Danny Hart (cyclist)
British downhill mountain biker (born 1991)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
Redcar, England
Danny Hart, pulling a giant whip off a jump | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nickname | Redcar Rocket | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 20 September 1991 Redcar, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current team | Norco Race Division | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | MTB | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rider type | DH | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Major wins | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maxxis Cup International #1 – Gouveia[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Career
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.
Major results
- 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]
- 2021
- 3rd National Downhill Championships
