Kerry Williams (born 7 September 1977 in Edmondson, Canada) is a Canadian former women's International motorcycle trials rider. Williams is a three-time US NATC Trials National Champion, winning the 2002, 2006, and 2007 titles.
Biography
Williams competed in both Canada and the United States throughout her career. In 2000, she was runner-up to her sister Christy Williams in the American NATC Women's Trials Championship, winning the final two rounds. 2000 was also the first year that a women's championship was added to the annual Trial des Nations event, this year held in Spain. Kerry and Christy competed as the Canadian team, finishing a creditable 5th. Williams also picked up a 10th-place finish in Spain's FIM Women's Trials Championship.
2001 saw a repeat performance with another second-place finish in the NATC Women's Championship behind her sister and second place in the Canadian Women's Championship again behind Christy. They then teamed up to take on the world and scored another 5th place in the Women's TDN in France.
Williams dominated the 2002 NATC championship, winning all ten rounds and scoring her first US National title. Back home, she was runner-up to Christy in the Canadian Championship, and the pair headed to Portugal to contest the Trial des Nations, returning with a 6th-place team performance and a 10th-place finish in the World Championship round for Kerry.
The 2003 NATC season started brightly with a win at the California opening round, but a string of runner-up finishes meant that Christy pipped to the title at the end of the season. She also finished in 13th place in the San Marino world round.
Williams followed a familiar pattern and followed her sister home for a Canadian one-two finish in the 2004 NATC championship. The Canadian team of Kerry, Christy, and Heather Wall finished 6th in Spain for the Trial Des Nations. On the world scene, Kerry took 19th and 11th place in Spain, finishing 16th in the FIM Trial World Championship.
Williams slipped back to 3rd spot in the 2005 NATC series after a season long battle with Christy and Louise Forsley, the highlight of the season was winning the final two rounds in Rhode Island. The Canadian TDN team was unchanged from the previous year and finished in 7th place in Italy.
Williams took control of the 2006 NATC championship from the opening round, winning all five rounds she competed in and taking the title ahead of Caroline Altman and Sarah Duke.
2007 was another stellar performance for Williams in the NATC championship. She again won all six rounds she entered. Colorado rider Sarah Duke was runner-up.
In 2009, Williams finished 4th in the NATC series.
Williams's final year in the NATC championship was 2010. She finished the season in 3rd behind Christy and Caroline Allen.
National Trials Championship Career
Year Class Machine Rd1 Rd2 Rd3 Rd4 Rd5 Rd6 Rd7 Rd8 Rd9 Rd10 Rd11 Rd12 Rd13 Points Pos Notes 2002 NATC Women's Gas Gas FL1 FL1 TX1 TX1 PA1 PA1 TN1 TN1 CO1 CO1 180 1st NATC Women's champion 2003 NATC Women's Gas Gas CA1 CA2 WA2 WA2 OR2 OR2 PA2 PA1 RI2 RI2 WY1 WY3 CA3 190 2nd 2004 NATC Women's Gas Gas TN3 TN3 CO1 CO2 CA3 OH3 OH1 VT2 VT1 140 2nd 2005 NATC Women's Gas Gas TX2 TX3 TN3 TN3 CO3 CO3 CA2 CA2 VT2 VT2 NY1 NY1 185 2nd 2006 NATC Women's Gas Gas AZ1 AZ1 OK1 OK1 TN1 TN- RI- RI- 150 1st NATC Women's champion 2007 NATC Women's Montesa CO1 CO1 TN- TN- OH- OH- CA1 CA1 MN1 MN1 180 1st NATC Women's champion 2009 NATC Women's NE2 NE2 TN- TN- VT3 VT3 NY2 NY3 117 4th 2010 NATC Women's Montesa OK2 OK2 RI- RI- NY- NY- CO2 CO2 CA2 CA3 146 3rd 2012 NATC Women's Montesa CA- CA- CO5 CO2 OH- OH- RI- RI- 41 6th
International Trials Championship Career
Year Class Machine Rd1 Rd2 Points Pos Notes 2000 FIM Women's Gas Gas SPA10 6 10th 2002 FIM Women's Gas Gas POR10 6 10th 2003 FIM Women's Gas Gas RSM13 3 13th 2004 FIM Women's Gas Gas SPA- SPA11 5 16th
Honors US National NATC Women's Trials Champion 2002, 2006, 2007
Related Reading NATC Trials Championship FIM Trial European Championship FIM Trial World Championship
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