2024 FIM Women's Motocross World Champion
With a rich and highly-decorated history in the sport of Motocross, the Netherlands has enjoyed no shortage of success with a string of champions–both male and female–ensuring that Dutch racers are respected and revered across the globe.
Spoiled for choice with so many strong role models, Lotte Van Drunen–Yamahahas emerged as thenation’s latest world-beating racer and this year she followed int he foot steps of her compatriot Nancy van de Ven to become the FIM Women’s Motocross World Champion in only her second full season inthe competition.
Following a successful international youth career when she regularly impressed against male rivals, Van Drunen made her FIM World Championship debut as soon as she turned fifteen at the last round of 2022 before taking a double win at home in Arnhem on her way to third the following season.
Competing against much older and more experienced racers, the odds looked stacked against VanDrunen, but the talented teen was in contention for the title from the drop of the gate at the opening round in Spain and helped by another dynamite double in Arnhem she took the title at the seventh andfinal round inTürkiye
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World Title: 2024