Louise Forsley (born 7 June 1990 in Greenfield, Massachusetts, United States) is an International Women's motorcycle trials rider. Forsley rode the US NATC National Championships and the FIM World Trials Championships. Forsley is a two time Women's National Champion. Louise competed in the 2012 Xgames in Los Angeles, California and took home the silver medal.

Louise Forsley
NationalityAmerican
Born (1988-06-07) 7 June 1988 (age 36)
Greenfield, Massachusetts, United States

Biography

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Forsley grew up in Bernardston, Massachusetts. She finished third in the 2004 US NATC Women's Trials Championship behind the Canadian Gas Gas duo of Christy Williams and Kerry Williams. She was selected as part of the US Trial des Nations team and traveled to Spain along with Nicole Bradford and Debbie Evans Leavitt. The team finished 8th.[1]

In 2005, she went one better with a runner-up position behind Christy Williams. Once more Forsley was selected for the US Women's Trial des Nations team, this time the event was held in Italy. The team of Forsley, Bradford and Sarah Duke finished in 9th place.[1]

For the next several years she concentrated on riding the FIM Trial World Championship with a best result of 5th place in Spain during the 2008 Championship.

She returned to US National competition in 2011, taking the NATC Women's Expert Sportsman Championship after remaining unbeaten all year, putting together the perfect season, a feat she repeated the following year.

National Trials Championship Career

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[2]

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
2003   NATC Women's Scorpa CA
6
CA
5
WA
-
WA
-
OR
-
OR
-
PA
3
PA
3
RI
4
RI
4
WY
7
WY
5
CA
-
125 4th
2004   NATC Women's Sherco TN
2
TN
2
CO
3
CO
3
CA
1
OH
2
OH
3
VT
1
VT
2
135 3rd
2005   NATC Women's Sherco TX
3
TX
2
TN
2
TN
2
CO
2
CO
1
CA
3
CA
3
VT
1
VT
1
NY
-
NY
-
190 2nd
2006   NATC Women's Expert Sportsman Sherco AZ
1
AZ
1
OK
1
OK
2
TN
1
TN
-
RI
-
RI
-
145 1st NATC Women's ES Champion
2009   NATC Expert Gas Gas NE
7
NE
7
TN
6
TN
-
VT
7
VT
-
NY
10
NY
8
70 7th
2011   NATC Women's Expert Sportsman Sherco TX
1
TX
1
PA
1
PA
1
TN
1
TN
1
TN
1
150 1st NATC Women's ES Champion
2012   NATC Women's Expert Sportsman Sherco CA
1
CA
1
CO
1
CO
1
OH
1
OH
1
RI
1
RI
1
150 1st NATC Women's ES Champion
2019   NATC Women's Pro Scorpa NE
-
NE
-
MN
-
MN
-
CO
2
CO
2
OR
1
OR
1
110 3rd

FIM World Women's Trials Championship Career

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[2]

Year Team 1 2 3 Points Rank
2004 Sherco SPA
15
SPA
14
3 17th
2005 Sherco ITA
12
ITA
-
4 15th
2006 Sherco AND
6
BEL
8
FRA
9
18 8th
2007 Sherco CZE
15
BEL
-
GBR
9
8 12th
2008 Gas-Gas LUX
-
SPA
5
AND
11
16 9th
2011 Sherco GER
-
CZE
-
ITA
14
2 19th

Honors

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  • NATC Women's Expert Sportsman Trials Champion 2006, 2011, 2012

Stunt Performance

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Since 2015, Forsley has been doing theatrical and stunt performance as Black Widow for the show Marvel Universe Live![3]

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References

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  1. ^ a b "trial des nations". americanmotorcyclist.com. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  2. ^ a b "US Trials Championships". trialonline.org. Archived from the original on 9 June 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
  3. ^ "Now a Marvel hero, former bike racer is enjoying her superpowers - The Boston Globe".