Albert Llovera

Albert Llovera Massana (born 11 September 1966) is a rally driver and former alpine skier from Andorra. He became the youngest athlete to compete in the Winter Olympics in 1984 at the age of 17.[1] A serious accident in 1985 left him paralysed from the waist down. He has since taken up rallying, using cars with specially adapted hand controls. He is currently competing in the Super 2000 World Rally Championship.

Albert Llovera
Llovera during 2011 Rally Catalunya.
Personal information
Nationality Andorran
Born (1966-09-11) 11 September 1966
World Rally Championship record
Active years2001 – 2002, 2005–2006, 2008–2012
Co-driver Diego Vallejo
Rallies29
Championships0
Rally wins0
Podiums0
Stage wins0
Total points0
First rally2001 Rally Catalunya
Last rally2012 Rally Catalunya
Last updated on: 20 July 2018.

Career
Llovera during 2010 Rally Finland.

At the age of 17, Llovera became the youngest ever athlete to compete in the Winter Olympics when he represented Andorra at the 1984 games in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia.[2] In the following year, 1985, whilst competing in the European Ski Cup, also in Sarejevo, he suffered a serious accident which left him using a wheelchair with paraplegia beginning at lower back level.

He turned to motorsport, first competing on quad bikes and then starting in rallying. In 1989 he won the Peugeot Rally Cup in Andorra. In 2001, with the support of Fiat, he began competing in the Junior World Rally Championship in a Fiat Punto S1600. He continued in the championship in 2002.

After competing in Spain along with selected WRC appearances he returned full-time to the world stage in 2010 to contest the Super 2000 World Rally Championship in a Fiat Abarth Grande Punto S2000. He finished fifth in class on his first event Rally Mexico. He scored a best overall result of 17th on Rally Catalunya, which was not a round of the SWRC.[3]

He continued in the SWRC in 2011, finishing fourth in the category in Jordan.

In 2020 he will be competing the Dakar rally in an Iveco truck from the Dutch Team de Rooy.

Complete WRC results
Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 WDC Points
2001 Pronto Racing Fiat Punto S1600 MON SWE POR ESP
Ret		 ARG CYP GRE
Ret		 KEN FIN
79		 NZL ITA
Ret		 FRA
39		 AUS GBR
Ret		 NC 0
2002 Albert Llovera Fiat Punto S1600 MON
Ret		 SWE FRA ESP
33		 CYP ARG GRE
Ret		 KEN FIN GER
Ret		 ITA
33		 NZL AUS GBR NC 0
2005 Albert Llovera Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII MON SWE MEX NZL ITA CYP TUR GRE ARG FIN
32		 GER GBR JPN FRA ESP AUS NC 0
2006 Albert Llovera Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII MON SWE MEX ESP
36		 FRA ARG ITA GRE GER FIN
54		 JPN CYP TUR AUS NZL GBR NC 0
2008 Albert Llovera Fiat Abarth Grande Punto S2000 MON SWE MEX ARG JOR ITA GRE TUR FIN GER NZL ESP
Ret		 FRA JPN GBR NC 0
2009 PCR Sport Fiat Abarth Grande Punto S2000 IRE NOR CYP POR ARG ITA GRE POL FIN AUS ESP
42		 GBR NC 0
2010 Albert Llovera Fiat Abarth Grande Punto S2000 SWE MEX
22		 JOR TUR NZL
Ret		 POR
41		 BUL FIN
Ret		 GER
35		 JPN FRA
47		 ESP
17		 GBR NC 0
2011 Albert Llovera Fiat Abarth Grande Punto S2000 SWE MEX POR JOR
17		 ITA
Ret		 ARG GRE
24		 FIN
Ret		 GER
Ret		 AUS FRA
DNS		 ESP
40		 GBR NC 0
2012 PCR Sport Fiat Abarth Grande Punto S2000 MON SWE MEX POR ARG GRE NZL FIN GER GBR FRA ITA ESP
Ret		 NC 0

JWRC Results
Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 JWRC Points
2001 Pronto Racing Fiat Punto S1600 ESP
Ret		 GRE
Ret		 FIN
7		 ITA
Ret		 FRA
13		 GBR
Ret		 NC 0
2002 Albert Llovera Fiat Punto S1600 MON
Ret		 ESP
12		 GRE
Ret		 GER
Ret		 ITA
16		 GBR NC 0

SWRC results
Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 SWRC Points
2010 Albert Llovera Fiat Abarth Grande Punto S2000 SWE MEX
5		 JOR NZL
Ret		 POR
10		 FIN
Ret		 GER
8		 JPN FRA
9		 GBR 13th 17
2011 Albert Llovera Fiat Abarth Grande Punto S2000 MEX JOR
4		 ITA
Ret		 GRE
9		 FIN
Ret		 GER
Ret		 FRA ESP
8		 10th 18
2012 PCR Sport Fiat Abarth Grande Punto S2000 MON SWE POR NZL FIN GBR FRA ESP
Ret		 NC 0

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Albert Llovera Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
  2. "Driver". albertllovera.com. Archived from the original on 27 March 2012. Retrieved 20 July 2011.
  3. "Driver profile - Albert Llovera". eWRC-results.com. eWRC.cz. Retrieved 20 July 2011.
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