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Craig Breen

1990 - 2023

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Craig Breen (2 February 1990 – 13 April 2023) was an Irish rally driver who last competed part time for the Hyundai team in the World Rally Championship (WRC). He won the 2012 Super 2000 WRC, scoring class wins in the Monte Carlo Rally, Wales Rally GB, Rally France and the Rally of Spain. Breen won the WRC Academy Cup in 2011, winning his first event at the 2011 Rallye Deutschland and sealing the championship with a win at Wales Rally GB. The Academy title going down to the last stage, with Breen and Estonian rally driver Egon Kaur ending the season, both on 111 points, Breen then won the title on count back of stage wins, 39 to 14. Breen won the 2021 Rentokil Historic Rally in Killarney, Kerry, Ireland in his BMW M3 E30. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2024). Craig Breen is the 1,004th most popular racing driver (down from 905th in 2024), the 472nd most popular biography from Ireland (down from 429th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Irish Racing Driver.

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Craig Breen ranks 1,004 out of 1,080. Before him are Will Stevens, Timo Scheider, James Toseland, Mads Østberg, Andreas Mikkelsen, and Oriol Servià. After him are Pedro Acosta, Jack Aitken, Max Chilton, Alessandro Gramigni, Manfred Stohl, and Marta García.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1990, Craig Breen ranks 629. Before him are Paul Tanui, José Altuve, Milena Raičević, Juankar, Andy Biersack, and Michał Szpak. After him are Ismaeel Mohammad, Ilkin Dovlatov, Javier Aquino, Hua Chenyu, Jay Weinberg, and Brittney Griner. Among people deceased in 2023, Craig Breen ranks 604. Before him are Tim Lobinger, Adam Rich, Raphael Dwamena, Melissa Hoskins, Mike McFarlane, and Khader Adnan. After him are Miklós Lendvai, Vladlen Tatarsky, Kéné Ndoye, Dmytro Kotsiubailo, Frank McGarvey, and Billy Miller.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Craig Breen ranks 472 out of 549. Before him are Frank Kelly (1938), Amybeth McNulty (2001), Dervla Kirwan (1971), Eva Birthistle (1974), John Egan (1992), and Stefan Molyneux (1966). After him are Jonas Armstrong (1981), Eamonn Coghlan (1952), Shane Long (1987), Dermot Kennedy (1991), Victoria Smurfit (1974), and João Pereira (null).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In Ireland

Among racing drivers born in Ireland, Craig Breen ranks 7. Before him are Joe Kelly (1913), Brian Shawe-Taylor (1915), David Kennedy (1953), Duncan Hamilton (1920), Derek Daly (1953), and Tommy Byrne (1958).

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