Michelle Ann Duff (born Michael Alan Duff on December 13, 1939) is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. Duff's best season was in 1965, winning the 250cc Finnish Grand Prix and finishing the year in second place to Phil Read. Duff suffered a near-fatal crash in Japan and required extensive surgery and physical therapy. The recovery was documented in the 1967 National Film Board of Canada short documentary film Ride for Your Life, directed by Robin Spry. Duff married a Finnish woman in 1963 and had a son with her the same year, and a daughter two years later. In 1984, she changed her name to Michelle and commenced transition, separating from her wife. Following sex reassignment surgery, she wrote about her life as a trans woman in Make Haste, Slowly: The Mike Duff story.
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