Women ’ s World Cup outright on two occasions , in 2006 and 2007 . She finished ahead of Laier and Lancelot in 2006 , and ahead of Lancelot and Germany ’ s Maria Franke in 2007 . In a career dotted with so many highlights , Prumm was also New Zealand Women ’ s Motocross Champion in 2004 and 2005 , Australian Women ’ s Motocross Champion in 2005 and Oceania Women ’ s Motocross Champion in 2003 and 2006 . In October 2005 , Prumm had also been named Counties-Manakau Junior Sportswoman of the Year and was inducted into the Motorcycling New Zealand Hall of Fame in 2019 . Then things started to go wrong for Prumm in 2008 , the same year the series was renamed the FIM Women ’ s Motocross World Championships ( WMX ). She signed with Yamaha at the start of 2008 , but a pre-season crash left her riding with a ruptured knee ligament . Even so , Prumm still led the WMX series after three of the five rounds and looked to be on target to win her third consecutive world title .
But then disaster struck when a training crash in Belgium in June , only days before round four , put her out with a badly-broken collarbone and she had to settle for fifth overall that season . She had plans to be back in Europe for the 2009 season , but those plans were scrapped even before she could board her international flight . Crashing heavily during a training session on a friend ’ s property in Waitakere and landing head-first down a three-metre bank , her bike landed on top of her , breaking her back in three places . It was at first feared she might never walk again . Thankfully , she eventually made a full recovery , but her motocross racing days were over .
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