- Nasser Al-Attiyah
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Nasser Salih Al-Attiyah
Al-Attiyah driving a Ford Fiesta S2000 at the 2010 Rally FinlandPersonal information Born December 21, 1970 Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] Website Official website Sport Country Qatar
Sport Rallying, Shooting Medal recordMen's shooting Competitor for Qatar
Asian Games Gold 2002 Busan Skeet Team Gold 2010 Guangzhou Skeet Team Bronze 2010 Guangzhou Skeet Nasser Salih Nasser Abdullah Al-Attiyah (born 21 December 1970 in Doha) is a Qatari rally driver and sport shooter.[2] He participates in the Production World Rally Championship (PWRC), which he won in 2006, and the Dakar Rally, which he won in 2011.[3] In shooting, he came in fourth place in the 2004 Olympic Games in clay pigeon shooting[4] and 15th overall in the 2008 Olympic Games, missing out on qualification for the final round by 2 points.[5]
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Career
Al-Attiyah won the PWRC in 2006,[6] his third year in the championship, with co-driver Chris Patterson. In that season Al-Attiyah entered with a Subaru Impreza. He gained the championship lead after finishing second in the PWRC class in the Rally Mexico and afterwards he won the following two rounds, Rally Argentina and Acropolis Rally. He was also in a 7-event campaign in the 2007 World Rally Championship season. He is has been competing on the Middle East Rally circuit.[7]
He also drove in a BMW with Swedish female co-driver Tina Thorner in the 2009 Dakar Rally in Argentina.[8] He was among the frontrunners until he got disqualified on 8 January 2009 after he had missed 9 checkpoints, the rules stating that 4 missed checkpoints are the maximum.[9]
In the 2009 World Rally Championship season Nasser scored his first point in Argentina, the fifth stage. Nasser finished second the Rally dos Sertões from Goiânia to Natal in Brazil (24 June-3 July 2009) behind Carlos Sainz of Spain.[10]
In the 2010 Dakar Rally, he finished second, 2'12 behind Carlos Sainz, the smallest gap in the history of the race.[11] On January 15, 2011 Nasser Al Attiyah won the legendary Dakar race as one of four Volkswagen drivers, making him the only Arab to ever win the difficult race.[12]
He was a driver for Barwa Rally Team in the 2010 World Rally Championship season.[13]
Olympic results Event 1996 2000 2004 2008 Skeet 15th
1206th
122+234th
122+2515th
117WRC results
Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 WDC Points 2004 Nasser Al-Attiyah Subaru Impreza WRX STi MON SWE
32MEX
RetNZL
20CYP GRE TUR ARG
14FIN GER JPN GBR ITA FRA
22ESP AUS
13NC 0 2005 Nasser Al-Attiyah Subaru Impreza WRX STi MON SWE MEX NZL
16ITA CYP
18TUR
16GRE ARG
17FIN GER GBR
21JPN FRA ESP AUS
13NC 0 2006 QMMF Subaru Impreza WRX Spec C MON
30SWE MEX
10ESP FRA ARG
15ITA GRE
17GER FIN JPN CYP
19TUR AUS NZL
26GBR NC 0 2007 QMMF Subaru Impreza WRX Spec C MON SWE
27NOR MEX
RetPOR ARG
RetITA GRE
19FIN GER NZL ESP FRA JPN IRE
17GBR NC 0 2008 QMMF Subaru Impreza WRX STi MON SWE
40MEX ARG
RetJOR ITA GRE
RetNC 0 Subaru Impreza STi N14 TUR
23FIN GER NZL ESP FRA JPN GBR
Ret2009 Autotek Subaru Impreza STi N14 IRE NOR CYP
1118th 1 Barwa Rally Team POR
16ARG
8ITA
9GRE
DSQPOL FIN AUS ESP GBR
Ret2010 Barwa Rally Team Škoda Fabia S2000 SWE MEX
RetJOR
18TUR NZL
13NC 0 Ford Fiesta S2000 POR
25BUL FIN
29DEU JPN FRA ESP GBR 2011 Barwa Rally Team Ford Fiesta S2000 SWE MEX
DSQPOR JOR
RetITA
11ARG GRE
16FIN DEU
16AUS FRA
RetESP
11GBR NC 0 PWRC results
Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 PWRC Points 2004 Nasser Al-Attiyah Subaru Impreza WRX STi SWE
7MEX
RetNZL
7ARG
3DEU FRA
7AUS
57th 17 2005 Nasser Al-Attiyah Subaru Impreza WRX STi SWE NZL
4CYP
5TUR
3ARG
1GBR
3JPN AUS
52nd 35 2006 QMMF Subaru Impreza WRX Spec C MON
3MEX
2ARG
1GRE
1JPN CYP
5AUS NZL
71st 40 2007 QMMF Subaru Impreza WRX Spec C SWE
7MEX
RetARG
RetGRE
5NZL JPN IRE
3GBR 9th 12 2008 QMMF Subaru Impreza WRX STi SWE
17ARG
RetGRE
RetNC 0 Subaru Impreza STi N14 TUR
10FIN NZL JPN GBR
Ret2009 Autotek Subaru Impreza STi N14 NOR CYP
33rd 31 Barwa Rally Team POR
4ARG
1ITA
1GRE
DSQAUS GBR
RetSWRC results
Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 SWRC Points 2010 Barwa Rally Team Škoda Fabia S2000 SWE MEX
RetJOR
4NZL
57th 34 Ford Fiesta S2000 POR
7FIN
7DEU JPN FRA GBR 2011 Barwa Rally Team Ford Fiesta S2000 MEX
DSQJOR
RetITA
4GRE
6FIN DEU
2FRA
RetESP
27th 56 References
- ^ "Shooting - ALATTIYA Nasser Saleh - Biography". Guanzhou Asian Games Organizing Committee. 2010. http://www.gz2010.cn/info/ENG/ZB/ZBB101A_SH@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ENG_number=274776.htm. Retrieved 2010-11-29.
- ^ [1]
- ^ Al-Attiyah clinches first Dakar Rally title
- ^ Dakar 2010
- ^ "08.30.04". CNN. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/olympics/2008/results/SHM403.html.
- ^ World Rally Championship - Statistics
- ^ [2]
- ^ [3]
- ^ [4]
- ^ [5]
- ^ [6]
- ^ Al-Attiyah claims first Dakar win
- ^ [7]
External links
- Nasser Al-Attiyah in the sports-reference database
1979: Génestier · 1980: Kottulinsky · 1981: Metge · 1982: Marreau · 1983: Ickx · 1984: Metge · 1985: Zaniroli · 1986: Metge · 1987: Vatanen · 1988: Kankkunen · 1989: Vatanen · 1990: Vatanen · 1991: Vatanen · 1992: Auriol · 1993: Saby · 1994: Lartigue · 1995: Lartigue · 1996: Lartigue · 1997: Shinozuka · 1998: Fontenay · 1999: Schlesser · 2000: Schlesser · 2001: Kleinschmidt · 2002: Masuoka · 2003: Masuoka · 2004: Peterhansel · 2005: Peterhansel · 2006: Alphand · 2007: Peterhansel · 2009: De Villiers · 2010: Sainz · 2011: Al-AttiyahSporting positions Preceded by
Carlos SainzDakar Rally
Cars Winner
2011Succeeded by
IncumbentOlympic Games Preceded by
Khaled Habash M. Al SuwaidiFlagbearer for Qatar
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TBDCategories:- 1970 births
- Living people
- Qatari racecar drivers
- Qatari rally drivers
- Qatari sport shooters
- Off-road racers
- Skeet shooters
- Shooters at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Shooters at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Shooters at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Shooters at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Sportspeople of multiple sports
- Speedcar Series drivers
- Dakar Rally drivers
- Asian Games medalists in shooting
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