Anastasiya Nifontova

Russian rally raid motorcycle rider

Anastasiya Niftontova
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^[1]^[2] and 2021.^[3] 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.^[4] 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.^[5]

Nifontova has been married twice and has two children, Maria and Timofey.^[6]

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.