| Camelia Liparoti | |
|---|---|
 Liparoti at 2015 Dakar Rally. | |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Born | 11 July 1973 Livorno, Italy |
| Championships | FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championship (women) |
| Wins | 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 |
Camelia Liparoti (born 11 July 1973) is an Italian rally raid racer. She won the FIM Women's Cross-Country Rallies World Cup six times between 2009 and 2014, [1] the most by any rider.
Liparoti competed at the Dakar Rally from 2009 to 2017 in the quads class. For 2018 she switched to the UTV class, finishing 5th. With her participation in the 2021 Dakar Rally, Liparoti participated in her 13th consecutive Dakar. [2] Just in 2021 her first podium in the final standing arrives with the second place in the T3 Light Prototypes category. [3]
| Year | Class | Vehicle | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Quad | Yamaha | Ret |
| 2010 | 13th | ||
| 2011 | 10th | ||
| 2012 | 9th | ||
| 2013 | 15th | ||
| 2014 | 13th | ||
| 2015 | 15th | ||
| 2016 | 11th | ||
| 2017 | 13th | ||
| 2018 | UTV | 5th | |
| 2019 | 37th | ||
| 2020 | Ret | ||
| 2021 | Light Prototypes | Yamaha YXZ1000R | 2nd |
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