Emma Bristow

Emma Bristow
Nationality United Kingdom British
Born (1990-10-29) 29 October 1990
Boston, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
Current team Sherco Factory Racing
Website Emma Bristow official site

Emma Bristow (born 29 October 1990 in Boston, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom), is an International motorcycle trials rider and current Women's World Champion. In 2014 Emma became the first British rider to win the Women's FIM Trial World Championship. She also won the Women's FIM Trial European Championship in 2013 and the British Women's title in 2014.

Biography

Emma began riding at the age of 4 and became a four time British Youth Champion.[1] She started her international career at the 2006 World Championships, riding to 9th place in the Andorra round at the age of 16. Competing on a Gas Gas Emma contested the European and World rounds over the next few seasons. Emma signed for the Ossa factory in 2011 and rode to runner up position in the World Championships, a result she repeated in 2012. At the end of the season Emma left her factory ride at Ossa to join Sherco.[2] 2013 proved to be a successful year, Emma winning the Women's FIM Trial European Championship title ahead of German Ossa rider Theresa Bauml. Emma went from strength to strength in 2014 when she clinched both the British Women's Title and the Women's FIM Trial World Championship title that had eluded her the previous two years.

British National Trials Championship

[3]

Year Team Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Points Rank
2011 Ossa Women's MOO
2
SCA
1
LIN
2
SOU
2
MAN
1
YEA
2
RIC
1
111 2nd
2012 Ossa Women's LOC
1
DIR
2
SCA
2
WES
1
MCK
2
ESW
2
91 2nd
2013 Ossa Women's COL
2
CHR
1
VIC
2
WAI
2
AST
1
POW
2
TRA
1
111 2nd
2014 Sherco Expert LAK
-
RIC
-
TEA
9
EDI
-
STD
10
WOE
14
RPM
13
18 16th
2014 Sherco Women's OTT
1
SOU
2
SCA
1
ART
1
STE
1
STE
1
PID
1
120 1st
2015 Sherco Women's NBE
1
LUT
-
ZON
1
ZON
1
MAN
1
IOM
1
IOM
1
120 1st

European Trials Championship Career

[3]

Year Team 1 2 3 Points Rank
2006 Gas-Gas FRA
11
ITA
8
SPA
7
22 9th
2007 Gas-Gas SPA
7
ITA
8
NOR
10
23 7th
2008 Gas-Gas FRA
6
ITA
6
CZE
8
20 6th
2011 Ossa ITA
2
GER
3
CZE
2
49 2nd
2012 Ossa ITA
3
CZE
2
NED
2
49 2nd
2013 Ossa CZE
1
NOR
1
SWE
1
300 1st

World Trials Championship Career

[4]

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 Points Rank
2006 Gas-Gas AND
9
BEL
-
FRA
13
10 13th
2007 Gas-Gas CZE
10
BEL
-
GBR
-
6 14th
2008 Gas-Gas LUX
6
SPA
10
AND
6
20 6th
2009 Gas-Gas AND
7
FRA
5
ITA
12
20 6th
2010 Gas-Gas FRA
3
CZE
5
POL
7
26 4th
2011 Ossa GER
2
CZE
2
ITA
4
34 2nd
2012 Ossa AND
2
AND
4
SUI
2
SUI
2
SUI
4
51 2nd
2013 Sherco AND
3
AND
1
FRA
2
FRA
2
FRA
2
54 2nd
2014 Sherco BEL
1
SPA
1
SPA
2
AND
1
60 1st
2015 Sherco CZE
2
CZE
1
SPA
1
SPA
1
SPA
1
60 1st

Honors

Related Reading

References

  1. "Emma Bristow Profile". emmabristowonline.com. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
  2. "Bristow Leaves Ossa". Trialscentral.com. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
  3. 1 2 "FIM World Championship". trialonline.org. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
  4. "FIM World Championship". trialonline.org. Retrieved 21 January 2015.

External links

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