career ending one. There is no pensions for BMXers as there are in major long established sports like baseball football basketball etc.

To aid racers who have fallen on financially hard times Bradford along with veterans of the sport founded the fund. As described at the fatbmx.com website:

:"The Foundation, a federally recognized and regulated non-profit organization, aims to ease the burden of medical bills, either by injury or illness, for BMX professionals as well as BMX industry professionals, those whose primary income comes from the BMX industry itself. “Getting injured is the worst thing that can happen to a professional athlete,” states Professional BMX racer Brandon Meadows. “When I broke my femur for the second time, things seem to go downhill real fast. I just started a family, lost my sponsor, broke my leg, no way to make any money, and it soon came to a realization that it was going to be hard to make ends meet.”

Applicants must apply themselves or via a family member and their case will be reviewed by the five person Fund Committee. If the application is approved, up to 50% of the fund can be released to help with monetary medical obligations."^[5]

BMX and general press magazine interviews and articles[link]

• "Background Check: Joey Bradford" Transworld BMX July 2004 Vol.11 Iss.7 No.93 pg.86

BMX magazine covers[link]

BMX Plus!:

Snap BMX Magazine & Transworld BMX:

• None

Twenty BMX:

Moto Mag:

• None

BMX World (2005–Present):

Bicycles Today & BMX Today (The official NBL publication under two names):

ABA Action, American BMXer, BMXer (The official ABA publication under three names):

Post BMX Career[link]

• Still active. However, in 2003 he started a simultaneous Mountain Bike Racing career, one of the few BMXers to do so at his stage in his career which was only six years into his BMX amateur career. Most BMXers who cross over to MTB racing do so after his BMX career or in its last few years. John Tomac, Tinker Juarez started MTB racing after their BMX careers. Pete Loncarevich, Eric Carter, Bas de Bever, Corine Dorland and Dale Holmes started their MTB careers during the one or two twilight years of BMX racing. Among the exceptions is Wade Bootes that started MTB racing essentially during the middle of his BMX career. It is difficult for a racer to train effectively at the championship level for either of the two disciplines although skills for one easily translate to the other, still the training regimen for one is different enough to adversely affect the other. As a result most start the crossover just about at the end of their usually long BMX racing careers.

Mountain Bike career[link]

Started racing: 2003

Sub Discipline: 4 Cross Downhil

First race result:

Sanctioning body:

Retired:

Career MTB factory and major Non-factory sponsors[link]

Amateur[link]

• Staats Bicycles: 2002-2003
• Avent/Bomshell: 2003-2004
• Hyundai/Mongoose: January 2005-Mid December 2005
• GT (Gary Turner) Bicycles: December 20, 2005–Present. Joey would turn pro with this sponsor.

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Career Mountain Bike Racing (MTB) titles[link]

Amateur[link]

• 2003,'04,'05,'06 Sea Otter Classic 4cross Champion

Professional[link]

Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI)

National Off Road Bicycle Association (NORBA)

USA Cycling

Notable MTB accolades[link]

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MTB product lines[link]

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Significant MTB injuries[link]

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Miscellaneous[link]

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References[link]

External links[link]

• Joey Bradford's personal website

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Micheal Day (b. October 9, 1984 in Tarzana, California USA) is a professional American "Current School" Bicycle Motocross (BMX) racer whose prime competitive years are from 2002–Present. His nickname is a play on a common phrase. Mike Day's official Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) number, which was originally assigned to him by the American Bicycle Association (ABA)^[1] (not affiliated to the UCI), he requested for it from and is assigned it by the UCI for life regardless of how he does in a race season, is #365. With the exception of quadrennial leap years, that is the number of days in a calendar year. As a result, a play on his surname "365 Day" occurs from the common phrase "...365 days a year" (alternatively "..365 days per year"):

"When you turn pro, they always give you a number in the 300s," he said, "and with my name on the back, it said: 365 Day. Everyone talked about it, and I said, ‘That's it. That's going to be my number.' I'll pretty much wear it till I'm done racing."^[2]

On June 14, 2008 Mike Day won a place on the USA BMX Olympic Team by winning the Team Trial at the Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, California. This team will represent the USA in the first ever BMX racing competition in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China with Teammates Kyle Bennett, Donny Robinson, and Jill Kintner. As of August 20, he has made the Semi Finals in the 2008 Summer Olympics, winning both the Seeding Run time trials and was the overall winning of the three runnings of his Quarter Finals, sweeping all three. On August 22, Mike Day won the Silver medal in the Men's BMX Final at the 2008 Summer Olympic Games. Since the Men's Final was raced after the Women's Final in the sport's debut games, he is the second American ever to win a medal. However, he is also the highest placing. His teammates Jill Kintner and Donny Robinson both won Bronze medals. Kyle Bennett did not qualify for the Finals. Maris Strombergs of Latvia was the winner of the Gold medal.

Racing career[link]

Career factory and major bike shop sponsors[link]

Amateur/Junior Men[link]

• Answer Products, Inc.: 1994-through 1999
• Sunland Cycles: 1999-?
• Staats Bicycles/Fly Racing: 2002-December 2006. He would turn pro with this sponsor.

Professional/Elite Men[link]

• Staats Bicycles/Fly Racing: 2002-December 2006
• GT (Gary Turner) Bicycles/Red Bull January 1, 2007–Present. His first race with GT was the ABA Silverdollar National in Reno, Nevada on January 6, 2007^[13]

Career bicycle motocross titles[link]

Amateur/Junior Men[link]

National Bicycle League (NBL)

American Bicycle Association (ABA)

• 1994 9 Expert US Open West Champion
• 1996 11 Boys and 11 Cruiser World Cup Champion (double)

Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI)*

Professional/Elite Men[link]

National Bicycle League (NBL)

• 2005 Elite Men National Elite Champion
• 2005 National No.1 Pro

American Bicycle Association (ABA)

• 2002 "A" Pro Redline Cup West Champion
• 2005 "AA" Pro 2nd place World Champion

ESPN Extreme (X) Games

• 2003 Pro Bronze Medalist (Dirt Jumping)

USA Cycling:

• Won the Olympic Team Trials at the Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, California on June 14, 2008. He had taken the qualifying event in 1-2-1 fashion with the final moto canceled due to the mathematical impossibility of anyone to catch him in points. Therefore it was reasoned that it would be too much of a risk for racers with no hope of making the team crashing into the winner who had made the team. Day finished with 32 points. This victory automatically slotted him onto the United States BMX Olympic team with Kyle Bennett and Jill Kintner. Later, the second place competitor, Donny Robinson (21 points) was selected by Mike King on June 24, 2008 for the fourth and final Team berth. In the individual time trial held earlier in the day Day's winning time was 36.60 seconds. Day had trained for six months straight ever since the Olympic Training Center track, a $500,000 USA Cycling and United States Olympic Committee funded exact duplicate of the BMX competition track in Beijing, China was built in January by Tom Ritzenthaler.^[14] He had moved into the facilities dormitories in January and opted out of competing in the UCI BMX World Championships in Beijing, China which were held two weeks prior.^[15]

Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI)*

• 2004 Elite Men Silver Medal World Cup Champion
• 2005 Elite Men Silver Medal World Champion
• 2006 Elite Men Bronze Medal World Champion
• 2007 Elite Men Supercross World Cup Champion

International Olympic Committee (IOC)

Games of the XXIX Olympiad (2008 Summer Olympics)

USA BMX Teammates: Kyle Bennett, Donny Robinson, Jill Kintner

Medal record
Competitor for  United States
BMX
Olympic Games
Silver	2008 Beijing	Men's BMX

Discipline: Men's BMX

Location: Laoshan BMX Field Beijing, China

Number of competitors: 32

Positions:

Event Results Wednesday August 20

Men's First Seeding Run‡: 36.127secs

Men's Second Seeding Run: 35.692secs

Seconds behind leader: 0.000 (First place)

Seeding Run leader: Mike Day  United States

Day advances to Quarterfinals†

Men's Quarter Finals (Overall after three motos Run 1): First place; Qualifies for Semi Final

Event Results Thursday August 21

Posponed due to rain. Rescheduled.

Event Results Friday August 22

Men's Semi Finals (Overall after three motos Run 1*):
First Place; Qualifies for Finals.

Men's Final (Medal Round; one run of Main**): Second Place. Silver medal.

Bronze medal winner: Donny Robinson  United States

Gold medal winner: Māris Štrombergs  Latvia

Independent Pro Series Championships and Invitational Races

• 2004 RM59 Tropical BMX Challenge Pro Champion

The Robbie Miranda 59 (RM59) Tropical BMX Challenge is a Invitational BMX exhibition race created and promoted by professional BMX racer Robbie Miranda (whose father is Puerto Rican^[16]) in Baceloneta, 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.

Notable accolades[link]

• Day is a 2005 NORA Cup winner.^[17]
• Day is a 2008 ABA Golden Crank winner for Pro of the Year.

BMX product lines[link]

• Fly Racing Mike Day Cruiser Handlebars.
• Fly Racing Mike Day Pro Handlebars.
• Fly Yo Moma Bars

Still images[link]

Current image of Mike Day
Current image of Mike Day
Current image of Mike Day

Significant injuries[link]

• None. Unusually, compared to other top professional racers, Mike Day hasn't had any serious injuries caused by BMX racing.

BMX press magazine interviews and articles[link]

• "Whats Up with Mike Day" BMX Plus! September 2005, Vol.28 No.9 pg.9
• "#1 on #1" BMX Plus! June 2006 Vol.29 Nol.6 pg.68 Mike Day and Bubba Harris interview each other

BMX magazine covers[link]

BMX Plus!:

• June 1997 Vol.20 No.6 in bottom insert. In top insert Dave Volker. In main image Brian Schmith (4) and Scott Yoquelet (23).

Ride BMX Magazine:

Snap BMX Magazine & Transworld BMX:

• January 2005 Vol.12 Iss.1 No.99 This was the very last issue of Transworld BMX published.

BMX World

Bicycles Today & BMX Today (the official NBL membership publication under two names):

ABA Action, American BMXer, BMXer (the official ABA membership publication under three names):

End notes[link]

External links[link]

• The American Bicycle Association (ABA) Website.
• The National Bicycle League (NBL) Website.
• Expn.go.com 2003 bio
• Transworld.net March 12, 2004 interview
• teamusa.org article.