Ayrat Ilgizarovich Mardeev (russian: Айрат Ильгизарович Мардеев; born 1 January 1987) is a Russian rally raid truck driver. He won his first

Dakar Rally The Dakar Rally (or simply "The Dakar"; formerly known as the "Paris–Dakar Rally") is an annual rally raid organised by the Amaury Sport Organisation. Most events since the inception in 1978 were staged from Paris, France, to Dakar, Senegal, ...

title in 2015 driving a Kamaz. Maardeev was born in

Naberezhnye Chelny Naberezhnye Chelny ( rus, На́бережные Челны́, p=ˈnabʲɪrʲɪʐnɨjə tɕɪlˈnɨ; tt-Cyrl, Яр Чаллы, ''Yar Çallı'', IPA: �jar ɕɑlːɤ̆ is the second largest city in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia. A major indus ...

. His father was Ilgizar Mardeev, also a rally raid driver, who died in a quad bike accident on 24 August 2014.Acclaimed Russian rally participant Ilgizar Mardeev killed
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Dakar Rally results

Winner

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Silk Way Rally The Silk Way Rally ( rus, Шёлковый путь) is an annual rally raid type of off-road race. The first Silk Way Rally was raced in 2009 from Kazan, Russia to Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. From 2010 to 2013, the race has taken place in Russia. ...

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*''Siberian Highway'': 2011, 2012 *''Russian Championship'': 2013 *''Kagan's Gold'': 2014 *''Great Steppe – Don'': 2017

Awards

*2011: Letter of gratitude by

Prime Minister of Tatarstan The prime minister of Tatarstan serves as the head of government of the Republic of Tatarstan, a republic of Russia. Mukhammat Sabirov served as Tatarstan's first prime minister. List of prime ministers of Tatarstan * Mukhammat Sabirov (July 5 ...

*2013: Medal "For Valorous Labour" *2015: "Merited Machinist of Tatarstan" *2017: "Merited Transport Worker of Tatarstan"

References

External links

Profile on Team Kamaz Master
1987 births Living people People from Naberezhnye Chelny Off-road racing drivers Dakar Rally drivers Dakar Rally winning drivers Rally raid truck drivers Russian rally drivers Sportspeople from Tatarstan {{Europe-rally-bio-stub