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Deanna Edwards

Deanna J. Jamieson (née Edwards) (June 13, 1970 - June 22, 2015 from Walled Lake, Michigan[1] United States) was an amateur "Old School" Bicycle Motocross (BMX) racer whose prime competitive years were from 1981-1987. She retired in 1987 but resumed racing in 2004.

Racing career milestones

Note: Professional firsts are on the national level unless otherwise indicated.

Career factory and major bike shop sponsors

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.

Amateur

Professional

Career bicycle motocross titles

Note: Listed are District, State/Provincial/Department, Regional, National, and International titles in italics. "Defunct" refers to the fact of that sanctioning body in question no longer existing at the start of the racer's career or at that stage of his/her career. 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.

Amateur

National Bicycle Association (NBA)

National Bicycle League (NBL)

American Bicycle Association (ABA)

*The ABA International Super Bowl of BMX was a series of 33 qualifying races around the country culminating in a Championship race in Toledo, Ohio. To qualify a racer had to participate in one of the 33 races in the series.[8] Then the qualifiers participate in three Double point races in Ohio a day before the finals. The main event qualifiers will then be trimmed down to the sixteen riders with the most points via tabulation. Those 16 will make up the Simis for the Triple point Super Bowl race event itself with the qualifiers from those semis racing for the title in the main.[9] Each Super Bowl main amateur or Pro was run three times to determine the champion in his/her class.[10]

Fédération Internationale Amateur de Cyclisme (FIAC)*

International Bicycle Motocross Federation (IBMXF)*

Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI)*

USA Cycling

*Note: Beginning in 1991 the IBMXF and FIAC had been holding joint World Championship events as a transitional phase in merging which began in earnest in 1993. Beginning with the 1996 season the IBMXF and FIAC completed the merger and both ceased to exist as independent entities being integrated into the UCI. Beginning with the 1997 World Championships held in Brighton, England the UCI would officially hold and sanction BMX World Championships and with it inherited all precedents, records, streaks, etc. from both the IBMXF and FIAC.

Professional

Notable Accolades

Inducted into the BMX Hall of Fame, Female Racer - 2014

Significant injuries

Racing habits and traits

Miscellaneous

BMX press magazine interviews and articles

BMX magazine covers

Note: Only magazines that were in publication at the time of the racer's career(s) are listed unless specifically noted.

Minicycle/BMX Action & Super BMX:

Bicycle Motocross Action & Go:

BMX Plus!:

Total BMX:

Bicycles and Dirt: (published by the ABA)

BMX World (2005 version):

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

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

Death

Deanna passed on June 22, 2015 after a brief battle with cancer.[17]

References

  1. ^ Super BMX May 1983 Vol.10 No.5 pg.23
  2. ^ a b BMX Action December 1985 Vol.10 No.12 pg.33
  3. ^ "Vintage BMX topic "Deanna Edwards own thread" pg.1". Archived from the original on 2012-06-01. Retrieved 2008-02-14.
  4. ^ bmxultra.com December 2006 interview. Archived 2008-05-16 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ bmxultra December 2006 interview. Archived 2008-05-16 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ Vintage BMX Topic "Deanna Edwards own thread" pg.3
  7. ^ Bicycles and Dirt April 1984 Vol.2 No.7 pg.20
  8. ^ ABA Action July 1983 Vol.6 No.7 pg.5
  9. ^ ABA Action July 1983 Vol.6 No.7 pg.49(event advertisement)
  10. ^ ABA Action March 1984 Vol.7 No.2 pg.37
  11. ^ Sandimom's description of the crash on Vintatebmx.com on June 22, 2009
  12. ^ Deanna's June 22, 2009 vintagebmx.com posting on the matter
  13. ^ Deanna's second June 22, 2009 response
  14. ^ Deann'a Update on her condition in a July 2, 2009 post on vintagebmx.com site.
  15. ^ Super BMX February 1984 Vol.11 No.2 pg.66
  16. ^ American BMXer January/February 1987 Vol.9 No.1 pg.44 (results)
  17. ^ Deanna's Obituary

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