Christy Williams

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Christy Williams
Nationality Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canadian
Born (1980-08-14) 14 August 1980 (age 44)
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.

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Biography

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]

National Trials Championship Career

[2]

YearClassMachineRd
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
PointsPosNotes
1999 Flag of the United States.svg 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
1801st
2001 Flag of the United States.svg NATC Women's Montesa CA
1
CA
1
RI
1
RI
3
NY
2
NY
2
NM
1
NM
1
NE
-
NE
-
1751stCanadian Women's champion
2003 Flag of the United States.svg 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
2101st
2004 Flag of the United States.svg NATC Women's Gas Gas TN
1
TN
1
CO
2
CO
1
CA
2
OH
1
OH
2
VT
-
VT
-
1451stCanadian Women's Champion
2005 Flag of the United States.svg 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
-
2101st
2006 Flag of the United States.svg NATC Women's Expert Sportsman Gas Gas AZ
2
AZ
2
OK
2
OK
1
TN
2
TN
-
RI
-
RI
-
1302nd
2008 Flag of the United States.svg NATC Women's Montesa CO
1
CO
1
CO
1
MN
1
MN
1
MN
1
1501st
2009 Flag of the United States.svg NATC Women's Montesa NE
1
NE
1
TN
-
TN
-
VT
1
VT
1
NY
1
NY
2
1501st
2010 Flag of the United States.svg NATC Women's Montesa OK
1
OK
1
RI
-
RI
-
NY
-
NY
-
CO
1
CO
1
CA
1
CA
1
1801st
2012 Flag of the United States.svg NATC Women's Montesa CA
-
CA
-
CO
1
CO
1
OH
-
OH
-
RI
-
RI
-
605th
2015 Flag of the United States.svg NATC Western Women's ES Montesa TX
-
TX
-
AZ
-
AZ
-
WY
2
WY
3
464th
2017 Flag of the United States.svg NATC Women's Pro Montesa TX
2
TX
2
KS
2
KS
2
OH
3
OH
3
RI
1
RI
2
1762nd

International Trials Championship Career

[2]

YearClassMachineRd
1
Rd
2
Rd
3
PointsPosNotes
1999FIM European Women's Montesa ITA
5
11 5th
2000FIM World Women's Montesa SPA
6
106th
2001FIM World Women's Montesa ITA
7
97th
2002FIM World Women's Montesa POR
11
511th
2003FIM World Women's Gas Gas RSM
10
610th
2004FIM World Women's Gas Gas SPA
9
SPA
-
715th
2005FIM World Women's Gas Gas ITA
10
ITA
-
614th
2006FIM World Women's Gas Gas AND
-
BEL
-
FRA
12
417th

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References

  1. "Williams retires". On the Pegs. Shan Moore. August 2017.
  2. 1 2 "US Trials Championships". trialonline.org. Archived from the original on 9 June 2016. Retrieved 22 May 2015.