Tina Thörner
Kristina "Tina" Thörner (born February 24, 1966 in Säffle ) is a Swedish rally co-driver.
Career
She took part in her first rally events as early as 1984. In 1990 she began her professional motorsport career and was already second in the European Rally Championship and in Group N of the World Rally Championship . In the rally world championship she drove with Isolde Holderied and Uwe Nittel .
In 1999 Tina Thörner drove her first marathon rally as Jutta Kleinschmidt's co-driver in the Mitsubishi Pajero . She finished the Dakar Rally in third place and was one of the first women’s team to achieve a place on the podium at this rally.
In 2001 she returned to the World Rally Championship and drove as navigator for Thomas Rådström and a year later for Kenneth Eriksson .
From 2003 she worked in Nissan's rally raid team and achieved two overall victories, including the Morocco Rally . For the 2005 season, Thörner moved to the Volkswagen team and worked with Giniel de Villiers . Together with de Villiers, she achieved second place in the overall standings at the 2006 Dakar Rally , which is her greatest success to date.
In 2007 she drove again alongside Jutta Kleinschmidt, this time in a BMW X3 from the X-Raid team. The Dakar Rally was less successful for the team. In the end, they finished 15th in the overall ranking. In 2008 she became the navigator of Nasser Al-Attiyah and guided him to victory at the Fias Baja Cuo in Italy and the Rali Transiberico . The team made a successful start in the 2009 Dakar Rally and achieved two stage wins, but was disqualified as the rally continued while in the lead.
Tina Thörner is a coach for athletes, campaigns against the abuse of drugs and conducts training on motivation. She also won 2006 with Andrés Esteche in the Swedish TV show Rampfeber , where celebrities sing with singers.
Tina Thörner was in a relationship with the Swedish DTM driver Mattias Ekström for ten years (1997–2007) .
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Thörner, Tina |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Thörner, Kristina |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish rally navigator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 24, 1966 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Säffle |