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Albert Llovera
Andorran skier and rally driver (born 1966)
Albert Llovera Massana[lower-alpha 1] (born 11 September 1966) is a rally driver and former alpine skier from Andorra. He became the youngest athlete to compete in the Winter Olympics in 1984 at the age of 17.[1] A serious accident in 1985 left him paralysed from the waist down. He has since taken up rallying, using cars with specially adapted hand controls. He is currently competing in the Super 2000 World Rally Championship.
Llovera during 2011 Rally Catalunya. | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |  Andorran |
| Full name | Albert Llovera Massana |
| Born | (1966-09-11) 11 September 1966 (age 57) |
| World Rally Championship record | |
| Active years | 2001 – 2002, 2005–2006, 2008–2012 |
| Co-driver |  Diego Vallejo |
| Rallies | 29 |
| Championships | 0 |
| Rally wins | 0 |
| Podiums | 0 |
| Stage wins | 0 |
| Total points | 0 |
| First rally | 2001 Rally Catalunya |
| Last rally | 2012 Rally Catalunya |
| Last updated on: 20 July 2018. | |
At the age of 17, Llovera became the youngest ever athlete to compete in the Winter Olympics when he represented Andorra at the 1984 games in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia.[2] In the following year, 1985, whilst competing in the European Ski Cup, also in Sarajevo, he suffered a serious accident which left him using a wheelchair with paraplegia beginning at lower back level.
He turned to motorsport, first competing on quad bikes and then starting in rallying. In 1989 he won the Peugeot Rally Cup in Andorra. In 2001, with the support of Fiat, he began competing in the Junior World Rally Championship in a Fiat Punto S1600. He continued in the championship in 2002.
After competing in Spain along with selected WRC appearances he returned full-time to the world stage in 2010 to contest the Super 2000 World Rally Championship in a Fiat Abarth Grande Punto S2000. He finished fifth in class on his first event Rally Mexico. He scored a best overall result of 17th on Rally Catalunya, which was not a round of the SWRC.[3]
He continued in the SWRC in 2011, finishing fourth in the category in Jordan.
In 2020 he will be competing the Dakar rally in an Iveco truck from the Dutch Team de Rooy.
JWRC Results
SWRC results
| Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | SWRC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Albert Llovera | Fiat Abarth Grande Punto S2000 | SWE | MEX 5 |
JOR | NZL Ret |
POR 10 |
FIN Ret |
GER 8 |
JPN | FRA 9 |
GBR | 13th | 17 |
| 2011 | Albert Llovera | Fiat Abarth Grande Punto S2000 | MEX | JOR 4 |
ITA Ret |
GRE 9 |
FIN Ret |
GER Ret |
FRA | ESP 8 |
10th | 18 | ||
| 2012 | PCR Sport | Fiat Abarth Grande Punto S2000 | MON | SWE | POR | NZL | FIN | GBR | FRA | ESP Ret |
NC | 0 | ||
- In this Catalan name, the first or paternal surname is Llovera and the second or maternal family name is Massana; both are generally joined by the conjunction "i".
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Albert Llovera". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
Full name: Albert Llovera Massana
- "Driver". albertllovera.com. Archived from the original on 27 March 2012. Retrieved 20 July 2011.
- "Driver profile - Albert Llovera". eWRC-results.com. eWRC.cz. Retrieved 20 July 2011.
- Official website at the Wayback Machine (archived 2012-03-27)
- Albert Llovera at Olympics.com
- Albert Llovera at Olympic.org (archived)
- Albert Llovera at Olympedia