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Biography
Antanas Juknevicius (born 13 June 1974) is a Lithuanian professional rally driver. He is one of the most experienced as well as successful professional "cross-country" rally drivers in Lithuania.
Career
In 2009, Antanas Juknevicius and Aurelijus Petraitis crossed the finish line of the Dakar Rally in the 25th overall position. In 2018 Juknevicius improved his personal record by finishing the Dakar Rally in 12th position, after gaining four places on the penultimate stage of a rally. Overall, Antanas Juknevicius has participated in the Dakar Rally 9 times, as a driver as well as co-driver. In 2008, he was also at the start line but the rally was cancelled.
Juknevicius also managed international teams five times over his career as Astana's team manager.
In 2019, Antanas Juknevicius was officially granted status of Dakar Rally legend.
Dakar Rally
Juknevičius competed in several Dakar Rallies in the early twenty-first century.
| Year | Class | Vehicle | Position | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Cars |  Toyota | 52nd | |
| 2008 | The event was cancelled | |||
| 2009 | Cars |  Oscar | 25th | |
| 2014 | Toyota | 56th | ||
| 2015 | 60th | |||
| 2016 | 27th | |||
| 2017 | 21st | |||
| 2018 | 12th | |||
Career achievements
- Rally Kazakhstan 2017 – 6th place overall
- Rally Kazakhstan 2016 – 3rd place overall, 1st in T2 category
- Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge 2011 – 6th place overall
- Dakar series / Silk Way Rally 2009 – 10th place overall
- Libya Desert Challenge 2008 - 1st place overall
- BAJA (LT) 2007 - 1st place overall
- BAJA (LV) 2007 - 2nd place overall
- BAJA (BY) 2006 - 1st place overall
- Optic Tunis 2006 - 8th place overall
- PHARAONS Rally Egypt 2006 - 7th place overall
- 24 Heures de FRANCE 2006 - 4th place overall
- Oman Desert Challenge 2006 - 2nd place overall
- UAE Dubai Rally 2005 - 9th place overall