Vladimir Chagin

Vladimir Gennadievich Chagin (Russian: Владимир Геннадиевич Чагин; born January 5, 1970 in Nytwa ) is a former Russian rally raid driver.

Chagin drove a truck of the Kamaz plant teams. In 1990 he first took part in the Dakar Rally, but had to retire prematurely. Even in his next three appearances in the years 1992, 1994 and 1995 Chagin could not reach the goal. His first finish came in 1996 with a sixth place in the truck standings. After a second failure in 1998, he was second overall in the Dakar Rally 1999. Chagin 2000 recorded his first victory. After he re- recorded a loss in the following year, get the Kamaz factory driver in the years 2002 to 2004, three overall victories in a row. 2005 Chagin was due to technical problems only 18, followed in 2006 the now fifth Dakar victory. In 2007, crashed Chagin, with the diesel injection as he wanted to get lost time for problems. The 2009 Dakar Rally is Chagin delivered to the last stage a close fight with his brand colleagues Firdaus Kabirov. On the last leg he lost a few minutes due to technical defects and had to give his compatriot ultimately defeated. After his repeated overall victories in the two subsequent sweeps in 2010 and 2011 Chagin finally solved, now with seven wins the Czech Karel Loprais (Tatra ) and Dakar record winner from.

On 15 February 2011 Vladimir Chagin announced to end his athletic career. After the career he takes over the leadership of the non-commercial organization "KAMAZ - Motorsport ".