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Emma Elizabeth Fry[1] MBE (née Bristow; born 29 October 1990) is a British professional motorcycle trials rider and nine-times[2] Women’s World Championship rider in World Trials. In 2014, Bristow became the first British rider to win the Women's FIM Trial World Championship. She also has two FIM SuperEnduro World Championships (2014 and 2015), a two-time European champion in the Women's FIM Trial European Championship in 2013 and 2017 and ten British women's titles.
| Emma Bristow MBE | |
|---|---|
| |
| Nationality |  British |
| Born | 29 October 1990 Boston, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom |
| Current team | Sherco Factory Racing |
| Website | Emma Bristow official site |
Bristow began riding at the age of four and became a four time British Youth Champion.[3]
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, Bristow contested the European and World rounds over the next few seasons.[citation needed]
Bristow 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, Bristow left her factory ride at Ossa to join Sherco.[4]
In 2013, Bristow won her first Women's FIM Trial European Championship title. In 2014, she won both the British Women's Title and the Women's FIM Trial World Championship title.[citation needed]. In 2015, she was awarded Lincolnshire's sports personality of the year award and best sports woman. She then won the FIM Trial World Championship every year from 2014 to 2020.
Bristow married fellow rider James Fry on 10 November 2018.[5]
In 2020, she became the first female ever to win the prestigious Torrens Trophy Award and made history when she also become the first person to ride into the Royal Automobile Club on two wheels. In 2022, she won her eighth World Trials Championship.
In 2023, Emma Bristow finished in 40th place due to mechanical difficulties but again won the MHT Trophy for the "best performance by a lady rider".[2]
Bristow was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2023 Birthday Honours for services to motor sports and women in sport.[6]
| Year | Class | Machine | Rd 1 |
Rd 2 |
Rd 3 |
Rd 4 |
Rd 5 |
Rd 6 |
Rd 7 |
Points | Pos | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | British Women's |
Ossa | MOO 2 |
SCA 1 |
LIN 2 |
SOU 2 |
MAN 1 |
YEA 2 |
RIC 1 |
111 | 2nd | |
| 2012 | British Women's |
Ossa | LOC 1 |
DIR 2 |
SCA 2 |
WES 1 |
MCK 2 |
ESW 2 |
91 | 2nd | ||
| 2013 | British Women's |
Ossa | COL 2 |
CHR 1 |
VIC 2 |
WAI 2 |
AST 1 |
POW 2 |
TRA 1 |
111 | 2nd | |
| 2014 | British Women's |
Sherco | OTT 1 |
SOU 2 |
SCA 1 |
ART 1 |
STE 1 |
STE 1 |
PID 1 |
120 | 1st | British Women's champion |
| 2014 | British Expert |
Sherco | LAK - |
RIC - |
TEA 9 |
EDI - |
STD 10 |
WOE 14 |
RPM 13 |
18 | 16th | |
| 2015 | British Women's |
Sherco | NBE 1 |
LUT - |
ZON 1 |
ZON 1 |
MAN 1 |
IOM 1 |
IOM 1 |
120 | 1st | British Women's champion |
| 2017 | British Women's |
Sherco | NBE 1 |
SOU - |
TOR 1 |
BEX 1 |
NOE 1 |
NOE 1 |
100 | 1st | British Women's champion |
| Year | Class | Machine | Rd 1 |
Rd 2 |
Rd 3 |
Rd 4 |
Rd 5 |
Points | Pos | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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