# List of Dakar Rally competitors

This is a list of notable motorsports athletes that have competed in the Dakar Rally. This list includes drivers, riders, co-drivers, and mechanics.

## Drivers

| Name | Country | Dakar Début | Titles |
| Luciano Benavides | Argentina | 2018 | |
| Mohammed Abu-Issa | Qatar | 2014 | |
| Joseph Adua | France | 2004 | |
| Nasser Al-Attiyah | Qatar | 2004 | Cars - 2011, 2015 |
| Nunzio Coffaro | Venezuela | 2012 | Cars T1.2 - 2012 |
| Yazeed Al-Rajhi | Saudi Arabia | 2015 | |
| Philippe Alliot | France | 1988 | |
| Luc Alphand | France | 1998 | Cars - 2006 |
| Alain Ambrosino | France | 1983 | |
| Jacques Anquetil | France | 1986 | |
| Artur Ardavichus | Kazakhstan | 2011 | |
| Zohra Ataouat | Algeria | 1980 | Trucks - 1980 |
| Jean Karl Atzert | France | 2013 | |
| Hubert Auriol | France | 1979 | Bikes - 1981, 1983 Cars - 1992 |
| Brian Baragwanath | South Africa | 2015 | |
| Joan Barreda | Spain | 2011 | |
| Matthieu Baumel | France | 2005 | Cars (co-driver) - 2015 |
| Piotr Beaupre | Poland | 2012 | |
| Christine Beckers | Belgium | 1979 | |
| Bernard Béguin | France | 1985 | |
| Denis Berezovskiy | Kazakhstan | 2011 | |
| Miki Biasion | Italy | 1999 | |
| Jorge Andrés Boero | Argentina | 2011 | |
| Lucas Bonetto | Argentina | 2012 | |
| Charley Boorman | Great Britain | 2006 | |
| Wessel Bosman | South Africa | 2015 | |
| Jan Roelf Bouwknegt | New Zealand | 2015 | |
| Claude Brasseur | France | 1981 | Cars (co-driver) - 1983 |
| Jean-Claude Briavoine | France | 1980 | |
| Alex Caffi | Monaco | 2012 | |
| Andy Caldecott | Australia | 2004 | |
| Ignacio Casale | Chile | 2010 | Quads - 2014 |
| Kurt Caselli | United States | 2013 | |
| David Casteu | France | 2003 | |
| Matt Campbell | Canada | 2014 | |
| Jost Capito | Germany | 1983 | Trucks (co-driver) - 1985 |
| Karl-Friedrich Capito | Germany | 1981 | Trucks - 1985 |
| Petar Cenkov | Bulgaria | 2011 | |
| Ronan Chabot | France | 2003 | |
| Vladimir Chagin | Russia | 1990 | Trucks - 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2011 |
| Guerlain Chicherit | France | 2005 | |
| Quinn Cody | United States | 2011 | |
| Marc Coma | Spain | 2002 | Bikes - 2006, 2009, 2011, 2014, 2015 |
| Gilles Comte | France | 1979 | |
| Tim Coronel | Netherlands | 2007 | |
| Tom Coronel | Netherlands | 2007 | |
| Hervé Cotel | France | 1980 | |
| Jean-Paul Cottret | France | 1999 | Cars (co-driver) - 2004, 2005, 2007, 2012, 2013 |
| Andrew Cowan | Great Britain | 1983 | |
| Jacek Czachor | Poland | 2000 | |
| Marek Dabrowski | Poland | 2000 | |
| Peter Dalkin | Great Britain | 1980 | |
| Christophe Declerck | France | 2009 | |
| Cyril Despres | France | 2000 | Bikes - 2005, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2013 |
| Carlo de Gavardo | Chile | 1996 | |
| Gérard de Rooy | Netherlands | 2002 | Trucks - 2012, 2016 |
| Jan de Rooy | Netherlands | 1982 | Trucks - 1987 |
| Giniel de Villiers | South Africa | 2003 | Cars - 2009 |
| Roberto di Persio | Italy | 1991 | |
| Alain Duclos | France | 2000 | |
| Romain Dumas | France | 2015 | |
| Vic Elford | Great Britain | 1982 | |
| Benat Errandonea | Andorra | 2003 | |
| Ruben Faria | Portugal | 2006 | |
| Ignacio Flores | Peru | 2012 | |
| Xavier Foj | Spain | 1991 | |
| Jean-Pierre Fontenay | France | 1989 | Cars - 1998 |
| Paulo Fiuza | Portugal | 2007 | |
| Philippe Gache | France | 2003 | |
| Victor Gallegos | Chile | 2014 | |
| Alain Génestier | France | 1979 | Cars - 1979 |
| Raphael Gimbre | France | 1985 | |
| Jordi Ginesta | Andorra | 1987 | |
| Jeremias González | Argentina | 2014 | |
| Robby Gordon | United States | 2005 | |
| Timo Gottschalk | Germany | 2007 | Cars (co-driver) - 2011 |
| Georges Groine | France | 1981 | Trucks - 1982, 1983 |
| Albert Grimaldi | Monaco | 1985 | |
| Sebastián Guayasamin | Ecuador | 2014 | |
| Rodolfo Guilloli | Guatemala | 2015 | |
| Emanuel Gyenes | Romania | 2007 | |
| Kasih Hanggoro | Indonesia | 2010 | |
| Michał Hernik | Poland | 2015 | |
| Michel Hidalgo | France | 1991 | |
| Krzysztof Hołowczyc | Poland | 2005 | |
| Jacques Houssat | France | 1985 | Trucks - 1991 |
| Todor Hristov | Bulgaria | 2011 | |
| Sebastian Husseini | Netherlands | 2013 | |
| Gert Huzink | Netherlands | 2012 | |
| Jacky Ickx | Belgium | 1981 | Cars - 1983 |
| Clayton Jacobsen | Australia | 2014 | |
| Ivan Jakeš | Slovakia | 2007 | |
| Jean-Pierre Jaussaud | France | 1982 | |
| Peter Jerie | Australia | 2005 | |
| Firdaus Kabirov | Russia | 2000 | Trucks - 2005, 2009 |
| Juha Kankkunen | Finland | 1988 | Cars - 1988 |
| Andrey Karginov | Russia | 2010 | Trucks - 2014 |
| Jutta Kleinschmidt | Germany | 1988 | Cars - 2001 |
| Ondrej Klymciw | Czech Republic | 2015 | |
| Henk Knuiman | Netherlands | 1999 | |
| Raymond Kopa | France | 1985 | |
| Corrine Koppenhague | France | 1979 | |
| Freddy Kottulinsky | Sweden | 1980 | Cars - 1980 |
| Sergio Lafuente | Uruguay | 2011 | |
| Jan Lammers | Netherlands | 2010 | |
| Pierre Lartigue | France | 1982 | Cars - 1994, 1995, 1996 |
| Gérard Lenorman | France | 1990 | |
| Camélia Liparoti | Italy | 2009 | |
| Albert Llovera | Andorra | 2007 | |
| Aleš Loprais | Czech Republic | 2006 | |
| Karel Loprais | Czech Republic | 1986 | Trucks - 1988, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2001 |
| Gianni Lora Lamia | Italy | 1990 | |
| Josef Macháček | Czech Republic | 1999 | Quads - 2009 |
| Thierry Magnaldi | France | 1990 | |
| Henri Magne | France | 1982 | Cars (co-driver) - 1997, 2000 |
| Adam Małysz | Poland | 2012 | |
| Ayrat Mardeev | Russia | 2009 | Trucks - 2015 |
| Bernard Marreau | France | 1979 | Cars (co-driver) - 1982 |
| Claude Marreau | France | 1979 | Cars - 1982 |
| Hiroshi Masuoka | Japan | 1987 | Cars - 2002, 2003 |
| Alister McRae | Great Britain | 2009 | |
| Colin McRae | Great Britain | 2004 | |
| Sue Mead | United States | 2000 | |
| Fabrizio Meoni | Italy | 1992 | Bikes - 2001, 2002 |
| Michel Merel | France | 1980 | |
| René Metge | France | 1979 | Cars - 1981, 1984, 1986 |
| Mark Miller | United States | 2002 | |
| Jiří Moskal | Czech Republic | 1986 | Trucks - 1986, 1987, 1988 |
| Jes Munk | Denmark | 2011 | |
| Cyril Neveu | France | 1979 | Bikes - 1979, 1980, 1982, 1986, 1987 |
| Eduard Nikolaev | Russia | 2007 | Trucks - 2013 |
| Walter Nosiglia | Bolivia | 2014 | |
| Edi Orioli | Italy | 1986 | Bikes - 1988, 1990, 1994, 1996 |
| Alain Padou | Belgium | 1979 | |
| Olivier Pain | France | 2006 | |
| Eric Palante | Belgium | 2003 | |
| Alejandro Patronelli | Argentina | 2010 | Quads - 2011, 2012 |
| Marcos Patronelli | Argentina | 2009 | Quads - 2010, 2013 |
| Llewelyn Pavey | Australia | 2015 | |
| Simon Pavey | Australia | 1998 | |
| Michel Périn | France | 1993 | Cars (co-driver) - 1994, 1995, 1996, 2014 |
| Henri Pescarolo | France | 1980 | |
| Stéphane Peterhansel | France | 1988 | Bikes - 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1998 Cars - 2004, 2005, 2007, 2012, 2013 |
| Loïck Peyron | France | 1988 | |
| Leeroy Poulter | South Africa | 2014 | |
| Toby Price | Australia | 2015 | |
| Jakub Przygonski | Poland | 2009 | |
| Pablo Quintanilla | Chile | 2013 | |
| Jean Ragnotti | France | 1980 | |
| Gaston Rahier | Belgium | 1983 | Bikes - 1984, 1985 |
| Jean-Jacques Ratet | France | 1979 | |
| Christian Rayer | France | 1979 | |
| Yves Rénier | Switzerland | 1980 | |
| Peter Reif | Austria | 1991 | Trucks - 1997 |
| Alicia Reina | Argentina | 2014 | |
| Hubert Rigal | Monaco | 1979 | |
| Hélder Rodrigues | Portugal | 2006 | |
| Nani Roma | Spain | 1996 | Bikes - 2004 Cars - 2014 |
| Willem Saaijman | South Africa | 2015 | |
| Bruno Saby | France | 1992 | Cars - 1993 |
| Richard Sainct | France | 1991 | Bikes - 1999, 2000, 2003 |
| Carlos Sainz | Spain | 2006 | Cars - 2010, 2020 |
| Eliseo Salazar | Chile | 2009 | |
| Juan Carlos Salvatierra | Bolivia | 2011 | |
| Nelson Sanabria | Paraguay | 2014 | |
| Laia Sanz | Spain | 2011 | |
| Jean-Louis Schlesser | France | 1984 | Cars - 1999, 2000 |
| Annie Seel | Sweden | 2002 | |
| Kenjiro Shinozuka | Japan | 1986 | Cars - 1997 |
| Paul Smith | Australia | 2013 | |
| Rafał Sonik | Poland | 2009 | Quads - 2015 |
| Dmitry Sotnikov | Russia | 2014 | |
| Carlos Sousa | Portugal | 1995 | |
| Emiliano Spataro | Argentina | 2011 | |
| Guilherme Spinelli | Brazil | 2009 | |
| Hans Stacey | Netherlands | 2004 | Trucks - 2007 |
| Chuck Stearns | United States | 1985 | Bikes - 1985 |
| Jonah Street | United States | 2006 | |
| Teruhito Sugawara | Japan | 1999 | |
| Yoshimasa Sugawara | Japan | 1983 | |
| Sam Sunderland | Great Britain | 2012 | |
| Elmer Symons | South Africa | 2005 | |
| Zoltán Szaller | Hungary | 2009 | |
| Sylviane Telliez | France | 1980 | |
| Orlando Terranova | Argentina | 2005 | |
| Mark Thatcher | Great Britain | 1982 | |
| Maurice Trintignant | France | 1982 | |
| André Trossat | France | 1980 | |
| Pål Anders Ullevålseter | Norway | 2002 | |
| Jurgen van den Goorbergh | Netherlands | 2009 | |
| Peter van Merksteijn, Sr. | Netherlands | 2009 | |
| Aleksandr Vasilevski | Belarus | 2012 | |
| Vladimir Vasilyev | Russia | 2013 | |
| Philippe Vassard | France | 1979 | |
| Ari Vatanen | Finland | 1987 | Cars - 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991 |
| Jordi Viladoms | Spain | 2006 | |
| Federico Villagra | Argentina | 2014 | |
| Adrien Villette | France | 1981 | Trucks - 1981 |
| Giacomo Vismara | Italy | 1984 | Trucks - 1986 |
| Dirk von Zitzewitz | Germany | 1997 | Cars (co-driver) - 2009 |
| Matthias Walkner | Austria | 2015 | |
| Achim Warmbold | Germany | 1985 | |
| Koen Wauters | Belgium | 1999 | |
| Patrick Zaniroli | France | 1980 | Cars - 1985 |

## Gallery

* Vladimir Chagin, six times winner in the trucks category
* Stéphane Peterhansel, an eleven times winner in trucks and car
* Carlos Sainz won the Dakar Rally in 2010
* Belgian television presenter Koen Wauters competes in the rally frequently
* French footballer Michel Hidalgo took part in Paris-Dakar in 1991
* French footballer Raymond Kopa took part in Paris-Dakar in 1985
* French driver Patrick Zaniroli during the 1988 Paris-Dakar
* Gianni Lora Lamia During the Granada-Dakar 1999. Italian rally raid driver, he took part in numerous editions of the Dakar Rally from 1989 to 2004 and other international rally raid races representing Italy.
* Nunzio Coffaro, Piloto de automovilismo, Rally Cross Country, ha participado en numerosas ocaciones en competencias internacionales representando a Venezuela.