Nasser Al-Attiyah in 2011. |
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| Born | December 21, 1970 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Qatar | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Rallying, Shooting | ||||||||||||||||||
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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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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 | ||||
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| Event | 1996 | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 |
| Skeet | 15th 120 |
6th 122+23 |
4th 122+25 |
15th 117 |
| Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | WDC | Points |
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| 2004 | Nasser Al-Attiyah | Subaru Impreza WRX STi | MON | SWE 32 |
MEX Ret |
NZL 20 |
CYP | GRE | TUR | ARG 14 |
FIN | GER | JPN | GBR | ITA | FRA 22 |
ESP | AUS 13 |
NC | 0 |
| 2005 | Nasser Al-Attiyah | Subaru Impreza WRX STi | MON | SWE | MEX | NZL 16 |
ITA | CYP 18 |
TUR 16 |
GRE | ARG 17 |
FIN | GER | GBR 21 |
JPN | FRA | ESP | AUS 13 |
NC | 0 |
| 2006 | QMMF | Subaru Impreza WRX Spec C | MON 30 |
SWE | MEX 10 |
ESP | FRA | ARG 15 |
ITA | GRE 17 |
GER | FIN | JPN | CYP 19 |
TUR | AUS | NZL 26 |
GBR | NC | 0 |
| 2007 | QMMF | Subaru Impreza WRX Spec C | MON | SWE 27 |
NOR | MEX Ret |
POR | ARG Ret |
ITA | GRE 19 |
FIN | GER | NZL | ESP | FRA | JPN | IRE 17 |
GBR | NC | 0 |
| 2008 | QMMF | Subaru Impreza WRX STi | MON | SWE 40 |
MEX | ARG Ret |
JOR | ITA | GRE Ret |
NC | 0 | |||||||||
| Subaru Impreza STi N14 | TUR 23 |
FIN | GER | NZL | ESP | FRA | JPN | GBR Ret |
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| 2009 | Autotek | Subaru Impreza STi N14 | IRE | NOR | CYP 11 |
18th | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Barwa Rally Team | POR 16 |
ARG 8 |
ITA 9 |
GRE DSQ |
POL | FIN | AUS | ESP | GBR Ret |
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| 2010 | Barwa Rally Team | Škoda Fabia S2000 | SWE | MEX Ret |
JOR 18 |
TUR | NZL 13 |
NC | 0 | |||||||||||
| Ford Fiesta S2000 | POR 25 |
BUL | FIN 29 |
DEU | JPN | FRA | ESP | GBR | ||||||||||||
| 2011 | Barwa Rally Team | Ford Fiesta S2000 | SWE | MEX DSQ |
POR | JOR Ret |
ITA 11 |
ARG | GRE 16 |
FIN | DEU 16 |
AUS | FRA Ret |
ESP 11 |
GBR | NC | 0 |
| Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | PWRC | Points |
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| 2004 | Nasser Al-Attiyah | Subaru Impreza WRX STi | SWE 7 |
MEX Ret |
NZL 7 |
ARG 3 |
DEU | FRA 7 |
AUS 5 |
7th | 17 | |
| 2005 | Nasser Al-Attiyah | Subaru Impreza WRX STi | SWE | NZL 4 |
CYP 5 |
TUR 3 |
ARG 1 |
GBR 3 |
JPN | AUS 5 |
2nd | 35 |
| 2006 | QMMF | Subaru Impreza WRX Spec C | MON 3 |
MEX 2 |
ARG 1 |
GRE 1 |
JPN | CYP 5 |
AUS | NZL 7 |
1st | 40 |
| 2007 | QMMF | Subaru Impreza WRX Spec C | SWE 7 |
MEX Ret |
ARG Ret |
GRE 5 |
NZL | JPN | IRE 3 |
GBR | 9th | 12 |
| 2008 | QMMF | Subaru Impreza WRX STi | SWE 17 |
ARG Ret |
GRE Ret |
NC | 0 | |||||
| Subaru Impreza STi N14 | TUR 10 |
FIN | NZL | JPN | GBR Ret |
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| 2009 | Autotek | Subaru Impreza STi N14 | NOR | CYP 3 |
3rd | 31 | ||||||
| Barwa Rally Team | POR 4 |
ARG 1 |
ITA 1 |
GRE DSQ |
AUS | GBR Ret |
| Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | SWRC | Points |
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| 2010 | Barwa Rally Team | Škoda Fabia S2000 | SWE | MEX Ret |
JOR 4 |
NZL 5 |
7th | 34 | ||||||
| Ford Fiesta S2000 | POR 7 |
FIN 7 |
DEU | JPN | FRA | GBR | ||||||||
| 2011 | Barwa Rally Team | Ford Fiesta S2000 | MEX DSQ |
JOR Ret |
ITA 4 |
GRE 6 |
FIN | DEU 2 |
FRA Ret |
ESP 2 |
7th | 56 |
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| Sporting positions | ||
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| Preceded by Carlos Sainz |
Dakar Rally Cars Winner 2011 |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
| Olympic Games | ||
| Preceded by Khaled Habash M. Al Suwaidi |
Flagbearer for Qatar Beijing 2008 |
Succeeded by TBD |