Kim Hayashi

Kimberly M. Hayashi (born 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.

Started Racing: 1998 at age 12 in Chandler, Arizona, at the Chandler BMX track.

Her brother introduced her to the sport.

Sanctioning Body: American Bicycle Association (ABA)

First race result:

First race bike: Gary Fisher

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.

First Professional* race result:

First Professional win:

First Junior Women race result:

First Junior Women win:

First Elite Women** race result:

First Elite Women win:

Retired: Still active.

Her many nicknames include: "Lil Kim", "Shorty", "Midget", "Sushi Roll", "Kim Woo", Lil Sushi, et al. all references to her diminutive 4' 10", 128 lbs. stature. She is also known as "Krashin' Kim" 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. 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".

Note: Professional first are on the national level unless otherwise indicated.

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

*In the ABA only one level of professional class.

No equivalent of the NBL/UCI's Junior Women class exist.

The NBL/UCI Junior Women division is a Pro/Am class.

A professional 16-year-old in the ABA must race in UCI Junior Women because you must be 17 years old or older to race in Elite Women.

The NBL does have a dedicated Women's Pro class separate from the UCI.

**The NBL/UCI Elite Women division is a Pro Am class.

You must be 17 years old and older to race in the Elite class.

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.

She had plans to retire after participating in the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics 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.

She intends to keep on racing with the 2012 Summer Olympics as her goal (See "Post BMX career" section).

"Redline would like to thank Kim for her service and dedication these past 9 years, and wishes her the best of luck in her future - whether it be going for Olympic qualification in 2012, racing part-time for the Gordy’s team, or going on to become an Orthodontist. We know first hand that whatever Miss.Hayashi sets her sights on, she will give it more than 100% and blasts toward completion of that goal as if a World title were on the line. That is something that the sport of BMX Racing, along with riding for team Redline, has taught her. “Always give it your all.”"

Note: Listed are District, State/Provincial/Department, Regional, National, and International titles in italics.

Only sanctioning bodies that were active during the racer's career are listed.

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.