Nasser Al-Attiyah

Nasser Salih Nasser Abdullah Al-Attiyah (Arabic: ناصر صالح ناصر عبدالله العطية‎ : nāṣr ṣāliḥ nāṣr ʿabdullāh al-ʿaṭṭīyah; born 21 December 1970 in Doha) is a Qatari rally driver and sport shooter. He was the 2006 Production World Rally Champion, 2014 and 2015 WRC-2 champion, a 13-time Middle East Rally Champion, four times winner of the FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Rallies, and a triple 2011, 2015 and 2019 Dakar Rally winner.[1] His three victories in the Dakar Rally make him the only Middle Easterner and West Asian to win the competition more than once.

Nasser Al-Attiyah

Personal information
Full name	Nasser Saleh Nasser Abdullah Al-Attiyah
Born	21 December 1970 Doha, Qatar
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	82 kg (181 lb)
Website	Official website
Sport
Country	Qatar
Sport	Rallying Rally raid shooting
Achievements and titles
World finals	CCR 2008 CCR 2015 CCR 2016 CCR 2017 Dakar 2011 Dakar 2015 Dakar 2019 P-WRC 2006 WRC2 2014 WRC2 2015
Medal record Men's shooting Representing  Qatar Olympic Games 2012 London Skeet Asian Games 2002 Busan Skeet Team 2010 Guangzhou Skeet Team 2010 Guangzhou Skeet Asian Shooting Championships 2001 Bangkok Skeet 2006 Singapore Skeet 2012 Doha Skeet 1995 Jakarta Skeet 2003 Delhi Skeet

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 has competed in the Middle East Rally Championship since 2003, having claimed 65 race wins and 13 titles. He drove a Subaru Impreza until 2009 and a Ford Fiesta since 2010, except in 2012 when he drove Peugeot 207 in two rounds, and in 2016 when he drove a Škoda Fabia.[2][3]

Al-Attiyah also competed at the Production World Rally Championship from 2004 to 2009. He won the title in 2006,[4] 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 also finished runner-up in 2005 and third in 2009. He scored his first points during the 2009 season, finishing eighth overall in the Rally Argentina.

In 2010 and 2011, Al-Attiyah drove in the Super 2000 World Rally Championship for the Barwa Rally Team, 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.[5] In 2013 he switched to a Ford Fiesta WRC. He finished fifth overall at three races, and ranked 11th in the final standings.

Al-Attiyah stepped back to the WRC-2 in 2014. Driving a Ford Fiesta RRC, he scored four wins and won the championship. In 2015 he defended the championship with three wins.

Cross-country rally

Al-Attiyah debuted at the Dakar Rally in 2004 with Mitsubishi, finishing 10th overall. He entered the next three editions with an X-Raid BMW, finishing sixth in 2007.

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.[6] 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.[7] He finished second in the Rally dos Sertões from Goiânia to Natal in Brazil (24 June-3 July 2009) behind Carlos Sainz of Spain.[8]

In the 2010 Dakar Rally, Al-Attiyah finished second, 2'12" behind Carlos Sainz, the smallest gap in the history of the race.[9] On 15 January 2011, Al-Attiyah won the legendary Dakar race ahead of fellow Volkswagen drivers Sainz and Giniel de Villiers,[10] making him the only Arab to ever win the difficult race.[11]

The driver claimed the 2015 FIA Cross Country Rally World Cup driving a Mini All4 Racing X-Raid with five wins, and the 2016 FIA Cross Country Rally World Cup for Toyota with six wins.

In 2019 Al-Attiah won Silk Way Rally driving Toyota Hilux for the Toyota Gazoo Racing team.

Shooting

Nasser Al-Attiyah (left) posing for a picture with Mutaz Essa Barshim after winning bronze at the 2012 Summer Olympics

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 Olympic Games he won the bronze medal after a shoot-off against Valeriy Shomin.[14][15]

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

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

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

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				8th	45
2018	Autotek Motorsport	Ford Fiesta R5	AZO	CAN	GRE	CYP 4	RMC	ZLI	POL	LIE				23rd	16
2019	Autotek Motorsport	Volkswagen Polo GTI R5	AZO	CAN	LIE	POL	RMC	CZE	CYP 1	HUN				8th	39

Dakar Rally results

Al-Attiyah's Hilux from 2017

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
2018			2nd	4
2019			1st	3
2020			2nd	1
2021			2nd	5

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

References

1. Al-Attiyah clinches first Dakar Rally title
2. "Competitors – Nasser Saleh Al Attiya". Merc-fia.com. 20 December 1970. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
3. "The Peninsula Newspaper". The Peninsula Newspaper.
4. World Rally Championship – Statistics
5. "World Rally Championship – Drivers & Teams – Nasser Al-Attiyah". Wrc.com. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
6. Archived 3 April 2011 at the Wayback Machine
7. "Dakar Rally 2009 – Naser Al-Attiyah Disqualified". Motorward. 9 January 2009. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
8. "Rally dos Sertões 2009". Webventure.com.br. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
9. "Breaking news". Dakar. 16 January 2010. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
10. Al-Attiyah claims first Dakar win
11. "Al-Attiyah wins Dakar Rally". Al Jazeera. 15 January 2011. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
12. Dakar 2010
13. "08.30.04". CNN.
14. "Vincent Hancock wins gold in skeet". ESPN. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
15. Olympic medal for WRC star Al-Attiyah

External links

• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Nasser Al-Attiya". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
• Profile on ewrc-results.com