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Jutta Kleinschmidt
Jutta Kleinschmidt
	Jutta Kleinschmidt in 2010
Born	29 August 1962 (age 62); Cologne, West Germany
Championships	Dakar Rally
Wins	1 (2001)

Jutta Kleinschmidt (born 29 August 1962) is a German competitor of offroad automotive racing events. She is known for her numerous showings in the Paris Dakar Rally, and notably for having won the event in 2001, becoming the first woman driver to win the race and the only German to win the car category.^[1] In 2013, Kleinschmidt was named an FIM Legend for her motorcycling achievements.^[2]

Biography

She was born in Cologne, Germany, and grew up in Berchtesgaden, Upper Bavaria.^[3] She studied physics at Isny Polytech and then worked at BMW.^[3] She raced her first Paris-Dakar Rally in 1988 on a BMW motorcycle.^[3] In 1994, she switched to driving a car and, in 1997, became the first woman to win a stage of the Rally.^[4] The following year, she was on the podium and, in 2001, she became the first woman to win the Rally.^[1]^[4]

Racing record

Dakar Rally

Year	Category	Vehicle	Co-driver	Rank	Stages
1988	Bike	BMW		Ret.
1992		BMW		23rd
1994		KTM		22nd
1995	Cars	Mitsubishi Pajero Evolution	Dagmar Lohmann	12th
1996		Buggy Schlesser	Xavi Foj	Ret.
1997		Buggy Schlesser	Jean Boutaire	5th	2
1998		Buggy Schlesser	Matthew Stevenson	24th	1
1999		Mitsubishi Pajero Evolution	Tina Thörner	3rd	2
2000		Mitsubishi Pajero Evolution	Tina Thörner	5th	1
2001		Mitsubishi Pajero Evolution	Andreas Schulz	1st
2002		Mitsubishi Pajero Evolution	Andreas Schulz	2nd	2
2003		Mitsubishi Pajero Evolution	Fabrizia Pons	8th
2004		Volkswagen Race Touareg 2	Fabrizia Pons	17th	1
2005		Volkswagen Race Touareg 2	Fabrizia Pons	3rd	1
2006		Volkswagen Race Touareg 2	Fabrizia Pons	Ret.
2007		BMW X3 CC	Tina Thörner	15th

Complete Extreme E results

(key)

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pos.	Points
2021	Abt Cupra XE	Spark ODYSSEY 21	DES Q	DES R	OCE Q 3	OCE R 5	ARC Q 2	ARC R 7	ISL Q 3	ISL R 2	JUR Q 4	JUR R 7	6th	87
2022	Abt Cupra XE	Spark ODYSSEY 21	DES 8	ISL1 9	ISL2 DSQ	COP WD	ENE						19th	6

References

^ ^a ^b "Kleinschmidt makes rally history". BBC Sport. 21 January 2001. Retrieved 6 April 2009.
^ "FIM Legends". fim-live.com. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c Volland, Bernd (6 March 2003). "Jutta Kleinschmidt". Stern (in German). Retrieved 18 June 2009.
^ ^a ^b Schneider, Josef (20 April 2009). "Köpfe: Jutta Kleinschmidt". Werkzeugforum (in German). Archived from the original on 8 July 2009. Retrieved 18 June 2009.