Camelia Liparoti (born 11 July 1968) 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.

Camelia Liparoti
Liparoti at 2015 Dakar Rally.
NationalityItalian
Born (1968-07-11) 11 July 1968 (age 55)
Livorno, Italy
TeamsYamaha Motor Company X-Raid
ChampionshipsFIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championship (women)
Wins2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

Biography edit

 
Liparoti at 2014 Dakar Rally.

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]

Dakar Rally edit

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

References edit

  1. ^ "2014 FIM Women's Cross-Country Rallies World Cup". Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  2. ^ "DAKAR 2019, GLI ITALIANI AL VIA: CAMELIA LIPAROTI" (in Italian). bandierascacchi.com. Archived from the original on 26 September 2020. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
  3. ^ "Dakar 2021: i piazzamenti finali di tutti gli italiani. La migliore è Camelia Liparoti tra i prototipi leggeri" (in Italian). informazione.it. Retrieved 16 January 2021.

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