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Bernie Schreiber

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{{short description|American motorcycle racer}}

{{Infobox motorcycle rider

| name = Bernie Schreiber

| image = Bernie_Schreiber.jpg

| caption = Schreiber on a Bultaco Sherpa in 1976

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1959|1|20}}

| birth_place = Los Angeles, California, United States

| nationality = {{flagicon|United States}} American

| death_date =

| death_place =

| Current team = Retired

| Bike number =

| website = https://www.bernieschreiber.com

}}

Bernard Schreiber (born January 20, 1959), is an American former international motorcycle trials rider. He became the only American to win the FIM Trial World Championship in 1979. Schreiber is also four-time winner of the NATC Trials Championship, winning the title in 1978, 1982, 1983 and 1987. In 2000 he was inducted into the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame and, in 2020 he was named an FIM Legend.{{cite web|url=http://www.motorcyclemuseum.org/halloffame/detail.aspx?RacerID=266.htm |title=Bernie Schreiber |publisher=AMA |accessdate=January 23, 2015}}{{cite web|url=https://www.fim-moto.com/en/fim/distinctions-fim-trophies?mdrv=www.fim-moto.com&cHash=ccdcee4dba436cad212b133e95ca4cbe |title=FIM Legends |publisher=fim-live.com |accessdate=April 20, 2020}}

Biography

Born in Los Angeles, California, Schreiber started competing in trials at the age of 10 in 1969. Within a few years he had established himself as a top contender in Southern California and began competing in the FIM Trial World Championship in 1977 at 17 years of age.{{cite book | editor-last = Ward | editor-first = Frank | title = MCN Yearbook 1977/78 | year = 1978 | publisher = Patrick Stephens Limited | isbn = 0-85059-285-2 | pages = 101–114}} In 1978 he won the US national title and finished third in the World Trials Championship behind defending champion Yrjo Vesterinen and Martin Lampkin, racking up victories in France, Spain, the United States and Italy in the process.{{cite book | editor-last = Ward | editor-first = Frank | title = MCN Yearbook 1978/79 | year = 1979 | publisher = Macdonald & Jane's Publishers Limited | isbn = 0354-09057-7 | pages = 97–112}}

Schreiber made history in 1979 when he became the first American to win the World Trials Championship. After a slow start to the season Schreiber put together four wins and three additional podiums out of the last eight rounds to take the title.{{cite book | editor-last = Ward | editor-first = Frank | title = MCN Yearbook 1980 | year = 1980 | publisher = Macdonald & Jane's Publishers Limited | isbn = 0-362-02009-4 | pages = 97–110}}{{cite web|url=http://trialonline.org/01%20TRIAL.FIM/01.MONDE/101.INDEX.GENERAL/01%20101%20INDEX%20GENERAL.htm |title=FIM World Championship |publisher=trialonline.org |accessdate=January 21, 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160609165935/http://www.trialonline.org/01%20TRIAL.FIM/01.MONDE/101.INDEX.GENERAL/01%20101%20INDEX%20GENERAL.htm |archivedate=June 9, 2016 }} A midseason switch from Bultaco to Italjet during 1980 helped Schreiber end the season on a high, winning the last four rounds, but not quite enough to retain the title finishing second behind Swede Ulf Karlsson.

A mixed season followed in 1981 and prompted a switch to SWM for 1982. Only missing the podium twice all 1982 saw him again runner up, this time to emerging Belgian talent Eddy Lejeune. 1982 also marked Schreiber's only victory at the prestigious Scottish Six Days Trial, coming from behind to overtake Lejeune on the last day of the competition.{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SfsDAAAAMBAJ&q=bernie+schreiber+scottish+six+days+trial&pg=PA29 |title=Bernie Scoots In The Scottish |author=Flippin, Jeannie |date=September 1982 |work=American Motorcyclist |accessdate=March 7, 2015 }} His good riding paid dividends in the US Nationals with Schreiber taking back-to-back national championship titles in 1982 and 1983. Schreiber and Lejeune battled for the world title over the next couple of years with Lejeune edging out the American both years. After returning to the US national championship, Schreiber took his fourth and final US title in 1987 riding a Fantic.

National Trials Championship Career

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1980

|align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} British Championship

| Bultaco

| STD
10

| COL
7

| CLE
-

| LOM
-

| MIT
-

| ALL
-

| RED
-

| TRA
-

| PRE
-

| WEL
-

| 5

| 17th

|

1982

|align="left"| {{flagicon|USA}} NATC Champ

| SWM

| FL
-

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| CA
1

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| MT
1

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| MT
1

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| RI
1

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| MA
1

| NY
-

| TN
-

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|

| 75

| 1st

| NATC US National Champion

1983

|align="left"| {{flagicon|USA}} NATC Champ

| SWM

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| TX
1

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| TX
1

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| TX
1

| CA
-

| AZ
-

| PN
-

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| MI
1

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| IL
1

|

|

| 75

| 1st

| NATC US National Champion

International Trials Championship Career

{{cite web |url=http://trialonline.org/01%20TRIAL.FIM/01.MONDE/101.INDEX.GENERAL/01%20101%20INDEX%20GENERAL.htm |title=FIM Trials Championships |publisher=trialonline.org |accessdate=June 21, 2015 |archive-date=June 9, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160609165935/http://www.trialonline.org/01%20TRIAL.FIM/01.MONDE/101.INDEX.GENERAL/01%20101%20INDEX%20GENERAL.htm |url-status=dead }}

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1977

|align="left"| FIM World Championship

| Bultaco

| IRL
-

| GBR
-

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BEL
5

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| SPA
3

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| FRA
5

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| GER
2

| USA
-

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CAN
7

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SWE
8

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| FIN
6

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CZE
8

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SUI
7

| 53

| 7th

|

1978

|align="left"| FIM World Championship

| Bultaco

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| IRL
9

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| GBR
8

| BEL
-

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| FRA
1

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| SPA
1

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| GER
2

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| USA
1

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| ITA
1

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| AUT
2

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| SWE
3

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| FIN
6

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| CZE
2

| 116

| 3rd

|

1979

|align="left"| FIM World Championship

| Bultaco

| IRL
-

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| GBR
7

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BEL
6

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NED
4

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| SPA
1

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| FRA
2

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| CAN
3

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| USA
1

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| ITA
2

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| SWE
1

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| FIN
7

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| CZE
1

| 115

| 1st

| FIM World Champion

1980

|align="left"| FIM World Championship

| Bultaco / Italjet

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| IRL
4

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| GBR
8

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BEL
5

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| SPA
1

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| AUT
7

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| FRA
1

| SUI
-

|GER
-

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| ITA
1

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| FIN
1

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| SWE
1

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| CZE
1

| 111

| 2nd

|

1981

|align="left"| FIM World Championship

| Italjet

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| SPA
3

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BEL
8

| IRL
-

| GBR
-

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| FRA
4

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| ITA
3

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| AUT
6

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| USA
8

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| FIN
5

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| SWE
3

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| CZE
2

| GER
-

| 66

| 6th

|

1982

|align="left"| FIM World Championship

| SWM

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| SPA
2

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| BEL
2

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| GBR
1

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| ITA
2

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| FRA
3

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| GER
2

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| AUT
3

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| CAN
1

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| USA
3

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| FIN
10

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SWE
4

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| POL
3

| 127

| 2nd

|

1983

|align="left"| FIM World Championship

| SWM

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| SPA
1

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BEL
4

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| GBR
3

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| IRL
2

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| USA
6

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| FRA
2

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| AUT
2

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ITA
4

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| SUI
3

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| FIN
5

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| SWE
1

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| GER
3

| 123

| 2nd

|

1984

|align="left"| FIM World Championship

| SWM

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"|SPA
3

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BEL
8

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| GBR
1

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| IRL
4

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| FRA
4

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| GER
1

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| USA
10

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CAN
6

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| AUT
6

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ITA
5

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| FIN
4

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SWE
4

| 152

| 3rd

|

1986

|align="left"| FIM World Championship

| Yamaha

|BEL
-

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| GBR
8

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| IRL
11

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SPA
8

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| FRA
9

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| USA
8

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CAN
12

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| GER
9

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| AUT
11

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ITA
12

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SWE
5

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| FIN
8

| 75

| 7th

|

1987

|align="left"| FIM World Championship

| Fantic

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SPA
8

| BEL
-

| GBR
-

| IRL
-

| GER
-

| FRA
-

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| USA
13

| AUT
-

| ITA
-

| CZE
-

| SUI
-

| SWE
-

| 11

| 20th

|

Honors

  • US NATC Trials Champion 1978, 1982, 1983, 1987
  • FIM Trials World Champion 1979
  • Scottish Six Day Trial Winner 1982

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