Douglas Martin Lampkin MBE (born 23 March 1976) is an English former professional motorcycle trials and endurocross rider. He competed in the FIM Trial World Championships from 1994 to 2006. Lampkin is notable for being a seven-time motorcycle trials world outdoor champion. He is the second most successful trials rider in history, after Toni Bou with 39 (19 outdoor and 20 indoor). In 2012, Lampkin was named an FIM Legend for his motorcycling achievements.
Career
Lampkin was born in Silsden, West Yorkshire into a family steeped in motorcycle sport. His father, Martin Lampkin, was the first FIM Trial World Championship winner in 1975, and his Uncle, Arthur Lampkin, was also a regular winner on the British circuit in the 1960s., DougieLampkin.co.uk
He is the first person to have won five consecutive World Indoor (1997–2001) and seven consecutive World Outdoor Championships (1997–2003). He has also won four World Team Championships (Trial des Nations) in years 1997, 1999, 2002 and 2003, six British Adult Championships, two Spanish Adult Championships and the Scottish Six Days Trial on fourteen occasions.Trophy cabinet , DougieLampkin.co.uk
Lampkin now lives on the Isle of Man. In the 2002 New Year Honours, he was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for services to Motorcycle Trials Riding."MBE for trials king", BBC News, 31 December 2001
In 2013, Lampkin participated in Red Bull City Trails event in Manchester, United Kingdom, and later in the Red Bull Sea to Sky event in Turkey.
+ National and international results. Year Event Result 1991 Schoolboy B Class British championship 1st 1992 Schoolboy A Class British championship 1st 1993 European championship 1st 1994 British Adult championship 1st World championship 6th Scottish Six Day Trial 1st 1995 British Adult championship 2nd World championship 4th 1996 World championship 2nd Scottish Six Day Trial (2) 1st 1997 World championship Indoor 1st World championship Outdoor 1st World Team championship 1st British Adult championship (2) 1st 1998 World championship Indoor (2) 1st World championship Outdoor (2) 1st British Adult championship (3) 1st 1999 World championship Indoor (3) 1st World championship Outdoor (3) 1st World Team championship (2) 1st British Adult championship (4) 1st 2000 World championship Indoor (4) 1st World championship Outdoor (4) 1st British Adult championship (5) 1st 2001 World championship Indoor (5) 1st World championship Outdoor (5) 1st Spanish Adult championship 1st 2002 World championship Outdoor (6) 1st British Adult championship (6) 1st World Team championship (3) 1st World championship Indoor 2nd 2003 World championship Outdoor (7) 1st World Team championship (4) 1st Spanish Adult championship (2) 1st World championship Indoor 2nd 2004 World championship Indoor 3rd World championship Outdoor 2nd 2005 World championship Indoor 4th World championship Outdoor 3rd 2006 World championship Indoor 6th World championship Outdoor 4th
Honours British Trials Champion 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 Spanish Trials Champion 2001, 2003 FIM Trials European Champion 1993 FIM Trials World Champion 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 FIM Trials Indoor World Champion 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 Scottish Six Day Trial Winner 1994, 1995, 1996, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2022, 2023 Scott Trial Winner 1994, 2006, 2007, 2013, 2017, 2018
References
External links
profile of Dougie Lampkin on Redbull.com Dougie Lampkin, official website