BSB mourn death of paralysed woman who inspirationally rode a Superbike

Claire Lomas MBE has died at the age of 44

Claire Lomas MBE
Claire Lomas MBE

The British Superbike Championship has paid tribute after the death of a paralysed woman, who had prev♛iously rode motorcycles for charity.

Claire Lomas MBE has died after an accident in Jorda🧜n, in the Middle East, at the age of 44.

She had raised nearly £1m for charity after being paralysed in a horse ridin𒆙g accident in 2007.

Lomas complet🅰ed several incredible challenges to raise money for paralysis organisations.

She became the fir🅠st person to walk the London Marathon in a robotic suit - it took her 17 days.

Among her inspirational𒐪 activities in the name of charity, Lomas learned how to ride motor🎉cycles.

She even overcame hurdles in her pursuit of r🌼acing bikes. A planned lap of the Mountain Course at the Manx Grand Prix in 2018 was cancelled by organisers due to concerns about her safety.

Instead, Lomas rode a lap at every British Superbike Championship round in 2018. She was on a Suzuki SV 650, specially adapt൲ed for her disability.

The Suzuki had🍌 clips to keep her knees and feet in place as Lomas travelled at around 10🌳0mph.

Last year, Loꦯmas completed a l🦩ap of the North West 200.

BSB Series and Race Directജor Stuart Higgs said after her death: “Sad to learn this news, Claire was an amazingly driven person and her various laps atBSB events🐻 and circuits were one of many formidable challenges she set herself.

“My condolences to her family and friends.”

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