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Ott Tänak
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Ott Tänak is an Estonian rally driver born in Kuressaare in 1987. He competes in the World Rally Championship, representing Estonia in the sport of auto racing. His primary disciplines include rallying, and he has been a member of the Hyundai Motorsport and Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT teams.
Tänak has received the award of Estonian Athlete of the Year. He is recognized as a World Rally Champion from 2019. His co-drivers have included Martin Järveoja and Kuldar Sikk. He speaks Estonian and English and has two children.
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Key facts
- Nationality
- Estonian
- Born
- ( 1987-10-15 ) 15 October 1987 (age 38) , Kärla , then part of Estonian SSR , Soviet Union
- Active years
- 2009 – 2012 , 2014 – 2025
- Co driver
- Kristo Kraag , Kuldar Sikk , Raigo Mõlder , Martin Järveoja
- Teams
- Pirelli Star Driver , DMACK World Rally Team , Toyota , M-Sport Ford , Hyundai
- Championships
- 1 ( 2019 )
- First rally
- 2009 Rally de Portugal
- First win
- 2017 Rally Italia Sardegna
- Last win
- 2025 Acropolis Rally
- Last rally
- 2025 Rally Saudi Arabia
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Estonia
- Place of birth
- Kuressaare
- Occupation
- rally driver
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Participant in
- World Rally Championship
- Sport
- auto racing
- Member of team
- Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT
- Country for sport
- Estonia
- Official website
- otttanak.com
- Image
- Rajd Monte Carlo 2019 - Ott Tänak (cropped).jpg
- Number of children
- 2
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- Ott Tänak
- date of birth
- 1987-10-15
- name in native language
- Ott Tänak
- social media followers
- 77949
- sports discipline competed in
- rallying
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Encyclopedic overview
Ott Tänak ( Estonian pronunciation: [ˈotʲˑ ˈtæ.nɑk]; born 15 October 1987) is an Estonian rally driver who most recently competed for Hyundai World Rally Team in the World Rally Championship. Tänak was paired with co-driver Martin Järveoja, a partnership that has existed since the 2017 season and lasted until 2025 after Tänak announced his retirement. He is the 2019 World Rally Champion, having sealed his maiden World Rally Championship with Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT in a dominant season that saw him take six victories.
Tänak has won twenty-two world rallies, putting the Estonian eighth on the all-time list. He and co-driver Järveoja achieved their maiden world rally win at the 2017 Rally Italia Sardegna driving for M-Sport Ford. Tänak's maiden drivers' world title followed just two years later, making him the first Estonian to win the drivers' championship, the first non-Frenchman to win the drivers' championship since Petter Solberg in 2003, and the first Toyota driver to win the drivers' championship since Didier Auriol in 1994. He finished as the championship runner-up in 2022, only behind runaway champion Kalle Rovanperä, and he has finished third in the standings on four occasions.
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