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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 was the 2006 Production World Rally Champion, a 12-time Middle East Rally Champion, 2014 and 2015 WRC-2 champion, three times winner of FIA cross-country rally Cup (2008,2015 and 2016) and the 2011 and 2015 Dakar Rally winner. He currently competes in the World Rally Championship and Middle East Rally Championship for the Qatar World Rally Team. He is the only Middle Eastern to win the Dakar Rally twice. (2011, 2015).
In shooting, Al-Attiyah won the bronze medal in the men's skeet event at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.
Career
Rallying
Al-Attiyah won the PWRC in 2006, 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.
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. 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. He finished second in the Rally dos Sertões from Goiânia to Natal in Brazil (24 June-3 July 2009) behind Carlos Sainz of Spain.
In the 2010 Dakar Rally, Al-Attiyah finished second, 2'12" behind Carlos Sainz, the smallest gap in the history of the race. On 15 January 2011, Al-Attiyah won the legendary Dakar race ahead of fellow Volkswagen drivers Sainz and Giniel de Villiers, making him the only Arab to ever win the difficult race.
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.
Shooting
In shooting, Al-Attiyah came in fourth place in the 2004 Olympic Games in clay pigeon shooting and 15th overall in the 2008 Olympic Games, missing out on qualification for the final round by 2 points. In the 2012 Olympics Games he won the bronze medal after a shoot-off against Valeriy Shomin.
| Olympic results | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | 1996 | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | 2012 | 2016 |
| Skeet | 15th 120 | 6th 122+23 | 4th 122+25 | 15th 117 | 3rd 121+23+6 | 31st 111 |
Career results
WRC results
| Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | WDC | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 5 | ITA | FIN | GER 13 | AUS | FRA | ESP Ret | GBR WD | 11th | 30 | |||
| 2014 | Nasser Al-Attiyah | Ford Fiesta RRC | MON | SWE | MEX | POR 9 | ITA Ret | POL | FIN | GER 17 | AUS 11 | FRA | ESP 10 | GBR 17 | 22nd | 4 | ||||
| Drive DMACK | ARG 10 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2015 | Nasser Al-Attiyah | Ford Fiesta RRC | MON | SWE | MEX 7 | ARG | POR 11 | ITA 12 | POL Ret | FIN | AUS 10 | FRA | 16th | 7 | ||||||
| Škoda Fabia R5 | GER 17 | ESP 12 | GBR |
PWRC results
| 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
| 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 |
WRC-2 Results
| Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | WRC-2 | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Nasser Al-Attiyah | Ford Fiesta RRC | MON | SWE | MEX | POR 1 | ITA Ret | POL | FIN | GER 5 | AUS 1 | FRA | ESP 1 | GBR 6 | 1st | 118 | |
| Drive DMACK | ARG 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2015 | Nasser Al-Attiyah | Ford Fiesta RRC | MON | SWE | MEX 1 | ARG | POR 1 | ITA 5 | POL Ret | FIN | AUS 1 | FRA | 1st | 112 | |||
| Škoda Fabia R5 | GER 4 | ESP 3 | GBR |
ERC results
| Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Pos. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Qatar World Rally Team | Ford Fiesta RRC | JÄN | LIE | GRE | IRE | AZO | YPR | EST | CZE | CYP Ret | VAL | COR | NC | 0 |
| 2017 | Autotek Motorsport | Ford Fiesta R5 | AZO | CAN | GRE Ret | CYP 1 | POL | ZLI | RMC | LIE | 6th* | 45* |
* Season still in progress.
Dakar Rally results
| Year | Class | Vehicle | Position | Stages won |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Car |  Mitsubishi | 10th | 0 |
| 2005 |  BMW | DNF | 0 | |
| 2006 | DNF | 0 | ||
| 2007 | 6th | 1 | ||
| 2008 | Event cancelled – replaced by Central Europe Rally | |||
| 2009 | Car | BMW | DSQ | 2 |
| 2010 | Volkswagen | 2nd | 4 | |
| 2011 | 1st | 4 | ||
| 2012 |  Hummer | DNF | 2 | |
| 2013 | Demon Jefferies | DNF | 3 | |
| 2014 |  Mini | 3rd | 2 | |
| 2015 | 1st | 5 | ||
| 2016 | 2nd | 2 | ||
| 2017 |  Toyota | DNF | 1 | |
Complete World Touring Car Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Campos Racing | Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1 | ARG 1 | ARG 2 | MAR 1 | MAR 2 | HUN 1 | HUN 2 | GER 1 | GER 2 | RUS 1 | RUS 2 | SVK 1 | SVK 2 | FRA 1 | FRA 2 | POR 1 | POR 2 | JPN 1 | JPN 2 | CHN 1 | CHN 2 | THA 1 | THA 2 | QAT 1 16 | QAT 2 14 | NC | 0 |