Sporting Witness
Sporting Witness
Ashley Fiolek - Deaf motocross champion
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April 18, 2019
9 minutes
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In 2008, a deaf American rider called Ashley Fiolek won the first of four women’s motocross championships. Fiolek became the poster girl for one of the most dangerous forms of motor sport despite being short, wearing pink and not being able to hear her motorbike’s engine or her rivals. She talks to Claire Bowes.
PHOTO: Ashley Fiolek (Getty Images)