Felicia Stancil
Stancil in Shepparton, Australia in 2020
Personal information
Nickname'Flyin'
Born (1995-05-18) May 18, 1995
Antioch, Illinois, U.S.
Height5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Cycling career
Team information
Current team United States
DisciplineBMX racing
RoleRider
Professional teams
2014–2017GT
2018Powerlite Dan's Comp
2019–2020Supercross
2021Answer SSquared
Major wins
2019 USA Cycling National Champion[1]
UCI BMX Supercross career
Starts34
Championships0
Wins0
Podiums7
Best finish2nd in 2019
Medal record
Representing  United States
Women's BMX racing
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 0 0 0
World Championships 1 0 0
Total 1 0 0
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2022 NantesBMX racing
Supercross World Cup
Silver medal – second place 2019Elite Women
Bronze medal – third place 2021Elite Women
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2012 BirminghamJunior Women
Gold medal – first place 2012 BirminghamJunior Women Time Trial
Gold medal – first place 2013 AucklandJunior Women
Gold medal – first place 2013 AucklandJunior Women Time Trial
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2015 TorontoWomen's BMX

Felicia Stancil (born May 18, 1995) is an American female BMX rider. Stancil has won 14 UCI World Titles including the 2012 UCI BMX World Championships titles for Junior Women and the Junior Women Time Trial in Birmingham, United Kingdom.[2] A year later she successfully defended both titles at the 2013 UCI BMX World Championships in New Zealand.[3] At the 2015 Pan American Games, Stancil won gold in her first international win as a professional. The win resulted in the first gold medal won by the United States at the 2015 games.[4] After reaching the final in all ten races on the 2019 UCI BMX Supercross World Cup series, Stancil finished out the year 2nd in the overall standings.[5] Adding on to her successful 2019, Stancil was awarded the 2019 Golden Crank Pro of the Year Title by Pull Magazine.[6]

Racing career

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing the  United States
2022 2022 UCI BMX World Championships Nantes, France 1st Elite Women
2021 2021 UCI BMX World Championships Papendal, Netherlands 7th Elite Women
2021 2020 Summer Olympics Tokyo, Japan 4th Women's BMX
2019 2019 UCI BMX World Championships Zolder, Belgium 6th Elite Women
2017 2017 UCI BMX World Championships Rock Hill, South Carolina 35th Elite Women [7]
2016 2016 UCI BMX World Championships Medellin, Colombia 14th Elite Women [8]
2016 2016 UCI BMX World Championships Medellin, Colombia 11th Elite Women Time Trial 44.722s[9]
2015 2015 UCI BMX World Championships Zolder, Belgium 7th Elite Women
2015 2015 UCI BMX World Championships Zolder, Belgium 10th Elite Women Time Trial 37.533s[10]
2015 2015 Pan American Games Toronto, Canada 1st Women's BMX
2014 2014 UCI BMX World Championships Rotterdam, Netherlands 15th Elite Women [11]
2014 2014 UCI BMX World Championships Rotterdam, Netherlands 9th Elite Women Time Trial 28.148s[12]
2013 2013 UCI BMX World Championships Auckland, New Zealand 1st Junior Women
2013 2013 UCI BMX World Championships Auckland, New Zealand 1st Junior Women Time Trial 26.133s[13]
2012 2012 UCI BMX World Championships Birmingham, United Kingdom 1st Junior Women
2012 2012 UCI BMX World Championships Birmingham, United Kingdom 1st Junior Women Time Trial 29.850s[14]

World Championship titles

  • 2004: 9 Girls [15]
  • 2005: 10 Girls [16]
  • 2007: 12 Girls
  • 2007: 12 & Under Girls Cruiser
  • 2009: 14 Girls [17]
  • 2009: 13 & 14 Girls Cruiser
  • 2010: 15 Girls [18]
  • 2010: 15 & 16 Girls Cruiser [19]
  • 2011: 16 Girls [20]
  • 2011: 15 & 16 Girls Cruiser [21]
  • 2012: Junior Women
  • 2012: Junior Women Time Trial
  • 2013: Junior Women
  • 2013: Junior Women Time Trial

Collegiate career

Felicia attended Marian University in Indiana from 2013 to 2018 where she won the USA Cycling Collegiate BMX National Championship individual title in 2014, 2015 and 2018. Stancil graduated from Marian with a degree in biology and a minor in business in 2018.

Personal life

Stancil grew up in Lake Villa, Illinois where she graduated from Grayslake North High School. Felicia started BMX when she was 4 years old, taking up after her father who was also a professional BMX rider. Besides BMX, Stancil also played volleyball, basketball, floor hockey and track & field growing up. She now resides in Indianapolis, Indiana.

References

  1. ↑ "Felicia Stancil- Your New 2019 UCI Elite Women National Champion!".
  2. ↑ "Fields, Stancilscore timetrial superfinal wins at BMX World Championships".
  3. ↑ "Stancil and Gaian highlight last day of BMX World Championships".
  4. ↑ "Lake Villa's Felicia Stancil wins BMX gold medal at Pan American Games".
  5. ↑ "Women-Supercross Ranking-2019".
  6. ↑ "2019 USA BMX Grands Pro Results".
  7. ↑ "2017 Worlds Final Classification-Women Elite".
  8. ↑ "2016 Worlds Final Classification-Women Elite".
  9. ↑ "Women Elite-Time Trial".
  10. ↑ "Superfinal results".
  11. ↑ "2014 Worlds Final Classification-Women Elite".
  12. ↑ "Rotterdam 2014 Women Elite Time Trial Results" (PDF).
  13. ↑ "2013 UCI BMX World Championships Time Trials".
  14. ↑ "Junior Women Time Trial Superfinal" (PDF).
  15. ↑ "2004 BMX World Championships".
  16. ↑ "2005 BMX World Championships".
  17. ↑ "UCI Worlds 09".
  18. ↑ "2010 Worlds 15 Girls Results".
  19. ↑ "UCI Worlds 2010".
  20. ↑ "16 Girls 2011".
  21. ↑ "15-16 Girls Cruiser 2011".
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