Giovanni Sala

Giovanni Sala, born on 23 November 1963, is an Italian enduro rider and a six-time World Enduro Champion, including the overall world championship title in 1998. He is also a four-time winner of the International Six Days Enduro World Trophy with Team Italy, in 1992, 1994, 1997 and 2000. He rode for KTM throughout his world championship career, winning his first title in the 500 cc class in 1993, the 250 cc two-stroke titles in 1994, 1995 and 1998 and his last, in the 400 cc class, in 1999. He retired from the World Enduro Championship after the 2004 season but kept competing in the Italian Enduro Championship and the Dakar Rally, finishing third at the 2006 Dakar, and he was named an FIM Legend in 2011.