Haley Batten

Haley Batten (born September 19, 1998) is an American cross-country and mountain bike cyclist.

Haley Batten
Personal information
Born (1998-09-19) September 19, 1998
Park City, Utah
Team information
Current teamSpecialized Racing
DisciplineMountain bike
RoleRider
Rider typeCross-country
Professional teams
2016–2019Clif Pro Team
2019-2021Trinity Racing
2021–Specialized Racing
Medal record
Women's mountain bike racing
Representing the  United States
Bronze medal – third place2022 Les GetsCross-country

From Park City, Utah, Batten studied at Quest University, Canada. Batten won national titles as a junior and another at U23 level, and won a U23 World Cup, and was part of the USA team relay at the 2019 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships where they earned a silver medal in Mont-Sainte-Anne, Canada.[1] Batten rode for the Clif Pro Team from 2016 to 2019 and Specialized Racing for 2020, and Trinity Racing in 2021. Batten rode to a third-place finish at her first elite World Cup XCO race in Albstadt, Germany.[2] On Friday 14 May 2021 Batten won the short-track cross-country MTB World Cup race in the Czech Republic.[3][4] She followed this up with finishing in 2nd place at the Nové Město XCO World Cup race punching her ticket to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics as the finish met USA Cycling’s automatic criteria for making the team.[5][6]

Major results
2015
1st Cross-country, National Junior Championships
2016
2nd Cross-country, National Junior Championships
2017
1st Cross-country, National Under-23 Championships
2018
2nd Cross-country, National Under-23 Championships
2019
Pan American Championships
1st Under-23 Cross-country
2nd Team relay
2nd Team relay, UCI World Championships
2020
1st Cross-country, National Under-23 Championships
UCI Under-23 XCO World Cup
3rd Nové Město I
2021
UCI XCO World Cup
2nd Nové Město
3rd Albstadt
2022
1st Overall Cape Epic (with Sofía Gómez Villafañe)
UCI World Championships
3rd Cross-country
3rd Team relay
UCI XCO World Cup
3rd Mont-Sainte-Anne
2023
Shimano Super Cup Massi
1st Banyoles
XCO French Cup
2nd Lons-le-Saunier
UCI XCO World Cup
4th Les Gets

References
  1. "Haley Batten | Mountain Bike Pro". USA Cycling.
  2. "Inside Haley Batten's podium ride at the Albstadt MTB World Cup". May 12, 2021.
  3. "Haley Batten wins World Cup short track MTB in Nové Město". May 14, 2021.
  4. "Haley Batten wins muddy Short Track World Cup in Nove Mesto". Canadian Cycling Magazine. May 14, 2021.
  5. "Olympics 2021: Why the Nové Město World Cup matters for America's Olympic MTB hopefuls". May 13, 2021.
  6. "Hayley Batten finishes second behind Loana Lecomte in Nové Město World Cup". May 16, 2021.


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