Kim Hayashi

Cyclist infobox
ridername = Kim Hayashi


fullname = Kimberly M. Hayashi
nickname = "Lil Kim", "Shorty", "Midget"
"Kim Woo", "Lil Sushi"
"Krashin' Kim" "Tenacious K"
dateofbirth = birth date and age |1986|1|27
height = 1.473m (4'10" Imperial)
weight = 58.1kg (128lbs. Imperial) (2004)
country = USA
currentteam = Redline Bicycles
discipline = Bicycle Motocross (BMX)
role = Racer
ridertype = Off Road
protourrank =
europetourrank =
amateuryears = 1998-2000
2000-2001
amateurteams = Gordy's Bike Shop
Enigima Factory Team
Redline Bicycles
proyears = 2001-Present
proteams = Redline Bicycles
majorwins =
updated = March 21, 2008

Kimberly M. Hayashi (b. 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", "Kim Woo", Lil Sushi, et al. [ [http://www.bmxstars.com/profiles/kimhayashi.html BMXstars.com Profile.] ] all references to her diminutive 4' 10", 128lbs. ["Transworld BMX" November 2004 Vol.11 Iss.11 No.97. It is page 17 of the imbedded Redline catalog inside the magazine] stature. She is also known as "Krashin' Kim" [ [http://www.bmxonline.com/bmx/video/image/0,27679,1560263_78_1,00.html BMXonline.com article plus video.] ] 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. [ [http://www.martijnscherpen.com/interviews/hayashi.html Martjin Scherpen Interview] ] . 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". [ [http://72.14.205.104/search?q=cache:uin-PzGn_LEJ:www.istv.com/coppermine/albums/jack/article-images/reno/reno-06.pdf+alise+post+bmx&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=64&gl=us Google *.html rendition of www.istv.com *.pdf document file.] ]

Racing career

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. [ [http://www.bmxstars.com/profiles/kimhayashi.html BMXstars.com Profile.] ]

Sanctioning Body: American Bicycle Association (ABA)

First race result:

First race bike: Gary Fisher [ [http://www.sarahwalker96.com/kimberlyhayashi.htm sarahwalker96.com 2006 interview.] ]

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. [ [http://www.redlinebicycles.com/bmxracing/history/2001-history.html Redline website history section.] ]

First Professional race result:

First Professional win:

First Junior Women Pro* race result:

First Junior Women Pro win:

First Senior Women Pro** race result:

First Senior Women Pro win:

Retired: Still active. She had plans to retire after paticipating in the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics [ [http://www.sarahwalker96.com/kimberlyhayashi.htm sarahwalker96.com 2006 interview.] ] 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. [ [http://www.azcentral.com/sports/azetc/articles/2008/06/02/20080602azdigest0603.html June 2, 2008 azcentral.com article] ]

Height & weight at height of her career (2002-Present): Ht: 4'10". Wt:128lbs.

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.

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Amateur/Junior

*Gordy's Bike Shop: 1999
*Gordy's 2000
*Enigma Factory Team:
*Redline Bicycles: October 2000-Present. Kim Hayashi would turn professional with this sponsor.

Professional/Elite

*Redline Bicycles: October 2000-Present

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.

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Amateur/Junior

National Bicycle Association (NBA)
*None (defunct)National Bicycle League (NBL)
*1999, 2000 Arizona State Girls Champion.American Bicycle Association (ABA)
*"2001 15 Girls World Cup Champion"
*2001 15 Girls Race of Champions (RoC) Champion.
*2001 14-16 Cruiser Grandnational Champion
*"2000 & 2001 National Amateur Girl's Cruiser No.1"Fédération Internationale Amateur de Cyclisme (FIAC)*
*None (defunct)International Bicycle Motocross Federation (IBMXF)*
*None (defunct)Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI)*
*"2002 18 & Under Women Cruiser Challenge World Champion"**

*See note in professional section
**Even though she was a professional racer in the ABA by the time the 2002 UCI World Championships were held on July 27th-29th, she was still only 16 years old at that time and per UCI rules had to race in the youth and/or amateur division of the cruiser classes as part of the Challenge Championships the championship races that were held the day before the Adult and/or Professional classes in the UCI World Championships.

Professional/Elite

National Bicycle Association (NBA)
*None (defunct)National Bicycle League (NBL)
*2003 Girls Pro Grandnational Champion
*2004 Elite Women and 14 & Over Girls Open Grandnational Champion (Doubled)
*"2003, '04, '05, '06, '07 Elite Women National No.1"American Bicycle Association (ABA)
*2006 Pro Girls Grandnational ChampionUnited States Bicycle Motocross Association (USBA)
*None (defunct)International Bicycle Motocross Federation (IBMXF)*
*None (defunct)

Fédération Internationale Amateur de Cyclisme (FIAC)*
*None (FIAC did not have a strictly professional division during its existence) (defunct).Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI)*
*2004 Junior Women's Pro World Champion

*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.

Independent Pro Series Championships and Invitational Races
*2006 RM59 Tropical BMX Challenge Pro Women 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"Moto Mag" January/February 2004 Vol.3 No.1 pg.20] ) 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

ignificant injuries

*Broke her arm in early 2008. [ [http://www.azcentral.com/sports/azetc/articles/2008/06/02/20080602azdigest0603.html June 2, 2008 azcentral.com article] ]

Racing traits and habits

Tended to crash under high pressure situations in particular during the first main (out of three scored to decided the winner and runner ups of the day), 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), hence, no real pressure. [ [http://redlinebicycles.com/rlblog/index.php?cat=3 Redline Bicycles.com site. Word search for "Girl Pro"] ]

Post BMX career

Still active as of June 2008 but she had plans on retiring after the 2008 Beijing Olympics if she makes the US Olympic team. She plans to focus on Dental School and become a orthodontist from then on. [ [http://www.bmxmania.com/kim.htm 2008 inteview with Kim Hayashi.] ] 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 qualifed as the United States sole female BMX Olympic participant. [ [http://www.azcentral.com/sports/azetc/articles/2008/06/02/20080602azdigest0603.html June 2, 2008 azcentral.com article] ]

Miscellaneous and Trivia

*She good naturely jokes about her diminutive stature. According to Hayashi she could qualify as a midget due to her 4' 10" height:

BMX press magazine interviews and articles

*"Factory Redline Pros" "Transworld BMX" November 2004 Vol.11 Iss.11 No.97. It is page 17 of the imbedded Redline catalog included in the magazine along with interviews of teamates Bubba Harris and Jason Carne$.

BMX magazine covers

Note: (defunct) denotes that the magazine was out of business before the career of the racer started.

----"Bicycle Motocross News:"
*None (defunct)"Minicycle/BMX Action" & "Super BMX:"
*None (defunct)"Bicycle Motocross Action" & "Go:"
*None (defunct)"BMX Plus!:"

"Total BMX:"
*None (defunct)"Bicycles and Dirt:"
*None (defunct)"Snap BMX Magazine" & "Transworld BMX:"

"Moto Mag:"
*July/August 2003 Vol.2 No.3 (5) ahead of three unidentifieds. At bottom stylized photo of racer Dale Holmes."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):

End Notes

External links

* [http://www.ababmx.com/ The American Bicycle Association (ABA) Website.]
* [http://www.nbl.org/ The National Bicycle League (NBL) Website.]
* [http://www.bmxmania.com/kim.htm 2008 bmxmania.com inteview with Kim Hayashi focusing on her upcomming Olympic competion.]
* [http://www.go211.com/specials/NBLGrand/1327 September 2007 Video interview of Hayashi conducted by Alise Post.]
* [http://www.bmxstars.com/profiles/kimhayashi.html BMXstars.com profile of Kim Hayashi.]
* [http://72.14.205.104/search?q=cache:IB93rmdLNQQJ:eport2.cgc.maricopa.edu/published/k/ha/khayashi30/home/1/+kim+hayashi+bmx&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=21&gl=us Brief August 30, 2005 autobiographical profile of herself (Google Cache).]
* [http://www.martijnscherpen.com/interviews/hayashi.html Martijn Scherpen.com interview of Kim Hayashi.]
* [http://www.uci.ch/uci/bmx/riderdetail.asp?IDRider=3800 Hayashi's UCI Rider details of NBL and UCI race results between March 30, 2002 & July, 30 2005.]
* [http://www.sarahwalker96.com/kimberlyhayashi.htm sarawalker95.com 2006 interview]