Thierry Sabine
Actor
- Born
- June 13, 1949
- Died
- January 14, 1986 (age 36)
- From
- Neuilly-sur-Seine, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], France
Thierry Sabine (13 June 1949, Neuilly-sur-Seine – 14 January 1986, Mali) was a French wrangler, motorcycle racer and founder and main organizer of the Dakar Rally. In 1977 he got lost on the Tchigai Plateau, near the isolated mountain of Emi Fezzan during the Abidjan-Nice Race, and realized that the desert would be a good location for a rally where amateurs could test their ability. In December…
