Siri Minken (born 4 February 1980 in Oslo, Norway), is a former Norwegian women's International motorcycle trials rider. Minken was Norwegian Women's Trials Champion in 2001 and also a member of the Norwegian Women's Team which won the 2001 Trial des Nations event.
Biography In 1999 Minken competed in the newly formed FIM European Women's Championship which consisted of one round held that year in Italy. She finished in 8th position.
Minken returned in 2000 to ride the European series once more, now riding a Gas Gas. The series had now expanded to three rounds held in Germany, Italy and concluding in her homeland of Norway. After a best ride of fifth in Germany and good placings at the other rounds she ended the season in sixth place. She also contested the FIM World Women's Trials Championship, a single round affair held in Spain, finishing 11th.
In 2001, Minken clinched the Norwegian Trials Championship and competed in the European championship. In the European championship a fifth in Spain and an eighth in Italy was enough for a sixth-place finish in the championship. The FIM World round in Italy brought her an eighth-place finish, three steps higher than the previous season. Minken also left Europe and ventured over to the United States to compete in the NATC Trials Championship. Although only competing in four of the ten rounds she placed second in Rhode Island day one, then won on day two, then took a double victory in New York, giving her third place in the American National Series behind the Canadian duo of Christy Williams and Kerry Williams. Minken joined her Norwegian Trial des Nations teammates Linda Meyer and Kjersty Fla in France and they took a win ahead of a strong Spanish team, claiming the 2001 FIM Women's TDN title.
The pace slowed a little for Minken in 2002, taking eighth place in the Norwegian Women's series.
In 2003 she was runner-up in the Norwegian championship, which now had a new one round format instead of a multi-round series. In European Minken finished seventh in France and did not contest the following rounds leaving her 15th in the championship.
Minken contested the full European Women's championship in 2004, finishing 14th in France, 7th in Britain and 7th again in Spain, enough for a top ten finish in the title race. She also finished 5th and 12th in the two-round FIM World Women's championship held in Spain to end the season 6th overall.
Minken now works as a sports psychologist with FIM Europe.
National Trials Championship Career
Year Class Machine Rd1 Rd2 Rd3 Rd4 Rd5 Rd6 Rd7 Rd8 Rd9 Rd10 Points Pos Notes 2001 NATC Women's Gas Gas CA- CA- RI2 RI1 NY1 NY1 NM- NM- NE- NE- 115 3rd 2003 Norwegian Women's Gas Gas OSL2 17 2nd
International Trials Championship Career
Year Class Machine Rd1 Rd2 Rd3 Points Pos Notes 1999 FIM Women's European Championship Montesa ITA8 8 8th 2000 FIM Women's European Championship Gas Gas GER5 ITA7 NOR6 30 6th 2000 FIM Women's World Championship Gas Gas SPA11 5 11th 2001 FIM Women's European Championship Gas Gas SPA5 ITA8 19 6th 2001 FIM Women's World Championship Gas Gas ITA8 8 8th Norwegian Women's Champion 2003 FIM Women's European Championship Gas Gas FRA11 ITA- RSM- 5 15th 2004 FIM Women's European Championship Montesa FRA14 GBR7 SPA7 20 10th 2004 FIM Women's World Championship Montesa SPA5 SPA12 15 6th
Honors Norwegian Women's Trials Champion 2001 FIM Trial des Nations Women's Trials Champion team member 2001
Related Reading NATC Trials Championship FIM Trial European Championship FIM Trial World Championship Trial des Nations
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