Jaroslav Katriňák (born 25 April 1966 in
Martin Martin may refer to:
Places
* Martin City (disambiguation)
* Martin County (disambiguation)
* Martin Township (disambiguation)
Antarctica
* Martin Peninsula, Marie Byrd Land
* Port Martin, Adelie Land
* Point Martin, South Orkney Islands
Austral ...
) is a
Slovak endurance
motorcycle racer
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. Among his greatest achievements is achieving first overall in the
Enduro World Championship
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in 1991, in the category of + 350 cc 4T and 9th overall place at
2007 Dakar Rally
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in the motorcycles classification. In the summer of 2008 he won the Rally Transorientale St. Petersburg - Beijing. In December 2008, he underwent a successful liver transplant.
After the transplant he began to ride on ATVs and quads as part of the Can-Am racing team. His first major result was the winning of HUNT-THE-WOLF-2010,
one of the hardest and most technical ATV race in Europe.
References
Slovak motorcycle racers
Enduro riders
1966 births
Living people
People from Martin, Slovakia
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