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'''Rachel Laura Atherton''' (born 6 December 1987) is a British professional ] specialising in ] ], and is a multiple ]. '''Rachel Laura Atherton''' (born 6 December 1987) is a British professional ] ], and is a multiple time ].


Atherton began riding BMX at the age of 8 and mountain biking at the age of 11.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/web/site/BC/mtb/News2006/20060416_rachel_atherton_interview.asp |title=Rachel Atherton Interview |publisher=British Cycling |date=16 April 2008 |access-date=2 June 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080621120304/http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/web/site/BC/mtb/News2006/20060416_rachel_atherton_interview.asp |archive-date=21 June 2008 |dead-url=yes }}</ref> She was both '']''' Sportswoman of the Year<ref>{{cite web|url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/mtb.php?id=news/2005/nov05/nov23mtbnews |title=Atherton awarded Young Sportswoman|publisher=Cycling News|date=November 2005}}</ref> and BBC Midlands Junior Sportswoman of the Year<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/shropshire/content/articles/2005/12/05/sports_personality_rachel_atherton_feature.shtml|title=Rachel wins BBC Midlands title|publisher=BBC Shropshire|date=5 December 2005|access-date=2 June 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121112045622/http://www.bbc.co.uk/shropshire/content/articles/2005/12/05/sports_personality_rachel_atherton_feature.shtml|archive-date=12 November 2012|dead-url=yes}}</ref> in 2005, and then BBC Midlands Sportswoman of the Year in 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pinkbike.com/news/rachel-atherton-midlands-sportswoman-year-2008.html|title=Rachel Atherton wins BBC Midlands Sportswoman of the Year!|publisher=Pinkbike|date=8 December 2008}}</ref> In October 2015, a video of Atherton overtaking 91 competitors in five minutes during a race went ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.redbull.com/uk/en/bike/events/1331726423300/red-bull-foxhunt-rachel-atherton|title=Red Bull Foxhunt with Rachel Atherton|publisher=Red Bull|date=October 2015}}</ref> Atherton began riding BMX at the age of 8 and mountain biking at the age of 11.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/web/site/BC/mtb/News2006/20060416_rachel_atherton_interview.asp |title=Rachel Atherton Interview |publisher=British Cycling |date=16 April 2008 |access-date=2 June 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080621120304/http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/web/site/BC/mtb/News2006/20060416_rachel_atherton_interview.asp |archive-date=21 June 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> She was both '']''' Sportswoman of the Year<ref>{{cite web|url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/mtb.php?id=news/2005/nov05/nov23mtbnews |title=Atherton awarded Young Sportswoman|publisher=Cycling News|date=November 2005}}</ref> and BBC Midlands Junior Sportswoman of the Year<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/shropshire/content/articles/2005/12/05/sports_personality_rachel_atherton_feature.shtml|title=Rachel wins BBC Midlands title|publisher=BBC Shropshire|date=5 December 2005|access-date=2 June 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121112045622/http://www.bbc.co.uk/shropshire/content/articles/2005/12/05/sports_personality_rachel_atherton_feature.shtml|archive-date=12 November 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> in 2005, and then BBC Midlands Sportswoman of the Year in 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pinkbike.com/news/rachel-atherton-midlands-sportswoman-year-2008.html|title=Rachel Atherton wins BBC Midlands Sportswoman of the Year!|publisher=Pinkbike|date=8 December 2008}}</ref> In October 2015, a video of Atherton overtaking 91 competitors in five minutes during a race went ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.redbull.com/uk/en/bike/events/1331726423300/red-bull-foxhunt-rachel-atherton|title=Red Bull Foxhunt with Rachel Atherton|publisher=Red Bull|date=October 2015}}</ref>


==Career== ==Career==
Since 2007, Atherton has been part of the ] race team along with brothers ] and ]. In 2012, Atherton, along with her brothers Dan, Gee and Marc Beaumont, signed with ]. In 2015, Atherton and her brothers signed with ] to race for Trek Atherton Racing.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pinkbike.com/news/atherton-trek-racing-2015.html|title=Atherton Racing + Trek|publisher=Pinkbike|date=11 November 2015}}</ref> For 5 years from 2007, Atherton was part of the ] race team along with brothers ] and ]. In 2012, Atherton, along with her brothers Dan, Gee and Marc Beaumont, signed with ]. In 2015, Atherton and her brothers signed with ] to race for Trek Atherton Racing.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pinkbike.com/news/atherton-trek-racing-2015.html|title=Atherton Racing + Trek|publisher=Pinkbike|date=11 November 2015}}</ref>


In June 2008 Atherton became the first British woman to win the ], defeating second placed ] by 11.99 seconds in the final.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uci.ch/Modules/ENews/ENewsDetails.asp?id=NTg1NQ&MenuId=MTI1OTU&BackLink=%2Ftemplates%2FUCI%2FUCI5%2Flayout.asp%3FMenuId%3DMTI1OTU |title=Gee and Rachel Atherton will remember the 21st of June 2008 for a long time|publisher=Union Cycliste Internationale|date=21 June 2008}}</ref> In June 2008 Atherton became the first British woman to win the ], defeating second placed ] by 11.99 seconds in the final.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uci.ch/Modules/ENews/ENewsDetails.asp?id=NTg1NQ&MenuId=MTI1OTU&BackLink=%2Ftemplates%2FUCI%2FUCI5%2Flayout.asp%3FMenuId%3DMTI1OTU |title=Gee and Rachel Atherton will remember the 21st of June 2008 for a long time|publisher=Union Cycliste Internationale|date=21 June 2008}}</ref>


Atherton was involved in a collision with a ] whilst on a ] training ride with her brothers Dan and Gee in ], ], on 18 January 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pinkbike.com/news/rachel-atherton-car-accident-2009.html |title=Rachel Atherton Car Crash Accident| publisher=Pinkbike.com |date=20 January 2009}}</ref> She sustained a dislocated shoulder which, after later needing a nerve graft,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://animalcommencal.tv/rachel/blog/?p=18|title=Finally! A Decision!|publisher=AnimalCommencal|date=1 May 2009|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090505185040/http://animalcommencal.tv/rachel/blog/?p=18|archivedate=5 May 2009}}</ref> ruled her out of the 2009 racing season, including the September ] in ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://animalcommencal.tv/rachel/blog/?p=186|title=World Championships, World Champion.|publisher=Atherton Racing|date=12 August 2009|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090822084709/http://animalcommencal.tv/rachel/blog/?p=186|archivedate=22 August 2009}}</ref> Atherton was involved in a collision with a ] whilst on a ] training ride with her brothers Dan and Gee in ], ], on 18 January 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pinkbike.com/news/rachel-atherton-car-accident-2009.html |title=Rachel Atherton Car Crash Accident| publisher=Pinkbike.com |date=20 January 2009}}</ref> She sustained a dislocated shoulder which, after later needing a nerve graft,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://animalcommencal.tv/rachel/blog/?p=18|title=Finally! A Decision!|publisher=AnimalCommencal|date=1 May 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090505185040/http://animalcommencal.tv/rachel/blog/?p=18|archive-date=5 May 2009}}</ref> ruled her out of the 2009 racing season, including the September ] in ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://animalcommencal.tv/rachel/blog/?p=186|title=World Championships, World Champion.|publisher=Atherton Racing|date=12 August 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090822084709/http://animalcommencal.tv/rachel/blog/?p=186|archive-date=22 August 2009}}</ref>


In September 2012, Atherton took the final World Cup round on a diverse and testing Norwegian track and clinched the overall title, despite missing the opening race of the season. The Norwegian race was the final round of a seven-round series in which Atherton claimed a win in 5 of the 6 events she raced. In September 2012, Atherton took the final World Cup round on a diverse and testing Norwegian track and clinched the overall title, despite missing the opening race of the season. The Norwegian race was the final round of a seven-round series in which Atherton claimed a win in 5 of the 6 events she raced.


In June 2016, Atherton became the first woman to win 10 consecutive rounds of the World Cup, surpassing the record previously held by ].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://dirtmountainbike.com/racing-events/leogang-world-cup-2016-rachel-atherton-takes-record-breaking-tenth-consecutive-win.html|title=Leogang World Cup 2016: Rachel Atherton takes record breaking tenth consecutive win|last=Smurthwaite|first=James|date=12 June 2016|work=dirtmountainbike.com|access-date=12 June 2016|via=}}</ref> In September that same year, she also achieved the unprecedented feat of winning every round in a World Cup season.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://dirtmountainbike.com/racing-events/downhill/rachel-atherton-wins-womens-race-2016-vallnord-world-cup.html|title=Rachel Atherton wins women's race: 2016 Vallnord World Cup|date=3 September 2016|work=dirtmountainbike.com|access-date=3 September 2016|via=}}</ref> In June 2016, Atherton became the first woman to win 10 consecutive rounds of the World Cup, surpassing the record previously held by ].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://dirtmountainbike.com/racing-events/leogang-world-cup-2016-rachel-atherton-takes-record-breaking-tenth-consecutive-win.html|title=Leogang World Cup 2016: Rachel Atherton takes record breaking tenth consecutive win|last=Smurthwaite|first=James|date=12 June 2016|work=dirtmountainbike.com|access-date=12 June 2016}}</ref> In September that same year, she also achieved the unprecedented feat of winning every round in a World Cup season.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://dirtmountainbike.com/racing-events/downhill/rachel-atherton-wins-womens-race-2016-vallnord-world-cup.html|title=Rachel Atherton wins women's race: 2016 Vallnord World Cup|date=3 September 2016|work=dirtmountainbike.com|access-date=3 September 2016}}</ref>

In 2019, Atherton suffered an injury to her Achilles tendon during a practice session, necessitating a prolonged period of recovery that sidelined her for the entirety of the 2020 season opener.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-07-21 |title="It was a bit of an eye-opener": Rachel Atherton on returning to racing |url=https://www.redbull.com/gb-en/rachel-atherton-returns-to-mtb-racing-2022 |access-date=2024-05-03 |website=Red Bull |language=en}}</ref>

In 2023, Atherton made a comeback to competitive riding at the UCI Downhill World Cup in Lenzerheide, clinching the first-place victory.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-06-12 |title=Inside Rachel Atherton’s stunning UCI Downhill World Cup victory |url=https://www.redbull.com/gb-en/rachel-atherton-career-wins |access-date=2024-05-03 |website=Red Bull |language=en}}</ref>


==Personal life== ==Personal life==
Atherton keeps the four rainbow jerseys she won for being world champion in birdcages, so that she can "take them out, touch them and remember those races.".<ref>{{cite web|title=Rachel Atherton: British mountain biker goes for fifth downhill World Championship title|work=BBC Sport|date=4 September 2018|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/45345249}}</ref> Atherton keeps the rainbow jerseys she won for being world champion in a birdcage, so that she can "take them out, touch them and remember those races.".<ref>{{cite web|title=Rachel Atherton: British mountain biker goes for fifth downhill World Championship title|work=BBC Sport|date=4 September 2018|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/45345249}}</ref>

Atherton gave birth to a daughter on 4 August 2021.<ref>{{cite web|url =https://pinkbike.com/news/rachel-atherton-announces-birth-of-baby-daughter-arna.html|title =Rachel Atherton Announces Birth of Baby Daughter Arna|first =James |last =Smurthwaite |date =9 August 2021 |website =pinkbike}}</ref>


==Palmarès== ==Palmarès==
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==References== ==References==
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==External links== ==External links==
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{{UCI Mountain Bike World Champions – Women's downhill}}
{{Laureus World Sports Award for Action Sportsperson of the Year}} {{Laureus World Sports Award for Action Sportsperson of the Year}}


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English cyclist

Rachel Atherton
Rachel Atherton in August 2008
Personal information
Full nameRachel Laura Atherton
NicknameWaynehead
Born (1987-12-06) 6 December 1987 (age 37)
Salisbury, England, United Kingdom
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight65 kg (143 lb)
Team information
Current teamAtherton Racing
DisciplineBMX & MTB
RoleRider
Rider typeDH
Professional teams
2007–2011Animal Commençal
2011–2015GT
2015–2018Trek Factory Racing
2018–Atherton Bikes
Major wins
DH World Champion (x5)
DH World Cup (x6 overall, 40 rounds)
DH European Champion
DH National Champion (x6)
DH Junior World Champion
DH Junior European Champion
Medal record
Women's mountain bike racing
Representing  Great Britain
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2008 Val Di Sol Downhill
Gold medal – first place 2013 Pietermaritzburg Downhill
Gold medal – first place 2015 Vallnord Downhill
Gold medal – first place 2016 Val di Sole Downhill
Gold medal – first place 2018 Lenzerheide Downhill
Silver medal – second place 2007 Fort William Downhill
Silver medal – second place 2011 Champery Downhill
Silver medal – second place 2014 Hafjell Downhill
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Rotorua Downhill
Gold medal – first place 2005 Livigno Downhill (junior)
Silver medal – second place 2004 Les Gets Downhill (junior)

Rachel Laura Atherton (born 6 December 1987) is a British professional downhill mountain bike racer, and is a multiple time UCI World Champion.

Atherton began riding BMX at the age of 8 and mountain biking at the age of 11. She was both Sunday Times' Sportswoman of the Year and BBC Midlands Junior Sportswoman of the Year in 2005, and then BBC Midlands Sportswoman of the Year in 2008. In October 2015, a video of Atherton overtaking 91 competitors in five minutes during a race went viral.

Career

For 5 years from 2007, Atherton was part of the Animal Commençal race team along with brothers Dan Atherton and Gee Atherton. In 2012, Atherton, along with her brothers Dan, Gee and Marc Beaumont, signed with GT Bicycles. In 2015, Atherton and her brothers signed with Trek Bicycle Corporation to race for Trek Atherton Racing.

In June 2008 Atherton became the first British woman to win the Elite UCI Downhill World Championship, defeating second placed Sabrina Jonnier by 11.99 seconds in the final.

Atherton was involved in a collision with a pickup truck whilst on a time trial training ride with her brothers Dan and Gee in Santa Cruz, California, on 18 January 2009. She sustained a dislocated shoulder which, after later needing a nerve graft, ruled her out of the 2009 racing season, including the September World Championships in Canberra.

In September 2012, Atherton took the final World Cup round on a diverse and testing Norwegian track and clinched the overall title, despite missing the opening race of the season. The Norwegian race was the final round of a seven-round series in which Atherton claimed a win in 5 of the 6 events she raced.

In June 2016, Atherton became the first woman to win 10 consecutive rounds of the World Cup, surpassing the record previously held by Anne-Caroline Chausson. In September that same year, she also achieved the unprecedented feat of winning every round in a World Cup season.

In 2019, Atherton suffered an injury to her Achilles tendon during a practice session, necessitating a prolonged period of recovery that sidelined her for the entirety of the 2020 season opener.

In 2023, Atherton made a comeback to competitive riding at the UCI Downhill World Cup in Lenzerheide, clinching the first-place victory.

Personal life

Atherton keeps the rainbow jerseys she won for being world champion in a birdcage, so that she can "take them out, touch them and remember those races.".

Atherton gave birth to a daughter on 4 August 2021.

Palmarès

2002
1st British National Mountain Biking Championships (DH) – Youth
2004
1st British National Mountain Biking Championships (DH)
2nd UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships (DH) – Junior
2005
1st British National Mountain Biking Championships (DH)
1st UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships (DH) – Junior
1st European Mountain Bike Championships (DH) - Junior
2006
1st European Mountain Bike Championships (DH)
1st Lisboa Downtown Championships
3rd Overall UCI Mountain Bike World Cup (DH)
1st Round 5 (Balneário Camboriú, Brazil)
2nd British National Mountain Biking Championships (DH)
3rd UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships (DH)
2007
1st UCI Mountain Bike World Cup (DH), Round 5 (Maribor, Slovenia)
1st Maxxis Cup DH Round 1
1st Sea Otter Classic
1st NPS DH, Round 1
1st NPS DH, Round 3 (Moelfre)
1st NPS DH, Round 4 (Caersws)
1st Fat Face Night Race
1st Street Race, Edinburgh
2nd UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships (DH)
2nd NPS DH, Round 5 (Innerleithen)
3rd DS, Sea Otter Classic
2008
1st UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships (DH)
1st Overall UCI Mountain Bike World Cup (DH)
2nd Round 1 (Maribor, Slovenia)
1st Round 2 (Vallnord, Andorra)
3rd Round 3 (Fort William, Scotland)
1st Round 4 (Mont-Sainte-Anne, Canada)
1st Round 5 (Bromont, Canada)
2nd Round 6 (Canberra, Australia)
1st Round 7 (Schladming, Austria)
1st Maxxis Cup DH (Gouveia, Portugal)
1st Alpine Bikes Winter series DH (Scotland)
1st Canadian Open DH (Whistler, Canada)
1st Monster Energy Garbanzo Downhill (Whistler, Canada)
2010
UCI Mountain Bike World Cup (DH)
1st Round 1 (Maribor, Slovenia)
2nd Round 2 (Fort William, Scotland)
1st Round 6 (Windham, United States)
2011
2nd UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships (DH)
3rd Overall UCI Mountain Bike World Cup (DH)
2nd Round 2 (Fort William, Scotland)
2nd Round 3 (Leogang, Austria)
3rd Round 4 (Mont-Sainte-Anne, Canada)
1st Round 5 (Windham, United States)
3rd Round 7 (Val di Sole, Italy)
2012
1st British National Mountain Biking Championships (DH)
1st Overall UCI Mountain Bike World Cup (DH)
1st Round 2 (Val di Sole, Italy)
2nd Round 3 (Fort William, Scotland)
1st Round 4 (Mont-Sainte-Anne, Canada)
1st Round 5 (Windham, United States)
1st Round 6 (Val d'Isère, France)
1st Round 7 (Hafjell, Norway)
1st European Downhill Cup round 1 (Monte Tamaro, Switzerland)
1st European Downhill Cup round 2 (Leogang, Austria)
2nd British Downhill Series, Round 1 (Combe Sydenham, England)
2nd British Downhill Series, Round 2 (Fort William, Scotland)
2013
1st UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships (DH)
1st Overall UCI Mountain Bike World Cup (DH)
1st Round 1 (Fort William, Scotland)
1st Round 2 (Val di Sole, Italy)
1st Round 3 (Vallnord, Andorra)
2nd Round 4 (Mont-Sainte-Anne, Canada)
1st Round 5 (Hafjell, Norway)
2nd Round 6 (Leogang, Austria)
2014
2nd UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships (DH)
2nd Overall UCI Mountain Bike World Cup (DH)
2nd Round 1 (Pietermaritzburg, South Africa)
1st Round 2 (Cairns, Australia)
2nd Round 4 (Leogang, Austria)
2nd Round 5 (Mont-Sainte-Anne, Canada)
2nd Round 6 (Windham, United States)
1st Round 7 (Méribel, France)
2015
1st UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships (DH)
1st British National Mountain Biking Championships (DH)
1st Overall UCI Mountain Bike World Cup (DH)
2nd Round 1 (Lourdes, France)
1st Round 2 (Fort William, Scotland)
1st Round 3 (Leogang, Austria)
1st Round 4 (Lenzerheide, Switzerland)
1st Round 5 (Mont-Sainte-Anne, Canada)
1st Round 6 (Windham, United States)
1st Round 7 (Val di Sole, Italy)
1st British Downhill Series, Round 2 (Fort William, Scotland)
2016
1st UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships (DH)
1st British National Mountain Biking Championships (DH)
1st Overall UCI Mountain Bike World Cup (DH)
1st Round 1 (Lourdes, France)
1st Round 2 (Cairns, Australia)
1st Round 3 (Fort William, Scotland)
1st Round 4 (Leogang, Austria)
1st Round 5 (Lenzerheide, Switzerland)
1st Round 6 (Mont-Sainte-Anne, Canada)
1st Round 7 (Vallnord, Andorra)
2017
1st British National Mountain Biking Championships (DH)
UCI Mountain Bike World Cup (DH)
1st Round 1 (Lourdes, France)
2nd Round 5 (Lenzerheide, Switzerland)
2018
1st UCI Mountain Bike World Championships (DH)
1st Overall UCI Mountain Bike World Cup (DH)
2nd Round 1 (Lošinj, Croatia)
3rd Round 2 (Fort William, Scotland)
1st Round 3 (Leogang, Austria)
2nd Round 4 (Val di Sole, Italy)
2nd Round 5 (Vallnord, Andorra)
1st Round 6 (Mont-Sainte-Anne, Canada)
1st Round 7 (La Bresse, France)
2019
UCI Mountain Bike World Cup (DH)
2nd Round 1 (Maribor, Slovenia)
1st Round 2 (Fort William, Scotland)
1st Round 4 (Vallnord, Andorra)
2023
UCI Mountain Bike World Cup (DH)
1st Round 1 (Lenzerheide, Switzerland)

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