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Missy Giove
Personal information
Full nameMelissa Giove
Nickname'The Missile'
Born (1972-01-20) January 20, 1972 (age 54)
Medal record
Women's mountain bike racing
Representing the File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1994 Vail, Colorado USA Downhill (DH)
Bronze medal – third place 1993 Métabief, France Downhill (DH)
Bronze medal – third place 1996 Cairns, Australia Downhill (DH)
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Kaprun, Austria Downhill (DH)
World Cup
Gold medal – first place 1996 Downhill (DH)
Gold medal – first place 1997 Downhill (DH)
Silver medal – second place 1998 Downhill (DH)
Silver medal – second place 1999 Downhill (DH)
Silver medal – second place 2000 Downhill (DH)
Silver medal – second place 2001 Downhill (DH)
Bronze medal – third place 1993 Downhill (DH)
Bronze medal – third place 1994 Downhill (DH)

Melissa 'The Missile' Giove (born January 20, 1972) is an American professional downhill mountain biker. Throughout her career she won 14 NORBA downhill titles and 11 World Cups. Giove's other accomplishments include three overall NORBA downhill crowns, two World Cup overalls, and the 1994 World Championship title. She has also been featured as a playable character in the 2003 racing video game Downhill Domination on the Sony PlayStation 2.

Career

Giove was born in Manhattan, NY.[1] She raced for Yeti Cycles,[2] along with other racers: Myles Rockwell, Jimmy Deaton, John Tomac and Johnny O'Mara, managed by former owner of Yeti Cycles, John Parker, the Volvo-Cannondale USA cycling team.

Giove raced[when?] wearing the desiccated body of her deceased pet piranha, Gonzo, around her neck,[1] which would become a marketing campaign for Cannondale.[citation needed]

No.TitleLength
1."Gonzo"3:45

2015, Giove qualified 17th at the World Cup Downhill race at Windham, New York +36.558 seconds off the pace of Rachael Atherton's 3:05.135.[3][4]

2016, Giove was inducted into the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame.[5]

2022, Giove is a main character in the book, Pressure: A Memoir by Eric Canori.[6]

In 1999, Giove, along with Amazon Inc., filed a lawsuit against Cannondale and Dirt Camp, Inc. over a 1999 Cannondale Product Catalog and sought $2 million in damages. During the summer and early fall of 1998, while Giove was still a member of the team, Cannondale designed, published, and distributed its 1999 products catalog with several photographs of Giove. Subsequently, Giove and Team Sports Mountain Inc. (TMSI) failed to renegotiate a contract, and the TSMI/Amazon contract expired on December 31, 1998. Cannondale continued to distribute the 1999 catalog containing Giove's photographs after the TSMI/Amazon contract expired.[7]

In June 2009, Giove was arrested in Wilton, New York on charges of conspiring to possess and distribute 174 kilograms (384 pounds) of marijuana found hidden in a car trailer during a routine traffic stop. The case netted over $12,515,738 assets seized in the conspiracy.[8][9][10][11] Giove pleaded guilty in the case and was sentenced to 5 years on probation and 6 months under house arrest.[12]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Browne, David (May 19, 1996). "SPORTS EXTREMIST". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved May 16, 2023.
  2. ↑ Thomas, Pete (July 6, 1994). "Ask and She Shall Succeed : Fearless Missy Giove Crashes to the Top of Mountain Biking World With an Odd and Aggressive Style". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 16, 2023.
  3. ↑ "Results Windham DH World Cup". Pinkbike. August 7, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Missy Giove Qualifying Windham World Cup". Red Bull.
  5. ↑ "Marin MTB HOF".
  6. ↑ Kaplan, Michael (May 13, 2022). "How I built a multi-million-dollar weed empire in college". New York Post. Retrieved July 7, 2022.
  7. ↑ "AMAZON, INC. v. CANNONDALE CORP. DIRT CAMP, INC., Civil Action Nos. 99-cv-00571-EWN-PAC, 00-cv-02063-EWN-PAC | Casetext Search + Citator". casetext.com. Archived from the original on January 9, 2025.
  8. ↑ "Giove Released".
  9. ↑ "Giove Sentence Terminated".
  10. ↑ "You Tube, Vice Video, Red Cards, S1/E1,"Downhill Champion Drug Smuggler"". YouTube. November 20, 2018.
  11. ↑ "Feds Share $89 million". January 29, 2015.
  12. ↑ "Former Queensbury man receives 30-month prison sentence in drug case".

Sources

Melissa "Missy" Giove (born 1972) is an American former professional mountain bike racer. She is a 1994 UCI Mountain Bike World Champion in the women's downhill event.

Missy Giove
Personal information
Full nameMelissa Giove
NicknameThe Missile
Born1972 (age 53–54)
Team information
DisciplineMountain bike
RoleRider
Rider typeDownhill
Major wins
1994 UCI World Champion

References

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