1. Nasser Salih Nasser Abdullah Al-Attiyah is a Qatari rally driver and sport shooter.
23 Facts About Nasser Al-Attiyah
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Nasser Al-Attiyah was the 2006 Production World Rally Champion, 2014 and 2015 WRC-2 champion, an 18 time Middle East Rally Champion, a five-time FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Rallies champion, a three-time World Rally-Raid Champion, and a five-time Dakar Rally winner.
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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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Nasser Al-Attiyah 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 Skoda Fabia.
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Nasser Al-Attiyah competed at the Production World Rally Championship from 2004 to 2009.
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Nasser Al-Attiyah won the title in 2006, his third year in the championship alongside co-driver Chris Patterson, driving a Subaru Impreza.
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Nasser Al-Attiyah 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.
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Nasser Al-Attiyah finished runner-up in 2005 and third in 2009.
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Nasser Al-Attiyah scored his first points during the 2009 season, finishing eighth overall in the Rally Argentina.
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In 2010 and 2011, Nasser Al-Attiyah drove in the Super 2000 World Rally Championship for the Barwa Rally Team, classifying seventh overall in both years.
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Nasser Al-Attiyah secured a career-best fourth place at the Rally de Portugal.
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Nasser Al-Attiyah finished fifth overall at three races, and ranked 11th in the final standings.
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Nasser Al-Attiyah debuted at the Dakar Rally in 2004 with Mitsubishi, finishing 10th overall.
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Nasser Al-Attiyah entered the next three editions with an X-Raid BMW, finishing sixth in 2007.
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Nasser Al-Attiyah 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.
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Nasser Al-Attiyah finished second in the Rally dos Sertoes from Goiania to Natal in Brazil behind Carlos Sainz of Spain.
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On 15 January 2011, Nasser 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.
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In 2019 Nasser Al-Attiyah won the Silk Way Rally driving Toyota Hilux for the Toyota Gazoo Racing team.
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Nasser Al-Attiyah finished second place in the 2019 Baja 1000.
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In 2023, Nasser Al-Attiyah won 2023 Dakar Rally, winning the rally for the fifth time in his career, again finishing ahead of Sebastien Loeb.
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Ahead of the 2024 campaign, Nasser Al-Attiyah would leave Toyota to partner Sebastien Loeb at Prodrive.
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Nasser Al-Attiyah signed with Abt Cupra XE to race in the 2022 Extreme E Championship, first alongside 2001 Dakar Rally winner Jutta Kleinschmidt and later with Klara Andersson.
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In shooting, Nasser 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.