Charlie Hatton
Personal information
Born (1998-02-23) 23 February 1998
Team information
Current teamAtherton Continental
DisciplineDownhill
RoleRider
Medal record
Representing  Great Britain
Mountain bike racing
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Glasgow Men’s downhill

Charlie Hatton (born 23 February 1998)[1] is a British cyclist. In 2023 he became the World Champion in Downhill mountain biking.

Early life

Hatton is from the Forest of Dean and started mountain biking with his older brothers Sam and Joe.[2]

Career

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

Date[10] Event Venue Category Position Beat % Result
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

  1. ↑ "Charlie Hatton". vitalmtb.com. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
  2. ↑ "Introducing Continental / Atherton Race Team's Charlie Hatton". Athertonbikes. 20 November 2020. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
  3. ↑ Spratt, Ed (18 April 2020). "Charlie Hatton". Pinkbike.com.
  4. ↑ "A Day in the life of a World Cup Racer: Charlie Hatton". Athertonbikes.com. 13 September 2021. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
  5. ↑ "Charlie Hatton – What Goes Into a Breakthrough Season?". downtimepodcast. 13 December 2022. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
  6. ↑ "Top talent sign up to join Powys based downhill cycling team". Country Times. 8 December 2022. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
  7. ↑ "Cycling World Championships 2023: GB claim gold and bronze in men's mountain bike downhill". BBC Sport. 5 August 2023. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
  8. ↑ "BRITAIN HAS A HOME WINNER' - CHARLIE HATTON HOISTED ALOFT AFTER MOMENTOUS MOUNTAIN BIKE DOWNHILL WIN". Eurosport.com. 5 August 2023. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
  9. ↑ "'Cold and shaking' Hatton wins mountain bike world gold". France24.com. 5 August 2023. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
  10. ↑ "Charlie HATTON's results". Roots & Rain. 5 August 2023. Retrieved 7 August 2023.


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