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| Born | 1 September 1986 Kuchl, Austria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Austria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Motorsport | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Rally raid | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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