Tina Thörner
Thörner in 2011 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Swedish |
| Born | 24 February 1966 Säffle, Sweden |
| World Rally Championship record | |
| Active years | 1985–2002 |
| Driver | Susanne Kottulinsky Ola Strömberg Lars-Erik Torph Fredrik Skoghag Louise Aitken-Walker Mika Sohlberg Leif Asterhag Tiff Needell Isolde Holderied Mikael Ericsson Uwe Nittel Mattias Ekström Thomas Rådström Kenneth Eriksson |
| Rallies | 77 |
| Championships | 0 |
| Rally wins | 0 |
| Podiums | 2 |
| Stage wins | 7 |
| First rally | 1985 RAC Rally |
| Last rally | 2002 Rally GB |
Maria Kristina Thörner (born in Säffle, Sweden on February 24, 1966) is a Swedish rally co-driver. Tina Thörner's career in motor sports started in 1990. Since then, she has won three FIA Ladies' World Rally Championship titles, a third and a second place overall in the Dakar Rally 1999 and 2006 and two FIA Cross-Country Rally World Cup wins in 2008 and 2009.
She has co-driven for many renowned drivers, including Louise Aitken-Walker with whom she made history to become the first ever female FIA World Rally Champions. In the Dakar Rally, she raced with Jutta Kleinschmidt becoming the first women to get a podium finish in 1999, and with Colin McRae in 2004 and 2005. In 2008, she won her first FIA Cross-Country Rally World Cup with Nasser Al Attiyah.
Thörner also appeared in Let's Dance 2011 and a guest panelist in 2 episodes of Intresseklubben.