List of Dakar Rally competitors

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
Abu-Issa, MohammedMohammed Abu-Issa	Qatar	2014
Adua, JosephJoseph Adua	France	2004
Al-Attiyah, NasserNasser Al-Attiyah	Qatar	2004	Cars - 2011, 2015
Al-Rajhi, YazeedYazeed Al-Rajhi	Saudi Arabia	2015
Alliot, PhilippePhilippe Alliot	France	1988
Alphand, LucLuc Alphand	France	1998	Cars - 2006
Ambrosino, AlainAlain Ambrosino	France	1983
Anquetil, JacquesJacques Anquetil	France	1986
Ardavichus, ArturArtur Ardavichus	Kazakhstan	2011
Ataouat, ZohraZohra Ataouat	Algeria	1980	Trucks - 1980
Atzert, Jean KarlJean Karl Atzert	France	2013
Auriol, HubertHubert Auriol	France	1979	Bikes - 1981, 1983 Cars - 1992
Baragwanath, BrianBrian Baragwanath	South Africa	2015
Barreda, JoanJoan Barreda	Spain	2011
Baumel, MatthieuMatthieu Baumel	France	2005	Cars (co-driver) - 2015
Beaupre, PiotrPiotr Beaupre	Poland	2012
Beckers, ChristineChristine Beckers	Belgium	1979
Béguin, BernardBernard Béguin	France	1985
Berezovskiy, DenisDenis Berezovskiy	Kazakhstan	2011
Biasion, MikiMiki Biasion	Italy	1999
Boero, Jorge AndrésJorge Andrés Boero	Argentina	2011
Bonetto, LucasLucas Bonetto	Argentina	2012
Boorman, CharleyCharley Boorman	Great Britain	2006
Bosman, WesselWessel Bosman	South Africa	2015
Bouwknegt, Jan RoelfJan Roelf Bouwknegt	New Zealand	2015
Brasseur, ClaudeClaude Brasseur	France	1981	Cars (co-driver) - 1983
Briavoine, Jean-ClaudeJean-Claude Briavoine	France	1980
Caffi, AlexAlex Caffi	Monaco	2012
Caldecott, AndyAndy Caldecott	Australia	2004
Casale, IgnacioIgnacio Casale	Chile	2010	Quads - 2014
Caselli, KurtKurt Caselli	United States	2013
Casteu, DavidDavid Casteu	France	2003
Campbell, MattMatt Campbell	Canada	2014
Capito, JostJost Capito	Germany	1983	Trucks (co-driver) - 1985
Capito, Karl-FriedrichKarl-Friedrich Capito	Germany	1981	Trucks - 1985
Cenkov, PetarPetar Cenkov	Bulgaria	2011
Chabot, RonanRonan Chabot	France	2003
Chagin, VladimirVladimir Chagin	Russia	1990	Trucks - 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2011
Chicherit, GuerlainGuerlain Chicherit	France	2005
Cody, QuinnQuinn Cody	United States	2011
Coma, MarcMarc Coma	Spain	2002	Bikes - 2006, 2009, 2011, 2014, 2015
Comte, GillesGilles Comte	France	1979
Coronel, TimTim Coronel	Netherlands	2007
Coronel, TomTom Coronel	Netherlands	2007
Cotel, HervéHervé Cotel	France	1980
Cottret, Jean-PaulJean-Paul Cottret	France	1999	Cars (co-driver) - 2004, 2005, 2007, 2012, 2013
Cowan, AndrewAndrew Cowan	Great Britain	1983
Czachor, JacekJacek Czachor	Poland	2000
Dabrowski, MarekMarek Dabrowski	Poland	2000
Dalkin, PeterPeter Dalkin	Great Britain	1980
Declerck, ChristopheChristophe Declerck	France	2009
Despres, CyrilCyril Despres	France	2000	Bikes - 2005, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2013
de Gavardo, CarloCarlo de Gavardo	Chile	1996
de Rooy, GérardGérard de Rooy	Netherlands	2002	Trucks - 2012
de Rooy, JanJan de Rooy	Netherlands	1982	Trucks - 1987
de Villiers, GinielGiniel de Villiers	South Africa	2003	Cars - 2009
Duclos, AlainAlain Duclos	France	2000
Dumas, RomainRomain Dumas	France	2015
Elford, VicVic Elford	Great Britain	1982
Errandonea, BenatBenat Errandonea	Andorra	2003
Faria, RubenRuben Faria	Portugal	2006
Flores, IgnacioIgnacio Flores	Peru	2012
Foj, XavierXavier Foj	Spain	1991
Fontenay, Jean-PierreJean-Pierre Fontenay	France	1989	Cars - 1998
Fiuza, PauloPaulo Fiuza	Portugal	2007
Gache, PhilippePhilippe Gache	France	2003
Gallegos, VictorVictor Gallegos	Chile	2014
Génestier, AlainAlain Génestier	France	1979	Cars - 1979
Gimbre, RaphaelRaphael Gimbre	France	1985
Ginesta, JordiJordi Ginesta	Andorra	1987
González, JeremiasJeremias González	Argentina	2014
Gordon, RobbyRobby Gordon	United States	2005
Gottschalk, TimoTimo Gottschalk	Germany	2007	Cars (co-driver) - 2011
Groine, GeorgesGeorges Groine	France	1981	Trucks - 1982, 1983
Grimaldi, AlbertAlbert Grimaldi	Monaco	1985
Guayasamin, SebastiánSebastián Guayasamin	Ecuador	2014
Guilloli, RodolfoRodolfo Guilloli	Guatemala	2015
Gyenes, EmanuelEmanuel Gyenes	Romania	2007
Hanggoro, KasihKasih Hanggoro	Indonesia	2010
Hernik, MichałMichał Hernik	Poland	2015
Hidalgo, MichelMichel Hidalgo	France	1991
Hołowczyc, KrzysztofKrzysztof Hołowczyc	Poland	2005
Houssat, JacquesJacques Houssat	France	1985	Trucks - 1991
Hristov, TodorTodor Hristov	Bulgaria	2011
Husseini, SebastianSebastian Husseini	Netherlands	2013
Huzink, GertGert Huzink	Netherlands	2012
Ickx, JackyJacky Ickx	Belgium	1981	Cars - 1983
Jacobsen, ClaytonClayton Jacobsen	Australia	2014
Jakeš, IvanIvan Jakeš	Slovakia	2007
Jaussaud, Jean-PierreJean-Pierre Jaussaud	France	1982
Jerie, PeterPeter Jerie	Australia	2005
Kabirov, FirdausFirdaus Kabirov	Russia	2000	Trucks - 2005, 2009
Kankkunen, JuhaJuha Kankkunen	Finland	1988	Cars - 1988
Karginov, AndreyAndrey Karginov	Russia	2010	Trucks - 2014
Kleinschmidt, JuttaJutta Kleinschmidt	Germany	1988	Cars - 2001
Klymciw, OndrejOndrej Klymciw	Czech Republic	2015
Knuiman, HenkHenk Knuiman	Netherlands	1999
Kopa, RaymondRaymond Kopa	France	1985
Koppenhague, CorrineCorrine Koppenhague	France	1979
Kottulinsky, FreddyFreddy Kottulinsky	Sweden	1980	Cars - 1980
Lafuente, SergioSergio Lafuente	Uruguay	2011
Lammers, JanJan Lammers	Netherlands	2010
Lartigue, PierrePierre Lartigue	France	1982	Cars - 1994, 1995, 1996
Lenorman, GérardGérard Lenorman	France	1990
Liparoti, CaméliaCamélia Liparoti	Italy	2009
Llovera, AlbertAlbert Llovera	Andorra	2007
Loprais, AlešAleš Loprais	Czech Republic	2006
Loprais, KarelKarel Loprais	Czech Republic	1986	Trucks - 1988, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2001
Macháček, JosefJosef Macháček	Czech Republic	1999	Quads - 2009
Magnaldi, ThierryThierry Magnaldi	France	1990
Magne, HenriHenri Magne	France	1982	Cars (co-driver) - 1997, 2000
Małysz, AdamAdam Małysz	Poland	2012
Mardeev, AyratAyrat Mardeev	Russia	2009	Trucks - 2015
Marreau, BernardBernard Marreau	France	1979	Cars (co-driver) - 1982
Marreau, ClaudeClaude Marreau	France	1979	Cars - 1982
Masuoka, HiroshiHiroshi Masuoka	Japan	1987	Cars - 2002, 2003
McRae, AlisterAlister McRae	Great Britain	2009
McRae, ColinColin McRae	Great Britain	2004
Mead, SueSue Mead	United States	2000
Meoni, FabrizioFabrizio Meoni	Italy	1992	Bikes - 2001, 2002
Merel, MichelMichel Merel	France	1980
Metge, RenéRené Metge	France	1979	Cars - 1981, 1984, 1986
Miller, MarkMark Miller	United States	2002
Moskal, JiříJiří Moskal	Czech Republic	1986	Trucks - 1986, 1987, 1988
Munk, JesJes Munk	Denmark	2011
Neveu, CyrilCyril Neveu	France	1979	Bikes - 1979, 1980, 1982, 1986, 1987
Nikolaev, EduardEduard Nikolaev	Russia	2007	Trucks - 2013
Nosiglia, WalterWalter Nosiglia	Bolivia	2014
Orioli, EdiEdi Orioli	Italy	1986	Bikes - 1988, 1990, 1994, 1996
Padou, AlainAlain Padou	Belgium	1979
Pain, OlivierOlivier Pain	France	2006
Palante, EricEric Palante	Belgium	2003
Patronelli, AlejandroAlejandro Patronelli	Argentina	2010	Quads - 2011, 2012
Patronelli, MarcosMarcos Patronelli	Argentina	2009	Quads - 2010, 2013
Pavey, LlewelynLlewelyn Pavey	Australia	2015
Pavey, SimonSimon Pavey	Australia	1998
Périn, MichelMichel Périn	France	1993	Cars (co-driver) - 1994, 1995, 1996, 2014
Pescarolo, HenriHenri Pescarolo	France	1980
Peterhansel, StéphaneStéphane Peterhansel	France	1988	Bikes - 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1998 Cars - 2004, 2005, 2007, 2012, 2013
Peyron, LoïckLoïck Peyron	France	1988
Poulter, LeeroyLeeroy Poulter	South Africa	2014
Price, TobyToby Price	Australia	2015
Przygonski, JakubJakub Przygonski	Poland	2009
Quintanilla, PabloPablo Quintanilla	Chile	2013
Ragnotti, JeanJean Ragnotti	France	1980
Rahier, GastonGaston Rahier	Belgium	1983	Bikes - 1984, 1985
Ratet, Jean-JacquesJean-Jacques Ratet	France	1979
Rayer, ChristianChristian Rayer	France	1979
Rénier, YvesYves Rénier	Switzerland	1980
Reif, PeterPeter Reif	Austria	1991	Trucks - 1997
Reina, AliciaAlicia Reina	Argentina	2014
Rigal, HubertHubert Rigal	Monaco	1979
Rodrigues, HélderHélder Rodrigues	Portugal	2006
Roma, NaniNani Roma	Spain	1996	Bikes - 2004 Cars - 2014
Saaijman, WillemWillem Saaijman	South Africa	2015
Saby, BrunoBruno Saby	France	1992	Cars - 1993
Sainct, RichardRichard Sainct	France	1991	Bikes - 1999, 2000, 2003
Sainz, CarlosCarlos Sainz	Spain	2006	Cars - 2010
Salazar, EliseoEliseo Salazar	Chile	2009
Salvatierra, Juan CarlosJuan Carlos Salvatierra	Bolivia	2011
Sanabria, NelsonNelson Sanabria	Paraguay	2014
Sanz, LaiaLaia Sanz	Spain	2011
Schlesser, Jean-LouisJean-Louis Schlesser	France	1984	Cars - 1999, 2000
Seel, AnnieAnnie Seel	Sweden	2002
Shinozuka, KenjiroKenjiro Shinozuka	Japan	1986	Cars - 1997
Smith, PaulPaul Smith	Australia	2013
Sonik, RafałRafał Sonik	Poland	2009	Quads - 2015
Sotnikov, DmitryDmitry Sotnikov	Russia	2014
Sousa, CarlosCarlos Sousa	Portugal	1995
Spataro, EmilianoEmiliano Spataro	Argentina	2011
Spinelli, GuilhermeGuilherme Spinelli	Brazil	2009
Stacey, HansHans Stacey	Netherlands	2004	Trucks - 2007
Stearns, ChuckChuck Stearns	United States	1985	Bikes - 1985
Street, JonahJonah Street	United States	2006
Sugawara, TeruhitoTeruhito Sugawara	Japan	1999
Sugawara, YoshimasaYoshimasa Sugawara	Japan	1983
Sunderland, SamSam Sunderland	Great Britain	2012
Symons, ElmerElmer Symons	South Africa	2005
Szaller, ZoltánZoltán Szaller	Hungary	2009
Telliez, SylvianeSylviane Telliez	France	1980
Terranova, OrlandoOrlando Terranova	Argentina	2005
Thatcher, MarkMark Thatcher	Great Britain	1982
Trintignant, MauriceMaurice Trintignant	France	1982
Trossat, AndréAndré Trossat	France	1980
Ullevålseter, Pål AndersPål Anders Ullevålseter	Norway	2002
van den Goorbergh, JurgenJurgen van den Goorbergh	Netherlands	2009
van Merksteijn, Sr., PeterPeter van Merksteijn, Sr.	Netherlands	2009
Vasilevski, AleksandrAleksandr Vasilevski	Belarus	2012
Vasilyev, VladimirVladimir Vasilyev	Russia	2013
Vassard, PhilippePhilippe Vassard	France	1979
Vatanen, AriAri Vatanen	Finland	1987	Cars - 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991
Viladoms, JordiJordi Viladoms	Spain	2006
Villagra, FedericoFederico Villagra	Argentina	2014
Villette, AdrienAdrien Villette	France	1981	Trucks - 1981
Vismara, GiacomoGiacomo Vismara	Italy	1984	Trucks - 1986
von Zitzewitz, DirkDirk von Zitzewitz	Germany	1997	Cars (co-driver) - 2009
Walkner, MatthiasMatthias Walkner	Austria	2015
Warmbold, AchimAchim Warmbold	Germany	1985
Wauters, KoenKoen Wauters	Belgium	1999
Zaniroli, PatrickPatrick Zaniroli	France	1980	Cars - 1985

Gallery

• 
  Vladimir Chagin, six times winner in the trucks category
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  Stéphane Peterhansel, an eleven times winner in trucks and car
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  Carlos Sainz won the Dakar Rally in 2010
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  Belgian television presenter Koen Wauters competes in the rally frequently
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  French footballer Michel Hidalgo took part in Paris-Dakar in 1991
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  French footballer Raymond Kopa took part in Paris-Dakar in 1985
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  French driver Patrick Zaniroli during the 1988 Paris-Dakar

References