List of Dakar Rally competitors
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This is a list of notable motorsports people to have competed in the Dakar Rally. This list includes drivers, riders, co-drivers and mechanics.
Drivers[]
| Name | Country | Dakar Début | Titles |
|---|---|---|---|
 Qatar
|
2014 | ||
 France
|
2004 | ||
| Gianni Lora Lamia |  Italy
|
1990 | |
| Nasser Al-Attiyah | Qatar
|
2004 | Cars - 2011, 2015 |
| Yazeed Al-Rajhi |  Saudi Arabia
|
2015 | |
| Philippe Alliot | France
|
1988 | |
| Luc Alphand | France
|
1998 | Cars - 2006 |
| Alain Ambrosino | France
|
1983 | |
| Jacques Anquetil | France
|
1986 | |
 Kazakhstan
|
2011 | ||
 Algeria
|
1980 | Trucks - 1980 | |
| France
|
2013 | ||
| Hubert Auriol | France
|
1979 | Bikes - 1981, 1983 Cars - 1992 |
 South Africa
|
2015 | ||
| Joan Barreda |  Spain
|
2011 | |
| France
|
2005 | Cars (co-driver) - 2015 | |
 Poland
|
2012 | ||
 Belgium
|
1979 | ||
| Bernard Béguin | France
|
1985 | |
| Kazakhstan
|
2011 | ||
| Miki Biasion | Italy
|
1999 | |
| Jorge Andrés Boero |  Argentina
|
2011 | |
| Argentina
|
2012 | ||
| Charley Boorman |  Great Britain
|
2006 | |
| South Africa
|
2015 | ||
 New Zealand
|
2015 | ||
| Claude Brasseur | France
|
1981 | Cars (co-driver) - 1983 |
| France
|
1980 | ||
| Alex Caffi |  Monaco
|
2012 | |
| Andy Caldecott |  Australia
|
2004 | |
| Ignacio Casale |  Chile
|
2010 | Quads - 2014 |
| Kurt Caselli |  United States
|
2013 | |
| France
|
2003 | ||
 Canada
|
2014 | ||
| Jost Capito |  Germany
|
1983 | Trucks (co-driver) - 1985 |
| Germany
|
1981 | Trucks - 1985 | |
 Bulgaria
|
2011 | ||
| France
|
2003 | ||
| Vladimir Chagin |  Russia
|
1990 | Trucks - 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2011 |
| Guerlain Chicherit | France
|
2005 | |
| United States
|
2011 | ||
| Marc Coma | Spain
|
2002 | Bikes - 2006, 2009, 2011, 2014, 2015 |
| France
|
1979 | ||
| Tim Coronel |  Netherlands
|
2007 | |
| Tom Coronel | Netherlands
|
2007 | |
| France
|
1980 | ||
| Jean-Paul Cottret | France
|
1999 | Cars (co-driver) - 2004, 2005, 2007, 2012, 2013 |
| Andrew Cowan | Great Britain
|
1983 | |
| Poland
|
2000 | ||
| Poland
|
2000 | ||
| Great Britain
|
1980 | ||
| France
|
2009 | ||
| Cyril Despres | France
|
2000 | Bikes - 2005, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2013 |
| Carlo de Gavardo | Chile
|
1996 | |
| Gérard de Rooy | Netherlands
|
2002 | Trucks - 2012, 2016 |
| Netherlands
|
1982 | Trucks - 1987 | |
| Giniel de Villiers | South Africa
|
2003 | Cars - 2009 |
| France
|
2000 | ||
| Romain Dumas | France
|
2015 | |
| Vic Elford | Great Britain
|
1982 | |
 Andorra
|
2003 | ||
| Ruben Faria |  Portugal
|
2006 | |
 Peru
|
2012 | ||
| Spain
|
1991 | ||
| France
|
1989 | Cars - 1998 | |
| Portugal
|
2007 | ||
| Philippe Gache | France
|
2003 | |
| Chile
|
2014 | ||
| Alain Génestier | France
|
1979 | Cars - 1979 |
| France
|
1985 | ||
| Andorra
|
1987 | ||
| Argentina
|
2014 | ||
| Robby Gordon | United States
|
2005 | |
| Timo Gottschalk | Germany
|
2007 | Cars (co-driver) - 2011 |
| France
|
1981 | Trucks - 1982, 1983 | |
| Albert Grimaldi | Monaco
|
1985 | |
 Ecuador
|
2014 | ||
 Guatemala
|
2015 | ||
| Emanuel Gyenes |  Romania
|
2007 | |
 Indonesia
|
2010 | ||
| Poland
|
2015 | ||
| Michel Hidalgo | France
|
1991 | |
| Krzysztof Hołowczyc | Poland
|
2005 | |
| France
|
1985 | Trucks - 1991 | |
| Bulgaria
|
2011 | ||
| Netherlands
|
2013 | ||
| Netherlands
|
2012 | ||
| Jacky Ickx | Belgium
|
1981 | Cars - 1983 |
| Australia
|
2014 | ||
 Slovakia
|
2007 | ||
| Jean-Pierre Jaussaud | France
|
1982 | |
| Australia
|
2005 | ||
| Firdaus Kabirov | Russia
|
2000 | Trucks - 2005, 2009 |
| Juha Kankkunen |  Finland
|
1988 | Cars - 1988 |
| Andrey Karginov | Russia
|
2010 | Trucks - 2014 |
| Jutta Kleinschmidt | Germany
|
1988 | Cars - 2001 |
 Czech Republic
|
2015 | ||
| Netherlands
|
1999 | ||
| Raymond Kopa | France
|
1985 | |
| France
|
1979 | ||
| Freddy Kottulinsky |  Sweden
|
1980 | Cars - 1980 |
| Sergio Lafuente |  Uruguay
|
2011 | |
| Jan Lammers | Netherlands
|
2010 | |
| Pierre Lartigue | France
|
1982 | Cars - 1994, 1995, 1996 |
| Gérard Lenorman | France
|
1990 | |
| Camélia Liparoti | Italy
|
2009 | |
| Albert Llovera | Andorra
|
2007 | |
| Aleš Loprais | Czech Republic
|
2006 | |
| Karel Loprais | Czech Republic
|
1986 | Trucks - 1988, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2001 |
| Josef Macháček | Czech Republic
|
1999 | Quads - 2009 |
| France
|
1990 | ||
| France
|
1982 | Cars (co-driver) - 1997, 2000 | |
| Adam Małysz | Poland
|
2012 | |
| Ayrat Mardeev | Russia
|
2009 | Trucks - 2015 |
| France
|
1979 | Cars (co-driver) - 1982 | |
| France
|
1979 | Cars - 1982 | |
| Hiroshi Masuoka |  Japan
|
1987 | Cars - 2002, 2003 |
| Alister McRae | Great Britain
|
2009 | |
| Colin McRae | Great Britain
|
2004 | |
| United States
|
2000 | ||
| Fabrizio Meoni | Italy
|
1992 | Bikes - 2001, 2002 |
| France
|
1980 | ||
| René Metge | France
|
1979 | Cars - 1981, 1984, 1986 |
| Mark Miller | United States
|
2002 | |
| Jiří Moskal | Czech Republic
|
1986 | Trucks - 1986, 1987, 1988 |
 Denmark
|
2011 | ||
| Cyril Neveu | France
|
1979 | Bikes - 1979, 1980, 1982, 1986, 1987 |
| Eduard Nikolaev | Russia
|
2007 | Trucks - 2013 |
 Bolivia
|
2014 | ||
| Edi Orioli | Italy
|
1986 | Bikes - 1988, 1990, 1994, 1996 |
| Belgium
|
1979 | ||
| Olivier Pain | France
|
2006 | |
| Eric Palante | Belgium
|
2003 | |
| Alejandro Patronelli | Argentina
|
2010 | Quads - 2011, 2012 |
| Marcos Patronelli | Argentina
|
2009 | Quads - 2010, 2013 |
| Australia
|
2015 | ||
| Simon Pavey | Australia
|
1998 | |
| Michel Périn | France
|
1993 | Cars (co-driver) - 1994, 1995, 1996, 2014 |
| Henri Pescarolo | France
|
1980 | |
| Stéphane Peterhansel | France
|
1988 | Bikes - 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1998 Cars - 2004, 2005, 2007, 2012, 2013 |
| Loïck Peyron | France
|
1988 | |
| Leeroy Poulter | South Africa
|
2014 | |
| Toby Price | Australia
|
2015 | |
| Poland
|
2009 | ||
| Chile
|
2013 | ||
| Jean Ragnotti | France
|
1980 | |
| Gaston Rahier | Belgium
|
1983 | Bikes - 1984, 1985 |
| France
|
1979 | ||
| Christian Rayer | France
|
1979 | |
| Yves Rénier |  Switzerland
|
1980 | |
 Austria
|
1991 | Trucks - 1997 | |
| Argentina
|
2014 | ||
| Monaco
|
1979 | ||
| Hélder Rodrigues | Portugal
|
2006 | |
| Nani Roma | Spain
|
1996 | Bikes - 2004 Cars - 2014 |
| South Africa
|
2015 | ||
| Bruno Saby | France
|
1992 | Cars - 1993 |
| Richard Sainct | France
|
1991 | Bikes - 1999, 2000, 2003 |
| Carlos Sainz | Spain
|
2006 | Cars - 2010, 2020 |
| Eliseo Salazar | Chile
|
2009 | |
| Bolivia
|
2011 | ||
 Paraguay
|
2014 | ||
| Laia Sanz | Spain
|
2011 | |
| Jean-Louis Schlesser | France
|
1984 | Cars - 1999, 2000 |
| Annie Seel | Sweden
|
2002 | |
| Kenjiro Shinozuka | Japan
|
1986 | Cars - 1997 |
| Australia
|
2013 | ||
| Rafał Sonik | Poland
|
2009 | Quads - 2015 |
| Dmitry Sotnikov | Russia
|
2014 | |
| Portugal
|
1995 | ||
| Emiliano Spataro | Argentina
|
2011 | |
 Brazil
|
2009 | ||
| Hans Stacey | Netherlands
|
2004 | Trucks - 2007 |
| United States
|
1985 | Bikes - 1985 | |
| Jonah Street | United States
|
2006 | |
| Japan
|
1999 | ||
| Yoshimasa Sugawara | Japan
|
1983 | |
| Sam Sunderland | Great Britain
|
2012 | |
| Elmer Symons | South Africa
|
2005 | |
 Hungary
|
2009 | ||
| Sylviane Telliez | France
|
1980 | |
| Orlando Terranova | Argentina
|
2005 | |
| Mark Thatcher | Great Britain
|
1982 | |
| Maurice Trintignant | France
|
1982 | |
| France
|
1980 | ||
| Pål Anders Ullevålseter |  Norway
|
2002 | |
| Jurgen van den Goorbergh | Netherlands
|
2009 | |
| Peter van Merksteijn, Sr. | Netherlands
|
2009 | |
 Belarus
|
2012 | ||
| Russia
|
2013 | ||
| France
|
1979 | ||
| Ari Vatanen | Finland
|
1987 | Cars - 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991 |
| Spain
|
2006 | ||
| Federico Villagra | Argentina
|
2014 | |
| France
|
1981 | Trucks - 1981 | |
| Italy
|
1984 | Trucks - 1986 | |
| Dirk von Zitzewitz | Germany
|
1997 | Cars (co-driver) - 2009 |
| Matthias Walkner | Austria
|
2015 | |
| Achim Warmbold | Germany
|
1985 | |
| Koen Wauters | Belgium
|
1999 | |
| France
|
1980 | Cars - 1985 |
Gallery[]
Vladimir Chagin, six times winner in the trucks category
Stéphane Peterhansel, an eleven times winner in trucks and car
Carlos Sainz won the Dakar Rally in 2010
Belgian television presenter Koen Wauters competes in the rally frequently
French footballer Michel Hidalgo took part in Paris-Dakar in 1991
French footballer Raymond Kopa took part in Paris-Dakar in 1985
French driver during the 1988 Paris-Dakar
References[]
Categories:
- Lists of sportspeople
- Dakar Rally