| Christy Williams | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |  Canadian |
| Born | 14 August 1980 New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada |
Christy Williams (born 14 August 1980), is an international women's motorcycle trials rider. Williams is a four time Canadian Women's Trials Champion and ten time American NATC Women's Trials Champion.
Williams was born in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada. In 1999 Williams headed over the border into the United States to compete in the NATC Women's Trials Championship . She won the 1999 series ahead of American rider Pam DeBruin then returned to defend her title in 2000 and 2001, both years winning ahead of her sister Kerry Williams.
They repeated their one-two combination again in 2003 and 2004, then Christy won in 2005 ahead of Louise Forsley. Williams returned to take three more titles in 2008 until 2010.
In August 2017 Williams announced her retirement from national competition after 20 years, though she still plans on competing back home in Canada. [1]
| Year | Class | Machine | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Rd 6 | Rd 7 | Rd 8 | Rd 9 | Rd 10 | Rd 11 | Rd 12 | Rd 13 | Points | Pos | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 |  NATC Women's | Gas Gas | TX 1 | TX 1 | CA 1 | CO 1 | CO 1 | OR 1 | OR 1 | PA 1 | PA 1 | WY 1 | WY 1 | 180 | 1st | |||
| 2001 | NATC Women's | Montesa | CA 1 | CA 1 | RI 1 | RI 3 | NY 2 | NY 2 | NM 1 | NM 1 | NE - | NE - | 175 | 1st | Canadian Women's champion | |||
| 2003 | NATC Women's | Gas Gas | CA 2 | CA 1 | WA 1 | WA 1 | OR 1 | OR 1 | PA 1 | PA 2 | RI 1 | RI 1 | WY 2 | WY 2 | CA 2 | 210 | 1st | |
| 2004 | NATC Women's | Gas Gas | TN 1 | TN 1 | CO 2 | CO 1 | CA 2 | OH 1 | OH 2 | VT - | VT - | 145 | 1st | Canadian Women's Champion | ||||
| 2005 | NATC Women's | Gas Gas | TX 1 | TX 1 | TN 1 | TN 1 | CO 1 | CO 2 | CA 1 | CA 1 | VT - | VT - | NY - | NY - | 210 | 1st | ||
| 2006 | NATC Women's Expert Sportsman | Gas Gas | AZ 2 | AZ 2 | OK 2 | OK 1 | TN 2 | TN - | RI - | RI - | 130 | 2nd | ||||||
| 2008 | NATC Women's | Montesa | CO 1 | CO 1 | CO 1 | MN 1 | MN 1 | MN 1 | 150 | 1st | ||||||||
| 2009 | NATC Women's | Montesa | NE 1 | NE 1 | TN - | TN - | VT 1 | VT 1 | NY 1 | NY 2 | 150 | 1st | ||||||
| 2010 | NATC Women's | Montesa | OK 1 | OK 1 | RI - | RI - | NY - | NY - | CO 1 | CO 1 | CA 1 | CA 1 | 180 | 1st | ||||
| 2012 | NATC Women's | Montesa | CA - | CA - | CO 1 | CO 1 | OH - | OH - | RI - | RI - | 60 | 5th | ||||||
| 2015 | NATC Western Women's ES | Montesa | TX - | TX - | AZ - | AZ - | WY 2 | WY 3 | 46 | 4th | ||||||||
| 2017 | NATC Women's Pro | Montesa | TX 2 | TX 2 | KS 2 | KS 2 | OH 3 | OH 3 | RI 1 | RI 2 | 176 | 2nd |
| Year | Class | Machine | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Points | Pos | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | FIM European Women's | Montesa | ITA 5 | 11 | 5th | |||
| 2000 | FIM World Women's | Montesa | SPA 6 | 10 | 6th | |||
| 2001 | FIM World Women's | Montesa | ITA 7 | 9 | 7th | |||
| 2002 | FIM World Women's | Montesa | POR 11 | 5 | 11th | |||
| 2003 | FIM World Women's | Gas Gas | RSM 10 | 6 | 10th | |||
| 2004 | FIM World Women's | Gas Gas | SPA 9 | SPA - | 7 | 15th | ||
| 2005 | FIM World Women's | Gas Gas | ITA 10 | ITA - | 6 | 14th | ||
| 2006 | FIM World Women's | Gas Gas | AND - | BEL - | FRA 12 | 4 | 17th |
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