{{short description|Russian rally raid driver|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{family name hatnote|Gennadiyevich|Chagin|lang=Eastern Slavic}} {{Infobox racing driver | name = Vladimir Chagin | image = Vladimir Chagin.jpg | imagesize = 220px | caption = Vladimir Chagin at the start of Transorientale 2008 | nationality = {{flagicon|RUS}} Russian | full_name = Vladimir Gennadiyevich Chagin | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1970|1|5|df=y}} | birth_place = Perm, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | relatives = <!-- list of notable relatives with line breaks --> | current_series = <!-- eg. World Touring Car Championship --> | first_year = 1990 | current_team = Kamaz-Master | car_number = <!-- if known --> | former_teams = | starts = | wins = | poles = | fastest_laps = <!-- if known --> | best_finish = <!-- if a final championship placing has been recorded --> | year = <!-- use piped link if season article exists --> | prev_series = <!-- previous series with line breaks --> | prev_series_years = | titles = <!-- championship titles --> | title_years = | awards = | award_years = }}
'''Vladimir Gennadiyevich Chagin''' ({{lang-rus|Владимир Геннадьевич Чагин|p=vlɐˈdʲimʲɪr ɡʲɪˈnadʲjɪvɪtɕ ˈtɕæɡʲɪn}}; born 5 January 1970) is a Russian rally raid driver. He has won the Dakar Rally driving Kamaz trucks in 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2010 and 2011,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.flagworld.com/news/?tag=russian-vladimir-chagin-kamaz |title=Flagworld.com – News » Russian Vladimir Chagin (Kamaz) |access-date=2010-01-16 |archive-date=2012-02-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120227130738/http://www.flagworld.com/news/?tag=russian-vladimir-chagin-kamaz |url-status=dead }}</ref> becoming the most successful single category pilot in the history of the tournament earning him the nickname "The Tsar of Dakar".{{citation needed|date=January 2018}}
{{As of|2016|1}} he holds the following records:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dakar.com/us/DAKAR/2010/stage-14/breaking-news.html |title=CHAGIN WINS THE DAKAR OF ALL RECORDS FOR HIM! |publisher=dakar.com |access-date=2010-01-16}}</ref> * The most Dakar rally wins in the truck category with 7 (1 more than Karel Loprais) * The second most Dakar rally stage wins in all categories with 63, 5 behind Stéphane Peterhansel * The record for most stage wins in a single Dakar rally season in the truck category with 9 out of 14 in 2010.
==Winner== *'''''Dakar Rally''''': 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2010 and 2011 *'''''Desert Challenge''''': 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 *'''''Baja Italia''''': 2000 *'''''Optic 2000 Tunisia''''': 2000, 2001 *'''''Master-Rally''''': 1995, 1996, 2000, 2002 *'''''Rally Orientale - Kappadokia''''': 2003, 2004 *'''''Baja Pearl''''': 2000 *'''''Kalmykia''''': 2000 *'''''The Quiet Don''''': 2003 *'''''Khazar Steppes''''': 2004, 2006
==In top 3== *'''''Dakar Rally''''': 2009 *'''''Desert Challenge''''': 2000 *'''''Baikonur - Moscow''''': 1997
==Honours and awards== *Order of Merit for the Fatherland 4th class *Order of Courage *Order of Honour *Order of Friendship *Order of the Badge of Honour (USSR) *Medal "In Commemoration of the 1000th Anniversary of Kazan" *Medal "For Valiant Labour" (Republic of Tatarstan)
==Dakar Rally results==
{| class="wikitable" |- !Year !Class !Vehicle !Position !Stages won |- !1996 |rowspan=10|Trucks |rowspan=10|{{flagicon|RUS}} Kamaz |align="center" style="background:#CFCFFF;"|30th |align="center"|? |- !1998 |align="center" style="background:#EFCFFF;"|DNF |align="center"|0 |- !2000 |align="center" style="background:#FFFFBF;"|'''1st''' |align="center"|4 |- !2001 |align="center" style="background:#EFCFFF;"|DNF |align="center"|5 |- !2002 |align="center" style="background:#FFFFBF;"|'''1st''' |align="center"|7 |- !2003 |align="center" style="background:#FFFFBF;"|'''1st''' |align="center"|2 |- !2004 |align="center" style="background:#FFFFBF;"|'''1st''' |align="center"|4 |- !2005 |align="center" style="background:#CFCFFF;"|18th |align="center"|6 |- !2006* |align="center" style="background:#FFFFBF;"|'''1st''' |align="center"|7 |- !2007 |align="center" style="background:#EFCFFF;"|DNF |align="center"|2 |- !2008 |colspan=4 align=center style="background:lightgrey;"|''Event cancelled – replaced by the 2008 Central Europe Rally'' |- !2009 |rowspan=3|Trucks |rowspan=3|{{flagicon|RUS}} Kamaz |align="center" style="background:#DFDFDF;"|'''2nd''' |align="center"|4 |- !2010 |align="center" style="background:#FFFFBF;"|'''1st''' |align="center"|9 |- !2011 |align="center" style="background:#FFFFBF;"|'''1st''' |align="center"|7 |- |}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{sports links}} *{{in lang|ru}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20110103025445/http://www.kamazmaster.ru/team/KAMAZ-master-persons/ Vladimir Chagin's biography at the official site of the Kamaz-Master Team] *{{in lang|ru}} [http://v-chagin.livejournal.com/ Vladimir Chagin's blog] *{{in lang|en}} [http://www.kamazdakar.com/ Kamaz Dakar site] {{Commons category|Vladimir Chagin (driver)}} {{s-start}} {{s-sports}} {{succession box | title = Dakar Rally<br />Truck Winner | years= 2000 | before = Karel Loprais | after = Karel Loprais}} {{succession box | title = Dakar Rally<br />Truck Winner | years= 2002–2004 | before = Karel Loprais | after = Firdaus Kabirov}} {{succession box | title = Dakar Rally<br />Truck Winner | years= 2006 | before = Firdaus Kabirov | after = Hans Stacey}} {{succession box | title = Dakar Rally<br />Truck Winner | years= 2010–2011 | before = Firdaus Kabirov | after = Gerard de Rooy}} {{s-end}}
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