# Vladimir Chagin
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{{short description|Russian rally raid driver|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{family name hatnote|Gennadiyevich|Chagin|lang=Eastern Slavic}}
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| name = Vladimir Chagin
| image = Vladimir Chagin.jpg
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| caption = Vladimir Chagin at the start of [Transorientale](/source/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](/source/Perm%2C_Russia), [Russian SFSR](/source/Russian_SFSR), Soviet Union
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| first_year = 1990
| current_team = [Kamaz-Master](/source/Kamaz)
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'''Vladimir Gennadiyevich Chagin''' ({{lang-rus|Владимир Геннадьевич Чагин|p=vlɐˈdʲimʲɪr ɡʲɪˈnadʲjɪvɪtɕ ˈtɕæɡʲɪn}}; born 5 January 1970) is a Russian [rally raid](/source/rally_raid) driver. He has won the [Dakar Rally](/source/Dakar_Rally) driving [Kamaz](/source/Kamaz) trucks in [2000](/source/2000_Dakar_Rally), [2002](/source/2002_Dakar_Rally), [2003](/source/2003_Dakar_Rally), [2004](/source/2004_Dakar_Rally), [2006](/source/2006_Dakar_Rally), [2010](/source/2010_Dakar_Rally) and [2011](/source/2011_Dakar_Rally),[{{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 }}] 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:[{{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}}]
* The most Dakar rally wins in the truck category with 7 (1 more than [Karel Loprais](/source/Karel_Loprais))
* The second most [Dakar rally stage wins](/source/Dakar_Rally) in all categories with 63, 5 behind [Stéphane Peterhansel](/source/St%C3%A9phane_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](/source/Dakar_Rally)''''': [2000](/source/2000_Dakar_Rally), [2002](/source/2002_Dakar_Rally), [2003](/source/2003_Dakar_Rally), [2004](/source/2004_Dakar_Rally), [2006](/source/2006_Dakar_Rally), [2010](/source/2010_Dakar_Rally) and [2011](/source/2011_Dakar_Rally)
*'''''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](/source/Kappadokia)''''': 2003, 2004
*'''''Baja Pearl''''': 2000
*'''''[Kalmykia](/source/Kalmykia)''''': 2000
*'''''The Quiet Don''''': 2003
*'''''[Khazar](/source/Khazar) Steppes''''': 2004, 2006
==In top 3==
*'''''[Dakar Rally](/source/Dakar_Rally)''''': [2009](/source/2009_Dakar_Rally)
*'''''Desert Challenge''''': 2000
*'''''[Baikonur](/source/Baikonur) - [Moscow](/source/Moscow)''''': 1997
==Honours and awards==
*[Order of Merit for the Fatherland 4th class](/source/Order_of_Merit_for_the_Fatherland)
*[Order of Courage](/source/Order_of_Courage_(Russia))
*[Order of Honour](/source/Order_of_Honour_(Russian_Federation))
*[Order of Friendship](/source/Order_of_Friendship)
*[Order of the Badge of Honour](/source/Order_of_the_Badge_of_Honour) (USSR)
*[Medal "In Commemoration of the 1000th Anniversary of Kazan"](/source/Medal_%22In_Commemoration_of_the_1000th_Anniversary_of_Kazan%22)
*Medal "For Valiant Labour" (Republic of Tatarstan)
==Dakar Rally results==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Year
!Class
!Vehicle
!Position
!Stages won
|-
|rowspan=10|Trucks
|rowspan=10|{{flagicon|RUS}} [Kamaz](/source/Kamaz)
|align="center" style="background:#CFCFFF;"|30th
|align="center"|?
|-
|align="center" style="background:#EFCFFF;"|DNF
|align="center"|0
|-
|align="center" style="background:#FFFFBF;"|'''1st'''
|align="center"|4
|-
|align="center" style="background:#EFCFFF;"|DNF
|align="center"|5
|-
|align="center" style="background:#FFFFBF;"|'''1st'''
|align="center"|7
|-
|align="center" style="background:#FFFFBF;"|'''1st'''
|align="center"|2
|-
|align="center" style="background:#FFFFBF;"|'''1st'''
|align="center"|4
|-
|align="center" style="background:#CFCFFF;"|18th
|align="center"|6
|-
*
|align="center" style="background:#FFFFBF;"|'''1st'''
|align="center"|7
|-
|align="center" style="background:#EFCFFF;"|DNF
|align="center"|2
|-
|colspan=4 align=center style="background:lightgrey;"|''Event cancelled – replaced by the [2008 Central Europe Rally](/source/2008_Central_Europe_Rally)''
|-
|rowspan=3|Trucks
|rowspan=3|{{flagicon|RUS}} [Kamaz](/source/Kamaz)
|align="center" style="background:#DFDFDF;"|'''2nd'''
|align="center"|4
|-
|align="center" style="background:#FFFFBF;"|'''1st'''
|align="center"|9
|-
|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)}}
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{{succession box | title = [Dakar Rally](/source/Dakar_Rally)
Truck Winner | years= [2000](/source/2000_Dakar_Rally) | before = [Karel Loprais](/source/Karel_Loprais) | after = [Karel Loprais](/source/Karel_Loprais)}}
{{succession box | title = [Dakar Rally](/source/Dakar_Rally)
Truck Winner | years= [2002](/source/2002_Dakar_Rally)–[2004](/source/2004_Dakar_Rally) | before = [Karel Loprais](/source/Karel_Loprais) | after = [Firdaus Kabirov](/source/Firdaus_Kabirov)}}
{{succession box | title = [Dakar Rally](/source/Dakar_Rally)
Truck Winner | years= [2006](/source/2006_Dakar_Rally) | before = [Firdaus Kabirov](/source/Firdaus_Kabirov) | after = [Hans Stacey](/source/Hans_Stacey)}}
{{succession box | title = [Dakar Rally](/source/Dakar_Rally)
Truck Winner | years= [2010](/source/2010_Dakar_Rally)–[2011](/source/2011_Dakar_Rally) | before = [Firdaus Kabirov](/source/Firdaus_Kabirov) | after = [Gerard de Rooy](/source/Gerard_de_Rooy)}}
{{s-end}}
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Category:1970 births
Category:Living people
Category:Sportspeople from Perm, Russia
Category:Russian rally drivers
Category:Off-road racing drivers
Category:Dakar Rally drivers
Category:Dakar Rally–winning drivers
Category:Rally raid truck drivers
Category:Recipients of the Order of Courage (Russia)
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