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. A year later she successfully defended both titles at the 2013 UCI BMX World Championships in New Zealand. 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. After reaching the final in all ten races on the 2019 UCI BMX Racing World Cup series, Stancil finished out the year 2nd in the overall standings. Adding on to her successful 2019, Stancil was awarded the 2019 Golden Crank Pro of the Year Title by Pull Magazine.
Racing career
Representing the 20222022 UCI BMX World ChampionshipsNantes, France1stElite Women20212021 UCI BMX World ChampionshipsPapendal, Netherlands7thElite Women20212020 Summer OlympicsTokyo, Japan4thWomen's BMX20192019 UCI BMX World ChampionshipsZolder, Belgium6thElite Women20172017 UCI BMX World ChampionshipsRock Hill, South Carolina35thElite Women20162016 UCI BMX World ChampionshipsMedellin, Colombia14thElite Women20162016 UCI BMX World ChampionshipsMedellin, Colombia11thElite Women Time Trial44.722s20152015 UCI BMX World ChampionshipsZolder, Belgium7thElite Women20152015 UCI BMX World ChampionshipsZolder, Belgium10thElite Women Time Trial37.533s20152015 Pan American GamesToronto, Canada1stWomen's BMX20142014 UCI BMX World ChampionshipsRotterdam, Netherlands15thElite Women20142014 UCI BMX World ChampionshipsRotterdam, Netherlands9thElite Women Time Trial28.148s20132013 UCI BMX World ChampionshipsAuckland, New Zealand1stJunior Women20132013 UCI BMX World ChampionshipsAuckland, New Zealand1stJunior Women Time Trial26.133s20122012 UCI BMX World ChampionshipsBirmingham, United Kingdom1stJunior Women20122012 UCI BMX World ChampionshipsBirmingham, United Kingdom1stJunior Women Time Trial29.850s
World Championship titles 2004: 9 Girls 2005: 10 Girls 2007: 12 Girls 2007: 12 & Under Girls Cruiser 2009: 14 Girls 2009: 13 & 14 Girls Cruiser 2010: 15 Girls 2010: 15 & 16 Girls Cruiser 2011: 16 Girls 2011: 15 & 16 Girls Cruiser 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.
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