Anita Yusof (57 years) is a Malaysian born who became notable when she became the first

Muslim Muslims () are people who adhere to Islam, a Monotheism, monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic tradition. They consider the Quran, the foundational religious text of Islam, to be the verbatim word of the God ...

woman ever to motorcycle around the world "Global Dream Ride" and the first Malaysian to be recorded in the Asian Book of Records for the longest solo ride in 2015.

Early life

Anita was born in

Batu Pahat The Batu Pahat District is a district in the state of Johor, Malaysia. It lies southeast of Muar, southwest of Kluang, northwest of Pontian, south of Segamat and Tangkak District. The capital of the district is Bandar Penggaram. Geograph ...

Johor Johor, also spelled Johore,'' is a States and federal territories of Malaysia, state of Malaysia in the south of the Malay Peninsula. It borders with Pahang, Malacca and Negeri Sembilan to the north. Johor has maritime borders with Singapore ...

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, but was raised in

Ipoh Ipoh (, ) is the capital city of the Malaysian States and federal territories of Malaysia, state of Perak. Located on the Kinta River, it is nearly north of Kuala Lumpur and southeast of George Town, Penang, George Town in neighbouring Penang ...

Perak Perak (; Perak Malay: ''Peghok'') is a States and federal territories of Malaysia, state of Malaysia on the west coast of the Malay Peninsula. Perak has land borders with the Malaysian states of Kedah to the north, Penang to the northwest, Kel ...

Early career

Anita, was a lecturer at

Sultan Idris Education University Sultan Idris Education University (; commonly abbreviated as UPSI; Jawi: اونيۏرسيتي ڤنديديقن سلطان إدريس) is a public university located in Tanjung Malim, Perak, Malaysia. Established in 1922 as a teachers' college, ...

(Physical Education Department at IPG Campus Ipoh). Then she started learning riding in April 2012 and 2015 she stated her journey to travel the world and she began her journey from Putrajaya on September 11, 2015, taking her ride through Bukit Kayu Hiram on September 16, 2016 and then she returned home a year later. She was then selected and appointed as Givi ambassador in 2016 after finishing her first trip. She has visited four continents and over 40 countries in 370 days, making it to over 40,000 miles (over 64,000 kms) on a Yamaha FZ150i.

Current career

Anita is currently pursuing a PhD in Sports Science and is a lecturer in the Physical Education Department at IPG Campus Ipoh.

Awards and honors

Bike Solo Ride Across the World (Female)

Personal life

Anita is mother to two sons. Some of her hobbies are; backpacking, overlanding and all manner of outdoor activities. She likes rock and heavy metal music from the 80’s and 90’s and her favorite book is “Anything” by Sidney Sheldon.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Yusof, Anita Year of birth missing (living people) Living people People from Ipoh Malaysian Muslims Long-distance motorcycle riders Women motorcyclists Malaysian women