How tall is Niki Lauda?

Niki Lauda's listed height was 175 cm (5'9"). He was taller than about 47% of men in Austria.

Where 175 cm sits among men in Austria

Taller than about 47% of men in Austria born in 1949 (average 175.6 cm).

About Niki Lauda

Niki Lauda was an Austrian racing driver, motorsport executive and aviation entrepreneur, born Andreas Nikolaus Lauda on 22 February 1949 in Vienna. He was born and raised there and was the grandson of the local industrialist Hans Lauda. He started in karting and progressed to Formula Vee and privateer racing in the late 1960s. He died on 20 May 2019.

Lauda took out a £30,000 bank loan to secure a place in European Formula Two with March Engineering in 1971, making his Formula One debut with the team at the Austrian Grand Prix. He moved to BRM in 1973 and to Ferrari in 1974, alongside Clay Regazzoni, taking his maiden victory at the Spanish Grand Prix. He competed in Formula One from 1971 to 1979 and from 1982 to 1985, winning three World Drivers' Championship titles, 25 Grands Prix and holding the record for podium finishes, 54, when he retired.

Lauda stood a listed 175 cm (5'9"). He remains the only driver to have won a World Drivers' Championship with both Ferrari and McLaren.

Frequently asked

How tall is Niki Lauda in feet and inches? Niki Lauda was 5'9" tall, which is 175 cm, 68.9 inches or 1.75 m.

Is Niki Lauda tall for men in Austria? At 175 cm he was taller than about 47% of men in Austria born in 1949, whose average height is 175.6 cm.

Sources

• Niki Lauda on Wikipedia — biography and career.
• Niki Lauda on Wikidata — nationality and dates; height recorded as 175 cm.
• Niki Lauda on TMDB — filmography and co-stars.

Heights are as publicly listed, rounded to the nearest centimetre; listed heights for public figures are often self-reported. Biographical details adapted from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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