Mike Day (born October 9, 1984) is an American bicycle motocross (BMX) cyclist who has competed professionally since 1994. He won the silver medal in the men's BMX at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.
Nickname Day's official Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) number - which was originally assigned to him by the American Bicycle Association - is #365, the number of days in a year (with the exception of leap years). As a result, his number and surname - 365 Day - relates to the common phrase "...365 days per year". The origin of the nickname is explained by Mike:teamusa.org article
Introduction to racing He began cycling at the Valencia Raceway on his ninth birthday. "Meet the Elite Men" section He followed his older brother around on his rides so his father decided to take him to a race.bmxnews.com January 22, 2007 interview His first race bike was a GT Interceptorbmx.transworld.net January 25, 2007 article.
Professional career Day turned professional in April 2002, at the age of 17. His first professional result was second place at the American Bicycle Association (ABA) Winter Nationals in Phoenix, Arizona on April 6, 2002.Transworld BMX August 2002 Vol.9 Iss.8 No.70 pg.29 (photo caption) His first professional win was in the "A" pro category at the National Bicycle League (NBL) Golden State National in Prunedale, California on May 5, 2002 (Day 1) He also won on Day 2 the next day.Transworld BMX September 2002 Vol.9 Iss.9 No.71 pg.75 (photo caption)
In the seniors events, Day's first result was sixth place in "AA" Pro at the ABA Fall Nationals in Del Mar, California on October 26, 2002.Moto Mag November/December 2002 Vol.1 No.2 pg.14 His first win was in "AA" Pro at the ABA World Championship in Ontario, California on July 23, 2005 (Day2)ABA 2005 World Champion results (Day 1) It took Day three years to obtain his first Senior pro win.September 8, 2005 article
His first race with GT (Gary Turner) Bicycles/Red Bull was the ABA Silverdollar National in Reno, Nevada on January 6, 2007fatbmx.com article
In 2005, Day won the 2005 NORA Cup.NBL website Profile. Day is a 2008 ABA Golden Crank winner for Pro of the Year.
2008 Summer Olympics 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 was the first United States BMX team to compete at the Olympic Games. For six months prior to the Olympics, Day trained at a duplicate of the track to be used in Beijing.usatoday.com June 14, 2008 Day refrained from competing in the UCI BMX World Championships in Beijing, China which were held two weeks prior.June 15, 2008 Union Trib article
On August 20, Day qualified for the Semi Finals, by 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, becoming the second American ever to win an Olympic medal for BMX.
‡Time Trial data from nbcolympics.com †Quarter Finals data from nbcolympics.com *Semi Finals data from nbcolympics.com **Final (Medal round) data from nbcolympics.com
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