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Antanas Juknevičius

Antanas Juknevicius
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Born (1974-06-13) 13 June 1974 (age 42)
Nationality Lithuanian

Antanas Juknevicius (born 13 June 1974) is a Lithuanian driver. He is one of the most experienced as well as awarded professional "Cross-Country" rally drivers in Lithuania. Since 2017 Antanas Juknevicius holds Dakar Rally the record place for all of the Baltic states.

In 2009 Antanas Juknevicius and Aurelijus Petraitis crossed the finish line of the Dakar rally in the 25th overall position. In 2017 Juknevicius improved his personal record by finishing Dakar rally in 21 position, after gaining 4 places on the penultimate stage of a rally Overall, Antanas Juknevicius has participated in the Dakar rally 7 times, as a driver as well as co-driver. In 2008, he was also at the start line but the rally was cancelled.

Juknevicius also managed international teams five times over his career as "Astana" team manager.

Juknevičius competed in several Dakar Rallys in the early twenty-first century.


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