Patricia Watson-Miller (née Schek; born 20 July 1965 in

Wangen im Allgäu Wangen im Allgäu ( Low Alemannic: ''Wãnge'') is a historic city in southeast Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It lies north-east of Lake Constance in the Westallgäu. It is the second-largest city (Population: 26,927 in 2020) in the Ravensburg dist ...

, Germany) is a British motorbike

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rider, who was born and raised in Germany. She was able to win the ladies cup of the Dakar rally three times. Patricia Watson-Miller is the daughter of the successful German motorbike enduro rider Herbert Schek, who became German, European and World champion and competed in the Dakar rally 15 times. Patricia studied business informatics at the

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and acquired a master in Informatics. Today she lives in

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and works as business manager in a financial services company. She started in the Dakar rally for the first time in 1988 but had to quit. In 1990 and 1991 she won the ladies cup on a Schek-BMW built by her father. In 1992 she came in second on a Suzuki DR 350 – behind the former private rider

Jutta Kleinschmidt Jutta Kleinschmidt (born 29 August 1962) is a German competitor of offroad automotive racing events. She is known for her numerous showings in the Paris Dakar Rally, and notably for having won the event in 2001, becoming the only woman driver to ...

on a BMW R 100 GS. After a pause in which she gave birth to two boys she won the title of Ladies World Champion in the cross country rally world championship in 2005. In 2006 she started again in the Dakar rally - this time on a KTM EXC 525. She crashed heavily, yet she was able to continue and finished 67th overall and won the ladies cup for the third time.
The Telegraph 24 May 2001 In 2008 she started in the Trans-oriental Rally which led from St. Petersburg to

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and finished 19th overall. Die Trans-oriental rally in 2008 was the substitute for the Dakar rally, which was cancelled that year due to terrorism warnings.

References

External links

Official website of the Dakar rally
(Spanish, French, English, German)
History of the Dakar
{{DEFAULTSORT:Watson-Miller, Patricia 1965 births Living people People from Wangen im Allgäu Enduro riders Off-road racing drivers Dakar Rally drivers