BERNIE SCHREIBER – FIM LEGEND

Still, the one-and-only American rider to win an FIM Trial World Championship title, the 62-yearold Californian Bernie Schreiber, was honoured when the FIM family came together at the Salle des Etoiles of the Monte-Carlo Sporting complex in Monaco for an extra-special awards ceremony in December 2021.

The evening celebrated the achievements over the last two seasons of the greatest motorcycle sporting stars on the planet. Schreiber received an FIM ‘Legends’ award alongside road-racing hero Franco Uncini, rallying heavyweight Cyril Despres and speedway superstar Greg Hancock. Schreiber, who now calls Switzerland home, has joined an exclusive club of FIM Legends from the sport of trials, including Yrjo Vesterinen, Dougie Lampkin and Sammy Miller. He won the TrialGP title in 1979, went on to finish as vice-champion on three occasions and won 12 more TrialGP rounds before retiring from top-flight competition in 1987.