1. Elena Myers Court was born on November 21,1993 and is an American professional motorcycle racer.
16 Facts About Elena Myers
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Elena Myers made history in 2010 as the first female to win an AMA Pro Racing sprint road race.
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Elena Myers is the first woman to win a professional motorsports race of any kind at Daytona International Speedway, on March 17,2012.
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Elena Myers rode a Suzuki GSX-R1000 in the MotoAmerica Superbike Championship.
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Elena Myers began riding motorcycles at age eight, with the help and encouragement of her parents.
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Elena Myers began with pocketbike racing before progressing to mini bikes and then to supermoto.
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Elena Myers then gained sponsorship assistance from Kawasaki and Road RacingWorld.
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Elena Myers had a sponsorship from Umbrella Girls USA, a modeling agency for paddock girls.
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Elena Myers achieved her second professional career win at Daytona International Speedway in SuperSport Race 2, on March 17,2012.
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Elena Myers's father was her coach and mechanic in the early years, but now has a reduced role.
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Currently, Elena Myers gets advice from AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame inductee Jimmy Filice, and racer Chris Ulrich of Team RoadRacing World is a mentor.
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Elena Myers has been coached by former AMA racer Ken Hill and received instruction from Jason Pridmore's STAR Motorcycle School.
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Elena Myers' family realized that being female helped her get noticed.
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Elena Myers has stated that her long-term goals are to graduate to the AMA Daytona Sportbike Championship class, which would normally be the result of winning the AMA Pro SuperSport Championship.
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Elena Myers took independent studies through California's Liberty High School District at Independence High School in Brentwood, California.
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In November, 2015, Elena Myers announced she was engaged to British motorcycle racer Dean Court.