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Rachel Atherton performs at UCI DH World Cup in Lenzerheide, Switzerland on June 10, 2023
Rachel Atherton poses for a portrait in the United Kingdom on December 13, 2023.
Rachel
Atherton
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
·Bike
With a record number of overall World Cup wins and the only perfect season in MTB history to her name, Rachel Atherton is the queen of downhill racing.
Date of birth6 December 1987
Place of birthWells
Age37
Nationality
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Career start2007
DisciplinesMountainbike Downhill
Over the years, Rachel Atherton has become the dominant force in women's downhill racing. After winning a host of categories in 2005, she was named Times Young Sportswoman of the Year and hasn’t looked back since.
She totally dominated the women’s downhill circuit in 2008, winning the World Cup overall and taking World Championship gold. On her way to the World Cup overall she took four World Cup wins and only missed out on a top-two finish at one race, in Fort William.
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Rachel Atherton poses for a portrait in the United Kingdom on December 13, 2023.
Rachel Atherton
Achievements
  1. 3rd Place: UCI Mountain Bike World Cup – Downhill2023 · Leogang, Austria
  2. 1st Place: UCI Mountain Bike World Cup - Downhill2023 · Lenzerheide, Switzerland
  3. 1st Place: UCI Mountain Bike World Cup – Downhill2019 · Vallnord, Andorra
  4. 1st Place: UCI Mountain Bike World Cup – Downhill2019 · Fort William, UK
  5. 1st Place: British Downhill Series2019 · Fort William, UK
  6. 2nd Place: UCI Mountain Bike World Cup – Downhill2019 · Maribor, Slovenia
  7. 1st Place: UCI Mountain Bike World Championships – DownhillHer fifth World Champs title2018 · Lenzerheide, Switzerland
  8. 1st Place Overall: UCI Mountain Bike World Cup – DownhillThe first rider to win six overall World Cup titles2018
  9. 1st Place: UCI Mountain Bike World Cup – Downhill2018 · La Bresse, France
  10. 1st Place: UCI Mountain Bike World Cup – Downhill2018 · Mont-Saint-Anne, Canada
  11. 2nd Place: UCI Mountain Bike World Cup – Downhill2018 · Vallnord, Andorra
  12. 2nd Place: UCI Mountain Bike World Cup – Downhill2018 · Val di Sole, Italy
  13. 1st Place: Crankworx Dual Slalom2018 · Les Gets, France
  14. 1st Place: Crankworx MTB Downhill2018 · Les Gets, France
  15. 1st Place: UCI Mountain Bike World Cup – Downhill2018 · Leogang, Austria
  16. 3rd Place: UCI Mountain Bike World Cup – Downhill2018 · Fort William, UK
  17. 1st Place: British Downhill Series2018 · Fort William, UK
  18. 2nd Place: UCI Mountain Bike World Cup – Downhill2018 · Lošinj, Croatia
  19. 1st Place: British Downhill Series2018 · Cwmcarn, Wales
  20. 1st Place: British Downhill Championships2017 · Wales, UK
  21. 2nd Place: UCI Mountain Bike World Cup – Downhill2017 · Lenzerheide, Switzerland
  22. 1st Place: UCI Mountain Bike World Cup – Downhill2017 · Lourdes, France
  23. 1st Place: UCI Mountainbike Downhill World Championships2016 · Val di Sole, Italy
  24. 1st Place: UCI MTB World Cup – Downhill Overall champion UCI MTB World Cup – Downhill with perfect seven wins out of seven2016 · Vallnord, Andorra
  25. 1st Place: UCI MTB World Cup – Downhill 2016 · Mont–Sainte-Anne, Canada
  26. 1st Place: UCI MTB World Cup – Downhill 2016 · Lenzerheide, Switzerland
  27. 1st Place: UCI MTB World Cup – Downhill2016 · Leogang, Austria
  28. 1st Place: UCI MTB World Cup – Downhill2016 · Fort William, Scotland
  29. 1st Place: UCI Mountain Bike World Cup – Downhill2016 · Cairns, Australia
  30. 1st Place: UCI Mountain Bike World Cup – Downhill2016 · Lourdes, France
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