Charlie Hatton (born 23 February 1998)[1] is a British cyclist. In 2023 he became the World Champion in Downhill mountain biking.
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| Born | 23 February 1998 | ||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Atherton Continental | ||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Downhill | ||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Early life edit
Hatton is from the Forest of Dean and started mountain biking with his older brothers Sam and Joe.[2]
Career edit
Hatton started on the Atherton Racing program in 2018.[3] In 2021 Hatton competed at the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup for Atherton Bikes.[4] In 2022 he signed a three contract with Continental Atherton.[5] Hatton described signing the contract as a "no-brainer" and he reportedly helped the Atherton siblings, Rachel Atherton and Gee Atherton, develop Atherton Downhill Bikes.[6]
Competing at the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships in Fort William in August 2023, Hatton won the downhill mountain bike gold medal representing Great Britain.[7][8] Hatton had started the event ranked seventeenth in the world but finished the course in a time of four minutes 26.747 seconds to finish 0.6sec ahead of Andreas Kolb (his Atherton team mate) of Austria with Hatton's compatriot Laurie Greenland winning bronze.[9]
Recent Results edit
| Date[10] | Event | Venue | Category | Position | Beat % | Result |
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| 5 August 2023 | UCI - DHI World Championships '23 | Fort William | Elite | 1 / 82 | 100% | 04:26.8 |
| 1 July 2023 | 2023 UCI World Cup DH #3 | Val di Sole | Elite (Elites) | DNF / 166 | 0% | DNF |
| 17 June 2023 | 2023 UCI World Cup DH #2 | Leogang | Elite (Elites) | 16 / 181 | 92% | 03:03.4 |
| 10 June 2023 | 2023 UCI World Cup DH #1 | Lenzerheide | Elite (Elites) | 10 / 198 | 95% | 02:43.1 |
| 7 May 2023 | 2023 British Cycling DH National Series #2 | Fort William | Elite | 3 / 50 | 96% | 04:30.3 |
| 23 April 2023 | UCI - 2023 ESO/Discovery DH Test Event | Lourdes | Elite | DNS / 31 | 0% | DNS |
| 16 April 2023 | 2023 British Cycling DH National Series #1 | Rheola | Elite | 2 / 37 | 97% | 02:48.8 |
| 2 April 2023 | 2023 Gravity Events UK DH #1 | Rheola | Elite | 3 / 16 | 87% | 02:43.8 |
References edit
- ^ "Charlie Hatton". vitalmtb.com. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
- ^ "Introducing Continental / Atherton Race Team's Charlie Hatton". Athertonbikes. 20 November 2020. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
- ^ Spratt, Ed (18 April 2020). "Charlie Hatton". Pinkbike.com.
- ^ "A Day in the life of a World Cup Racer: Charlie Hatton". Athertonbikes.com. 13 September 2021. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
- ^ "Charlie Hatton – What Goes Into a Breakthrough Season?". downtimepodcast. 13 December 2022. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
- ^ "Top talent sign up to join Powys based downhill cycling team". Country Times. 8 December 2022. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
- ^ "Cycling World Championships 2023: GB claim gold and bronze in men's mountain bike downhill". BBC Sport. 5 August 2023. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
- ^ "BRITAIN HAS A HOME WINNER' - CHARLIE HATTON HOISTED ALOFT AFTER MOMENTOUS MOUNTAIN BIKE DOWNHILL WIN". Eurosport.com. 5 August 2023. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
- ^ "'Cold and shaking' Hatton wins mountain bike world gold". France24.com. 5 August 2023. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
- ^ "Charlie HATTON's results". Roots & Rain. 5 August 2023. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
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