Emma Bristow


Emma Elizabeth Fry is a British professional motorcycle trials rider and nine-times 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, a two-time European champion in the Women's FIM Trial European Championship in 2013 and 2017 and ten British women's titles.

Biography

Bristow began riding at the age of four and became a four time British Youth Champion.
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.
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.
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.. 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.
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".
Bristow was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 2023 Birthday Honours for services to motor sports and women in sport.

National Trials Championship Career

YearClassMachineRd
1		Rd
2		Rd
3		Rd
4		Rd
5		Rd
6		Rd
7		PointsPosNotes
2011

International Trials Championship Career

YearClassMachineRd
1		Rd
2		Rd
3		Rd
4		Rd
5		PointsPosNotes
2006FIM European Women'sGas GasFRA
11		ITA
8		SPA
7		22 9th
2006FIM World Women'sGas GasAND
9		BEL
-		FRA
13		1013th
2007FIM European Women'sGas GasSPA
7		ITA
8		NOR
10		237th
2007FIM World Women'sGas GasCZE
10		BEL
-		GBR
-		614th
2008FIM European Women'sGas GasFRA
6		ITA
6		CZE
8		206th
2008FIM World Women'sGas GasLUX
6		SPA
10		AND
6		206th
2009FIM World Women'sGas GasAND
7		FRA
5		ITA
12		206th
2010FIM World Women'sGas GasFRA
3		CZE
5		POL
7		264th
2011FIM European Women'sOssaITA
2		GER
3		CZE
2		492nd
2011FIM World Women'sOssaGER
2		CZE
2		ITA
4		342nd
2012FIM European Women'sOssaITA
3		CZE
2		NED
2		492nd
2012FIM World Women'sOssaAND
2		AND
4		SUI
2		SUI
2		SUI
4		512nd
2013FIM European Women'sOssaCZE
1		NOR
1		SWE
1		3001stFIM European Women's champion
2013FIM World Women'sShercoAND
3		AND
1		FRA
2		FRA
2		FRA
2		542nd
2014FIM World Women'sShercoBEL
1		SPA
1		SPA
2		AND
1		601stFIM World Women's champion
2015FIM World Women'sShercoCZE
2		CZE
1		SPA
1		SPA
1		SPA
1		601stFIM World Women's champion
2016FIM World Women'sShercoGBR
1		GBR
1		ITA
1		ITA
1		FRA
1		801stFIM World Women's champion
2017FIM European Women'sShercoNED
1		LET
1		LET
2		ITA
1		3851stFIM European Women's champion
2017FIM World Women'sShercoUSA
1		USA
1		CZE
1		ITA
2		771stFIM World Women's champion
2018FIM World Women'sShercoJAP
1		JAP
1		FRA
1		GBR
1		801stFIM World Women's champion
2019FIM World Women'sShercoJAP
1		JAP
1		POR
1		FRA
1		SPA
1		1001stFIM 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, 2022, 2023, 2024.
  • Trial des Nations

    Related Reading

  • FIM Trial European Championship
  • FIM Trial World Championship