Anastasiya Nifontova Explained

Anastasiya Niftontova
Nationality:	Russian
Birth Date:	19 January 1979
Birth Place:	Washington, D.C.
Module:	Child: yes Championships: FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championship (women) Wins: 2015, 2021

Anastasiya Nikolayevna Nifontova (Russian: Анастасия Николаевна Нифонтова; born 19 January 1979) is a Russian rally raid motorcycle rider.

Niftontova won the FIM Women's Cross-Country Rallies World Cup in 2015^{[1] [2]} and 2021.^[3] She was the first Russian woman to take part in the Dakar Rally in the motorcycle category, finishing second among female motorcycle racers in the 2017.^[4] She became the first woman to finish in this rally-raid in the Original by Motul category, in which the participants compete without technical support.^[5]

Nifontova has been married twice and has two children, Maria and Timofey.^[6]

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2015 FIM Women's Cross-Country Rallies World Cup . Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme. en. 2020-12-30.
2. Web site: Anastasiya Nifontova . fim-women.com. en. 2020-12-30.
3. Web site: FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championship / Women (RallyGP Clase 1) (5 events) . Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme. en. 2021-12-10.
4. Web site: Dakar Historic book. 1979-2019 . PDF . A.S.O.. en.
5. Web site: Российская мотогонщица Нифонтова стала первой женщиной, прошедшей "Дакар" без техподдержки. Eurosport. 2019-01-17. ru.
6. Web site: что мы знаем об Анастасии Нифонтовой . Spletnik.ru. 10 December 2021.