Stig Blomqvist
Stig Blomqvist in 2012
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| Personal information | |
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| Nationality |
 Swedish |
| Born |
29 July 1946 Örebro, Sweden |
| World Rally Championship record | |
| Active years | 1973–2006 |
| Co-driver |
Hans Sylvan Björn Cederberg Bruno Berglund Benny Melander Ana Goñi
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| Teams | Saab, Talbot, Audi, Ford, Peugeot, Volkswagen, Nissan, Škoda |
| Rallies | 122 |
| Championships | 1 (1984) |
| Rally wins | 11 |
| Podiums | 33 |
| Stage wins | 486 |
| Total points | 573 |
| First rally | 1973 Swedish Rally |
| First win | 1973 Swedish Rally |
| Last win | 1984 Rallye Côte d'Ivoire |
| Last rally | 2006 Swedish Rally |
Stig Lennart Blomqvist (born 29 July 1946) is a Swedish rally driver. He made his international breakthrough in 1971. Driving an Audi Quattro for the Audi factory team, Blomqvist won the World Rally Championship drivers' title in 1984 and finished runner-up in 1985. He won his home event, the Swedish Rally, seven times.
Outside the WRC, he won the British Rally Championship in 1983 and the Swedish Rally Championship several times. At the Race of Champions, Blomqvist took the title "Champion of Champions" in 1989 and 1990.
Stig Blomqvist acquired his driving licence at the age of 18, and immediately took second place in a 1964 local rally event near the Swedish town of Karlstad, behind the wheel of a Saab 96. After his education as a driving instructor, together with later teammate Per Eklund at the Kvinnersta Folkhögskola outside of Örebro, he proceeded to drive with the Saab team, and achieved his first international victories in 1971; first winning the Swedish Rally, then the 1000 Lakes Rally in Finland and the RAC Rally in Great Britain. These performances helped Saab gain second place behind Alpine-Renault in the International Championship for Manufacturers, the predecessor to the World Rally Championship.
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