Emma Bristow
Emma Bristow (born 29 October 1990 in Boston, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom), is an Professional motorcycle trials rider and 8 times Women's World Trials 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.
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Nationality | ![]() |
Born | Boston, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom | 29 October 1990
Current team | Sherco Factory Racing |
Website | Emma Bristow official site |
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 with Emma winning her first Women's FIM Trial European Championship title.
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.
Bristow married fellow rider James Fry on 10 November 2018.[3]
National Trials Championship Career
Year | Class | Machine | Rd 1 |
Rd 2 |
Rd 3 |
Rd 4 |
Rd 5 |
Rd 6 |
Rd 7 |
Points | Pos | Notes |
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2011 | ![]() |
Ossa | MOO 2 |
SCA 1 |
LIN 2 |
SOU 2 |
MAN 1 |
YEA 2 |
RIC 1 |
111 | 2nd | |
2012 | ![]() |
Ossa | LOC 1 |
DIR 2 |
SCA 2 |
WES 1 |
MCK 2 |
ESW 2 |
91 | 2nd | ||
2013 | ![]() |
Ossa | COL 2 |
CHR 1 |
VIC 2 |
WAI 2 |
AST 1 |
POW 2 |
TRA 1 |
111 | 2nd | |
2014 | ![]() |
Sherco | OTT 1 |
SOU 2 |
SCA 1 |
ART 1 |
STE 1 |
STE 1 |
PID 1 |
120 | 1st | British Women's champion |
2014 | ![]() |
Sherco | LAK - |
RIC - |
TEA 9 |
EDI - |
STD 10 |
WOE 14 |
RPM 13 |
18 | 16th | |
2015 | ![]() |
Sherco | NBE 1 |
LUT - |
ZON 1 |
ZON 1 |
MAN 1 |
IOM 1 |
IOM 1 |
120 | 1st | British Women's champion |
2017 | ![]() |
Sherco | NBE 1 |
SOU - |
TOR 1 |
BEX 1 |
NOE 1 |
NOE 1 |
100 | 1st | British Women's champion |
International Trials Championship Career
Year | Class | Machine | Rd 1 |
Rd 2 |
Rd 3 |
Rd 4 |
Rd 5 |
Points | Pos | Notes |
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2006 | FIM European Women's | Gas Gas | FRA 11 |
ITA 8 |
SPA 7 |
22 | 9th | |||
2006 | FIM World Women's | Gas Gas | AND 9 |
BEL - |
FRA 13 |
10 | 13th | |||
2007 | FIM European Women's | Gas Gas | SPA 7 |
ITA 8 |
NOR 10 |
23 | 7th | |||
2007 | FIM World Women's | Gas Gas | CZE 10 |
BEL - |
GBR - |
6 | 14th | |||
2008 | FIM European Women's | Gas Gas | FRA 6 |
ITA 6 |
CZE 8 |
20 | 6th | |||
2008 | FIM World Women's | Gas Gas | LUX 6 |
SPA 10 |
AND 6 |
20 | 6th | |||
2009 | FIM World Women's | Gas Gas | AND 7 |
FRA 5 |
ITA 12 |
20 | 6th | |||
2010 | FIM World Women's | Gas Gas | FRA 3 |
CZE 5 |
POL 7 |
26 | 4th | |||
2011 | FIM European Women's | Ossa | ITA 2 |
GER 3 |
CZE 2 |
49 | 2nd | |||
2011 | FIM World Women's | Ossa | GER 2 |
CZE 2 |
ITA 4 |
34 | 2nd | |||
2012 | FIM European Women's | Ossa | ITA 3 |
CZE 2 |
NED 2 |
49 | 2nd | |||
2012 | FIM World Women's | Ossa | AND 2 |
AND 4 |
SUI 2 |
SUI 2 |
SUI 4 |
51 | 2nd | |
2013 | FIM European Women's | Ossa | CZE 1 |
NOR 1 |
SWE 1 |
300 | 1st | FIM European Women's champion | ||
2013 | FIM World Women's | Sherco | AND 3 |
AND 1 |
FRA 2 |
FRA 2 |
FRA 2 |
54 | 2nd | |
2014 | FIM World Women's | Sherco | BEL 1 |
SPA 1 |
SPA 2 |
AND 1 |
60 | 1st | FIM World Women's champion | |
2015 | FIM World Women's | Sherco | CZE 2 |
CZE 1 |
SPA 1 |
SPA 1 |
SPA 1 |
60 | 1st | FIM World Women's champion |
2016 | FIM World Women's | Sherco | GBR 1 |
GBR 1 |
ITA 1 |
ITA 1 |
FRA 1 |
80 | 1st | FIM World Women's champion |
2017 | FIM European Women's | Sherco | NED 1 |
LET 1 |
LET 2 |
ITA 1 |
385 | 1st | FIM European Women's champion | |
2017 | FIM World Women's | Sherco | USA 1 |
USA 1 |
CZE 1 |
ITA 2 |
77 | 1st | FIM World Women's champion | |
2018 | FIM World Women's | Sherco | JAP 1 |
JAP 1 |
FRA 1 |
GBR 1 |
80 | 1st | FIM World Women's champion | |
2019 | FIM World Women's | Sherco | JAP 1 |
JAP 1 |
POR 1 |
FRA 1 |
SPA 1 |
100 | 1st | FIM World Women's champion |
Honors
- British Women's Trials Champion 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
- British Women's Indoor Trials Champion 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018.
- European Women's Trials Champion 2013, 2017
- FIM World Women's Trials Champion 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020.
- Trial des Nations (2009, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018)
Related Reading
References
- "Emma Bristow Profile". emmabristowonline.com. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
- "Bristow Leaves Ossa". Trialscentral.com. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
- Emma Bristow on the MagnaVitae website
- "FIM World Championship". trialonline.org. Archived from the original on 9 June 2016. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
- "FIM World Championship". trialonline.org. Archived from the original on 9 June 2016. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
External links
- http://www.emmabristowmoto.com/Emma%5B%5D Bristow Official Website