Nasser Al-Attiyah

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Nasser Salih Al-Attiyah
Nasser saleh al attiyah2.jpg
Al-Attiyah in 2011
Personal information
Full name Nasser Salih Nasser Abdullah Al-Attiya
Born (1970-12-21) December 21, 1970 (age 42)
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 82 kg (180 lb)
Website Official website
Sport
Country  Qatar
Sport Rallying, shooting

Nasser Salih Nasser Abdullah Al-Attiyah (Arabic: ناصر صالح ناصر عبدالله العطية‎; born 21 December 1970 in Doha) is a Qatari rally driver and sport shooter. He won the Production World Rally Championship (PWRC) in 2006 and the Dakar Rally in 2011.[1] He currently competes in the World Rally Championship (WRC) for the Qatar World Rally Team.[2] In shooting, Al-Attiyah won the bronze medal in the men's skeet event at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.

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Career [edit]

Al-Attiyah won the PWRC in 2006,[3] his third year in the championship alongside co-driver Chris Patterson, driving a Subaru Impreza. He gained the championship lead after finishing second in the PWRC class in the Rally Mexico and afterwards won the following two rounds, Rally Argentina and Acropolis Rally. He continued competing in both the PWRC and the Middle East Rally Championship.[4]

After winning the 2008 FIA Cross Country Rally World Cup in a BMW, he took part alongside Swedish female co-driver Tina Thorner in the 2009 Dakar Rally in Argentina.[5][dead link] 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.[6] He finished second in the Rally dos Sertões from Goiânia to Natal in Brazil (24 June-3 July 2009) behind Carlos Sainz of Spain.[7]

In the 2010 Dakar Rally, Al-Attiyah finished second, 2'12" behind Carlos Sainz, the smallest gap in the history of the race.[8] On January 15, 2011, Al-Attiyah won the legendary Dakar race ahead of fellow Volkswagen drivers Sainz and Giniel de Villiers,[9] making him the only Arab to ever win the difficult race.[10]

In the World Rally Championship, Al-Attiyah scored his first points during the 2009 season, finishing eighth in the Rally Argentina. In 2010 and 2011, he drove for the Barwa Rally Team in the Super 2000 World Rally Championship, a WRC support championship for Super 2000 cars, classifying seventh overall in both years. For the 2012 season, Al-Attiyah moved to compete in the top division for the Qatar World Rally Team. He secured a career-best fourth place at the Rally de Portugal.[11]

In shooting, Al-Attiyah came in fourth place in the 2004 Olympic Games in clay pigeon shooting[12] and 15th overall in the 2008 Olympic Games, missing out on qualification for the final round by 2 points.[13] In the 2012 Olympics Games he won the bronze medal after a shoot-off against Valeriy Shomin.[14][15]

Olympic results
Event 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012
Skeet 15th
120		 6th
122+23		 4th
122+25		 15th
117		 3rd
121+23+6

WRC results [edit]

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
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
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
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		 GER JPN FRA ESP GBR
2011 Barwa Rally Team Ford Fiesta S2000 SWE MEX
EX		 POR JOR
Ret		 ITA
11		 ARG GRE
16		 FIN GER
16		 AUS FRA
Ret		 ESP
11		 GBR NC 0
2012 Qatar World Rally Team Citroën DS3 WRC MON SWE
21		 MEX
6		 POR
4		 ARG
9		 GRE
Ret		 NZL FIN GER
8		 GBR
10		 FRA
Ret		 ITA ESP 12th 28
2013 Qatar World Rally Team Ford Fiesta RS WRC MON SWE MEX
5		 POR
5		 ARG GRE ITA FIN GER AUS FRA ESP GBR 10th* 20*

* Season in progress.

PWRC results [edit]

Al-Attiyah drives a Subaru Impreza WRX STI at the 2006 Acropolis Rally
Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 PWRC Points
2004 Nasser Al-Attiyah Subaru Impreza WRX STi SWE
7		 MEX
Ret		 NZL
7		 ARG
3		 GER 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
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

SWRC results [edit]

Al-Attiyah drives a Ford Fiesta S2000 at the 2010 Rally Finland
Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 SWRC Points
2010 Barwa Rally Team Škoda Fabia S2000 SWE MEX
Ret		 JOR
4		 NZL
5		 7th 34
Ford Fiesta S2000 POR
7		 FIN
7		 GER JPN FRA GBR
2011 Barwa Rally Team Ford Fiesta S2000 MEX
EX		 JOR
Ret		 ITA
4		 GRE
6		 FIN GER
2		 FRA
Ret		 ESP
2		 7th 56

IRC results [edit]

Dakar Rally results [edit]

Year Class Vehicle Position Stages won
2004 Car Mitsubishi 10 0
2005 BMW DNF 0
2006 DNF 0
2007 6 1
2008 Event cancelled – replaced by Central Europe Rally
2009 Car BMW DSQ 2
2010 Volkswagen 2 4
2011 1 4
2012 Hummer DNF 2
2013 Demon Jefferies DNF 3

References [edit]

  1. ^ Al-Attiyah clinches first Dakar Rally title
  2. ^ "WRC: Thierry Neuville og Nasser Al-Attiyah i Citroen | Racemag". Racemag.dk. Retrieved 2012-12-15. 
  3. ^ World Rally Championship – Statistics
  4. ^ "Competitors – Nasser Saleh Al Attiya". Merc-fia.com. 1970-12-20. Retrieved 2012-12-15. 
  5. ^ [1]
  6. ^ "Dakar Rally 2009 – Naser Al-Attiyah Disqualified". Motorward. 2009-01-09. Retrieved 2012-12-15. 
  7. ^ "Rally dos Sertões 2009". Webventure.com.br. Retrieved 2012-12-15. 
  8. ^ "Breaking news". Dakar. 2010-01-16. Retrieved 2012-12-15. 
  9. ^ Al-Attiyah claims first Dakar win
  10. ^ "Al-Attiyah wins Dakar Rally". Al Jazeera. 15 January 2011. Retrieved 15 January 2013. 
  11. ^ "World Rally Championship – Drivers & Teams – Nasser Al-Attiyah". Wrc.com. Retrieved 2012-12-15. 
  12. ^ Dakar 2010
  13. ^ "08.30.04". CNN. 
  14. ^ "Vincent Hancock wins gold in skeet". ESPN. Retrieved 2012-07-31. 
  15. ^ Olympic medal for WRC star Al-Attiyah

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