birth_place nationality birth_date article_title name
oyonnax , rhône-alpes , france french 20 october 1988 sylvain barrier
 sylvain barrier
sylvain barrier

sylvain barrier -lrb- born 20 october 1988 in oyonnax -rrb- is a french motorcycle racer , currently racing in the fim superstock 1000 championship and the civ superbike championship for the g.m. racing team aboard a yamaha yzf-r1 .
he has won the fim superstock 1000 championship twice , winning the title in 2012 , and again in 2013 .
he has raced in the championship since 2008 , mostly in a bmw machinery finishing 6th in 2010 with two podiums , 4th in 2011 with a 1 win and 4 podiums , and champion in 2012 and 2013 , he previously raced in the european superstock 600 championship in 2006 and 2007 .
in his first season in the fim superstock 1000 championship in 2008 he finished 16th , and in 2009 he finished 5th both years aboard a yamaha .
he made his world superbike championship debut .
in the jerez circuit finishing 12th in race 1 , and 13th in race 2 , scoring 7 points during the weekend , however also turned the last race for the bmw factory team , as bmw motorrad announced his withdrawal as an official team in july .
