Fabrizio Meoni

Fabrizio Meoni (December 31, 1957 in Castiglion Fiorentino, Italy - January 11, 2005 in Kiffa, Mauritania)^[1] was an Italian off road and Rallying motorcycle racer. He was a member of the KTM Factory Team.

He won at the Dakar Rally in 2001 and 2002^[2].

He died of a heart attack after a crash on 11 January 2005 on the 11th stage of the 2005^[3] Dakar Rally. Since the competitors did not want to continue racing the next day, the 12th stage of the rally was cancelled for all motorcycles in honor of Meoni.

References

^ http://www.fabriziomeoni.it Fabrizio Meoni official homepage
^ http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory?id=2781184 South African Motorcyclist Dies at Dakar ABC News Sport January 9, 2007
^ http://edition.cnn.com/2005/SPORT/01/11/motorsport.death/index.html Rider Meoni killed on Dakar Rally CNN Sport January 12, 2005

External links

fabriziomeoni.it Official Website (Italian)

Sporting positions
Preceded by Richard Sainct	Dakar Rally Motorcycle Winner 2001-2002	Succeeded by Richard Sainct

Persondata
Name	Meoni, Fabrizio
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	December 31, 1957
Place of birth
Date of death	January 11, 2005
Place of death