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| Nationality | Canadian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 13 December 1939 Toronto, Ontario, Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Michelle Ann Duff (born Michael Alan Duff on 13 December 1939) is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer.
Riding
Duff's best season was in 1965, winning the 250cc Finnish Grand Prix and finishing the year in second place to Phil Read.[1][2]
Duff suffered a near-fatal crash in Japan and required extensive surgery and physical therapy.[3] The recovery was documented in the 1967 National Film Board of Canada short documentary film Ride for Your Life, directed by Robin Spry.[4]
Private life
Duff married a Finnish woman in 1963 and had a son with her the same year, and a daughter two years later. In 1984, she changed her name to Michelle and commenced transition, separating from her wife.[5] Following sex reassignment surgery, she wrote about her experiences as a professional motorcycle racer (note that this book is not about her life as a trans woman) in Make Haste, Slowly: The Mike Duff story.[6][7]
World Championship results
| Position | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Points | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap. An empty black cell indicates that the class did not compete at that particular championship round.)