Matthias Walkner
{{Short description|Austrian motorcycle racer}}
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| image = La Gaceta (Ya están en Tuc) -Dakar 2016 - Walkner.jpg
| caption = Matthias Walkner in Dakar 2016.
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| sport = Motorsport
| event = Rally raid
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|9|1|df=y}}
| birth_place = Kuchl, Austria
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| country = {{AUT}}
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{{MedalSport |Rally raid}}
{{MedalCount | total = yes
| Dakar Rally | 1 | 2 | 0
| Rallye du Maroc | 1 | 1 | 0
| Sardegna Rally Race | 1 | 0 | 0
| Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge | 0 | 0 | 1
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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.{{cite web|url=https://www.redbull.com/it-it/athlete/matthias.walkner|language=it|title=Matthias Walkner|publisher=redbull.com|accessdate=18 January 2018}}
Biography
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.{{cite web|url=http://www.npolive.com/classement/|title=OILIBYA MAROC 2017 - BIKE/QUAD|publisher=npolive.com|accessdate=18 January 2018}}
Dakar Rally
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!style="background:sandybrown"|Year !style="background:sandybrown"|Bike !style="background:sandybrown"|Rank !style="background:sandybrown"|Stages |
| 2015
| align=left|KTM 450 Rally | {{tooltip|DNF|Did not finish}} | 1 |
| 2016
| align=left|KTM 450 Rally | {{tooltip|DNF|Did not finish}} | 0 |
| 2017
| align=left|KTM 450 Rally | bgcolor=silver|2nd | 1 |
| 2018
| align=left|KTM 450 Rally | bgcolor=gold|1st | 1 |
| 2019
| align=left|KTM 450 Rally | bgcolor=silver|2nd | 2 |
| 2020
| align=left|KTM 450 Rally | 5th | 0 |
| 2021
| align=left|KTM 450 Rally | 9th | 0 |
| 2022
| align=left|KTM 450 Rally | bgcolor=orange| 3rd | 0 |
References
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External links
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- [https://www.redbull.com/it-it/athlete/matthias.walkner Biker profile] at Redbull.com
- {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20120927165256/http://www.matthiaswalkner.com/ Official site]}}
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{{succession box | title = Dakar Rally
Motorcycle Winner | years= 2018 | before = Sam Sunderland | after = Toby Price}}
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{{Dakar Rally bikes winners}}
{{MX3 world champions}}
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Category:Sportspeople from Salzburg
Category:Dakar Rally motorcyclists
Category:Off-road motorcycle racers