Charlie Hatton

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

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

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
5th August 2023 UCI - DHI World Championships '23 Fort William Elite 1 / 82 100% 04:26.8
1st July 2023 2023 UCI World Cup DH #3 Val di Sole Elite (Elites) DNF / 166 0% DNF
17th June 2023 2023 UCI World Cup DH #2 Leogang Elite (Elites) 16 / 181 92% 03:03.4
10th June 2023 2023 UCI World Cup DH #1 Lenzerheide Elite (Elites) 10 / 198 95% 02:43.1
7th May 2023 2023 British Cycling DH National Series #2 Fort William Elite 3 / 50 96% 04:30.3
23rd April 2023 UCI - 2023 ESO/Discovery DH Test Event Lourdes Elite DNS / 31 0% DNS
16th April 2023 2023 British Cycling DH National Series #1 Rheola Elite 2 / 37 97% 02:48.8
2nd 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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