Felicia Stancil (born May 18, 1995) is an American female

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. 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

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. A year later she successfully defended both titles at the 2013 UCI BMX World Championships in New Zealand. At the

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, 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

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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

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

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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

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* * * * * 1995 births Living people American BMX riders American female cyclists Olympic cyclists for the United States Cyclists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in cycling Cyclists at the 2015 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games UCI BMX World Champions (elite women) 21st-century American women {{US-cycling-bio-stub