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| Full name | Rachel Laura Atherton | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Waynehead | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 65 kg (143 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Animal Commencal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | BMX & MTB | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rider type | DH | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Major wins | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 GBR DH National Champion (2 Wins) EUR DH European Champion (2 Wins)Template:FlagiconUCI UCI DH World Champion (1 Wins) Template:FlagiconUCI UCI DH Junior World Champion (1 Wins) Template:FlagiconUCI UCI DH World Cup (7 Wins) Template:FlagiconUCI UCI DH World Cup Overall (1 Wins) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Rachel Laura Atherton (born 6 December 1987, near Salisbury) is a professional racing cyclist specialising in downhill mountain bike racing, and is a multiple national champion. She 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.
Since 2007 Rachel Atherton has been part of the Animal Commencal race team along with brothers Dan Atherton and Gee Atherton.
In June 2008 Rachel 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.
Rachel Atherton was involved in an accident with a pickup truck whilst on a time trial training ride with brothers Dan and Gee in Santa Cruz, California, on January 18 2009. She sustained a dislocated shoulder which, after later needing a nerve graft, will rule her out of much of the 2009 racing season, though she is said to be hoping to be fit for the September World Championships in Canberra.
Palmarès
- 2002
- 1st DH, British National Mountain Biking Championships - Youth
- 2004
- 1st DH, British National Mountain Biking Championships
- 2nd DH, UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships, Les Gets, France - Junior
- 2005
- 1st DH, European Mountain Bike Championships
- 1st DH, British National Mountain Biking Championships
- 1st Template:FlagiconUCI DH, UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships, Livigno, Italy - Junior
- 2006
- 2nd DH, British National Mountain Biking Championships
- 3rd DH, UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships, Rotorua, New Zealand
- 1st DH, European Mountain Bike Championships
- 1st Lisbon Downtown Championships
- 1st Template:FlagiconUCI DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Round 5, Balneario Camboriu
- 3rd Overall DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup
- 2007
- 2nd DH, UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships, Fort William
- 1st Template:FlagiconUCI DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Round 5, Maribor
- 1st Maxxis Cup, Round 1
- 1st Sea Otter Classic DH
- 3rd Sea Otter Classic DS
- 1st NPS DH, Round 1
- 1st NPS DH, Round 3, Moelfre
- 1st NPS DH, Round 4, Caersws
- 2nd NPS DH, Round 5, Innerleithen
- 1st Fat Face Night Race
- 1st Edinburgh Street Race
- 2008
- 1st Maxxis Cup, Gouviea, Portugal
- 1st Template:FlagiconUCI DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Round 1, Maribor, Slovenia
- 1st Alpine Bikes Winter series, Scotland
- 1st
DH, Canadian Open, Kokanee Crankworx, Whistler, Canada - 1st DH, Monster Energy Garbanzo Downhill, Kokanee Crankworx, Whistler, Canada
- 1st Template:FlagiconUCI DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Round 2, Vallnord, Andorra
- 3rd DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Round 3, Fort William, Scotland
- 1st Template:FlagiconUCI DH, UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships, Trentino, Italy
- 1st Template:FlagiconUCI DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Round 4, Mont-Sainte-Anne, Canada
- 1st Template:FlagiconUCI DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Round 5, Bromont, Canada
- 2nd DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Round 6, Canberra, Australia
- 1st Template:FlagiconUCI DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Round 7, Schladming, Austria
- 1st Template:FlagiconUCI DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Series Overall
References
- "Rachel Atherton Interview". British Cycling. 16 April 2008.
- "Atherton awarded Young Sportswoman". Cycling News. November 2005.
- "Rachel wins BBC Midlands title". BBC Shropshire. 5 December 2005.
- "Rachel Atherton wins BBC Midlands Sportswoman of the Year!". Pinkbike. 8 December 2008.
- "Gee and Rachel Atherton will remember the 21st of June 2008 for a long time". Union Cycliste Internationale. 21 June 2008.
- "Rachel Atherton Car Crash Accident". Pinkbike.com. 20 January 2009.
- "Finally! A Decision!". AnimalCommencal. 1 May 2009.
- "Rachel Atherton to Undergo Surgery". DirtMag.co.uk. 1 May 2009.
External links
- athertonracing.co.uk
- animalcommencal.com
- Interview: Rachel Atherton, Douglas Cook, Descent World, 2004
- An interview with the Athertons, Steve Thomas, Cycling News, 6 September 2007
- Silverfish Atherton Racing Profiles
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