- Thierry Sabine
Thierry Sabine (° 13 June 1949 in
Neuilly-sur-Seine - † 14 January 1986) - French wrangler,motorcycle racer - founder and main organizer ofParis Dakar .In 1977 he got lost in sands of
Libyan Desert duringAbidjan -Nice Race. During this time he decided that desert would be a good location for a regular rally, where every amateur of racing life could check his abilities. In December 1977 - he arranged an edition of the race with start situated inParis and winning-post inDakar . Since then he sacrificed the rest of his life organizing Paris Dakar.Sabine was killed when his
Ecureuil helicopter crashed at 07:30 p.m. on Tuesday 14 January 1986, into a dune at Mali during a sudden sand-storm. Also killed onboard was the singer-songwriterDaniel Balavoine , helicopter pilot François-Xavier Bagnoud, journalist Nathalie Odent and Jean-Paul Lefur who was a radiophonic engineer for RTL. [ [http://www.motorsportmemorial.org/focus.php?db=ct&n=3580 Motorsport Memorial ] ]He was featured in the movie "A Man and a Woman, 20 Years Later" that came out 1986.
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