Michelle Duff

Mike Duff
Nationality	Canadian
Motorcycle racing career statistics Grand Prix motorcycle racing Active years 1961 - 1967 First race 1961 500cc Belgian Grand Prix Last race 1967 500cc Canadian Grand Prix First win 1964 250cc Belgian Grand Prix Last win 1965 250cc Finnish Grand Prix Championships 0 Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 49 3 24 0 5 172

Michelle Duff (born Michael Duff, December 13, 1939 in Toronto) is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. Her best season was in 1965 when she won the 250cc Finnish Grand Prix and finished the year in second place to Phil Read.^[1]

As Michelle Ann Duff following transsexual transition^[2] she wrote The Mike Duff Story: Make Haste Slowly.^[3]

Duff suffered a near-fatal crash in Japan and required extensive surgery and physical therapy. Her recovery was documented in the 1966 National Film Board of Canada short documentary film Ride for Your Life, directed by Robin Spry.^[4]

References

1. ^ Mike Duff career statistics at MotoGP.com
2. ^ http://zagria.blogspot.com/2008/04/michelle-ann-duff-1939-motorcycle-racer.html
3. ^ Duff, Michelle (1999). The Mike Duff Story: Make Haste Slowly. Toronto: [mad8 Publishing] [www.michelle-duff.ca]. pp. 366. 
4. ^ Spry, Robin. "Ride for Your Life". Documentary film. National Film Board of Canada. http://www.nfb.ca/film/ride_for_your_life/. Retrieved 2 June 2010. 

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Name	Duff, Mike
Alternative names	Duff, Michelle
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Date of birth	December 13, 1939
Place of birth	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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