Giovanni Sala

Giovanni Sala (born 23 November 1963) is an Italian enduro rider and a six-time World Enduro Champion (including the overall world championship title in 1998). He is also a four-time winner of the International Six Days Enduro (ISDE) World Trophy with Team Italy (in 1992, 1994, 1997 and 2000), and was the fastest overall in the competition in 1992, 1996 and 1997.

Sala competed his whole world championship career with KTM. He won his first title in the 500 cc class in 1993, and went on to take the 250 cc two-stroke titles in 1994, 1995 and 1998. In 1999, he won his final WEC title in the 400 cc world championship. Sala retired from the World Enduro Championship after the 2004 season, but has continued competing in the Italian Enduro Championship, where he has won several titles, and in the motorcycle class of the Dakar Rally. At the 2006 Dakar, Sala finished third.[1] In 2011, Sala was named an FIM Legend for his motorcycling achievements.[2]

Career summary
Season Series Class Team Wins Final placing
1991 World Enduro Championship 250 cc KTM 2 3rd
1992 World Enduro Championship 500 cc KTM 7 2nd
1993 World Enduro Championship 500 cc KTM 9 1st
1994 World Enduro Championship 250 cc KTM 7 1st
1995 World Enduro Championship 250 cc KTM 7 1st
1996 World Enduro Championship 250 cc KTM 4 2nd
1997 World Enduro Championship 250 cc KTM 3 2nd
1998 World Enduro Championship 250 cc KTM 5 1st
1999 World Enduro Championship 400 cc KTM 6 1st
2000 World Enduro Championship 250 cc KTM 0 4th
2001 World Enduro Championship 250 cc KTM 0 5th
2002 World Enduro Championship 500 cc KTM 0 4th
2003 World Enduro Championship 250 cc KTM 2 2nd
2004 World Enduro Championship E2 KTM 0 8th

ISDE
Season Location Class Team Final placing
1991 Považská Bystrica, Czechoslovakia World Trophy Italy 14th
1992 Cessnock, Australia World Trophy Italy 1st
1993 Assen, Netherlands World Trophy Italy 14th
1994 Tulsa, United States World Trophy Italy 1st
1996 Hämeenlinna, Finland World Trophy Italy 2nd
1997 Brescia, Italy World Trophy Italy 1st
1998 Traralgon, Australia World Trophy Italy 4th
1999 Coimbra, Portugal World Trophy Italy 2nd
2000 Granada, Spain World Trophy Italy 1st
2001 Brive-la-Gaillarde, France World Trophy Italy 2nd
2003 Fortaleza, Brazil World Trophy Italy 2nd
2004 Kielce, Poland World Trophy Italy 2nd

References
  1. "Q&A: Giovanni Sala". Crash.net. Archived from the original on 2007-05-04. Retrieved 2008-10-22.
  2. "FIM Legends". fim-live.com. Retrieved April 20, 2020.


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