Danny Hart (cyclist)

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Danny Hart
Danny Hart, pulling a giant whip off a jump
Personal information
NicknameRedcar Rocket
Born (1991-09-20) 20 September 1991 (age 34)
Redcar, England
Height5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Team information
Current teamNorco Race Division
DisciplineMTB
RoleRider
Rider typeDH
Major wins
Maxxis Cup International #1 – Gouveia[1]
Medal record
Representing  Great Britain
Men's Mountain biking
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2011 Champery Downhill
Gold medal – first place 2016 Val di Sole Downhill
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Canberra Downhill (junior)
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Lenzerheide Downhill

Danny Hart (born 20 September 1991) is a British downhill mountain biker who currently rides for Norco Race Division He won the 2011[2] and 2016 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships.

Career

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Hart was educated at Rye Hills School in Redcar.[3] He had received financial support from Redcar and Cleveland Young People's Trust as a junior rider.[4] In October 2011, after winning the World Championships, Hart and former Olympic triple-jumper Jonathan Edwards and world paratriathlete Charlotte Ellis helped launch a £31m project to build a leisure centre in Redcar.[5]

Hart won the 2007 youth national championship at Rheola, Wales in conditions he described as 'really terrible'.[6] In 2008, when 16, he began competing the elite class internationally, with a best DH World Cup result of 22nd at Vallnord, Andorra in June.[7] In 2009 he won the Maxxis Cup in Vigo, Spain,[8] and came second in the junior national championship at Innerleithen, Scotland,[9] third at the junior world championship in Canberra, Australia[10] and 20th in the Elite class at the Fort William, Scotland[11] round of the World Cup in June of that year.

Danny Hart leaving the start gate at the 2017 UCI Downhill World Cup at Fort William

Major results

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2011
1st UCI World Downhill Championships
4th Overall UCI Downhill World Cup
2nd Fort William
2nd Val di Sole
2012
7th Overall UCI Downhill World Cup
2nd Fort William
3rd Mont Sainte-Anne
2013
9th Overall UCI Downhill World Cup
2nd Hafjell
2014
1st Red Bull Hardline
8th Overall UCI Downhill World Cup
3rd Fort William
3rd Mont Sainte-Anne
2015
1st National Downhill Championships
2016
1st UCI World Downhill Championships
2nd National Downhill Championships
2nd Overall UCI Downhill World Cup
1st Lenzerheide[12][13]
1st Mont Sainte-Anne[14]
1st Vallnord
3rd Lourdes
3rd Fort William
2017
3rd National Downhill Championships
6th Overall UCI Downhill World Cup
3rd Vallnord
3rd Lenzerheide
3rd Mont Sainte-Anne
2018
2nd National Downhill Championships
2nd Overall UCI Downhill World Cup
3rd Val di Sole
3rd Mont Sainte-Anne
2019
1st National Downhill Championships
4th Overall UCI Downhill World Cup[15]
1st Snowshoe
2nd Maribor[16]
2021
3rd National Downhill Championships

References

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