Matthias Walkner
Austrian motorcycle racer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Austrian motorcycle racer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Matthias Walkner (born 1 September 1986) is an Austrian rally raid biker and former motocross rider, official driver of the team Red Bull KTM Factory for the Dakar Rally.[1]
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Born | Kuchl, Austria | 1 September 1986||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Motorsport | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Rally raid | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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He won the 2012 FIM Motocross World Championship (MX3 class) and 2015 FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championship. As single race of the world championship (cross-country), he has won 2015 Sardegna Rally Race and 2017 Rallye OiLibya du Maroc.[2]
Year | Bike | Rank | Stages |
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2015 | KTM 450 Rally | DNF | 1 |
2016 | KTM 450 Rally | DNF | 0 |
2017 | KTM 450 Rally | 2nd | 1 |
2018 | KTM 450 Rally | 1st | 1 |
2019 | KTM 450 Rally | 2nd | 2 |
2020 | KTM 450 Rally | 5th | 0 |
2021 | KTM 450 Rally | 9th | 0 |
2022 | KTM 450 Rally | 3rd | 0 |