Anastasiya Niftontova | |
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Nationality | Russian |
Born | (1979-01-19) 19 January 1979 (age 45) Washington, D.C. |
Championships | FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championship (women) |
Wins | 2015, 2021 |
Anastasiya Nikolayevna Nifontova (Russian: Анастасия Николаевна Нифонтова; born 19 January 1979) is a Russian rally raid motorcycle rider.
Niftontova won the FIM Women's Cross-Country Rallies World Cup in 2015 and 2021. She was the first Russian woman to take part in the Dakar Rally in the motorcycle category, finishing second among female motorcycle racers in the 2017. She became the first woman to finish in this rally-raid in the Original by Motul category, in which the participants compete without technical support.
Nifontova has been married twice and has two children, Maria and Timofey.
References
- "2015 FIM Women's Cross-Country Rallies World Cup". Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme. Retrieved 2020-12-30.
- "Anastasiya Nifontova". fim-women.com. Retrieved 2020-12-30.
- "FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championship / Women (RallyGP Clase 1) (5 events)". Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme. Retrieved 2021-12-10.
- "Dakar Historic book. 1979-2019" (PDF). A.S.O.
- "Российская мотогонщица Нифонтова стала первой женщиной, прошедшей "Дакар" без техподдержки" (in Russian). Eurosport. 2019-01-17.
- "что мы знаем об Анастасии Нифонтовой". Spletnik.ru. Retrieved 10 December 2021.