Danny Hart (cyclist)
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Nickname | Redcar Rocket | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Redcar, England | 20 September 1991||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Cube factory racing | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Discipline | MTB | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Rider type | DH | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Maxxis Cup International #1 – Gouveia[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Danny Hart (born 20 September 1991) is a British downhill mountain biker who currently rides for Cube Factory Racing. He won the 2011[2] and 2016 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships.
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.
Results[]
- 2011
- 4th Overall UCI Mountain Bike World Cup
- 22nd place, Round 1, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
- 2nd place, Round 2, Fort William, Scotland
- 6th place, Round 3, Leogang, Austria
- 4th place, Round 4, Mont Sainte-Anne, Quebec
- 9th place, Round 5, Windham, USA
- 13th place, Round 6, La Bresse, France
- 2nd place, Round 7, Val di Sole, Italy
- 1st place, UCI World Championships
- 2012
- 7th Overall UCI Mountain Bike World Cup
- 2013
- 9th Overall UCI Mountain Bike World Cup
- 2014
- 8th Overall UCI Mountain Bike World Cup
- 2015
- 1st place, British National Downhill Championships
- 2016
- 2nd place, British National Downhill Championships
- 2nd Overall UCI Mountain Bike World Cup
- 1st place, UCI World Championships
- 2017
- 3rd place, British National Downhill Championships
- 6th Overall UCI Mountain Bike World Cup
- 3rd place, Round 4, Vallnord, Andorra
- 3rd place, Round 5, Lenzerheide, Switzerland
- 3rd place, Round 6, Mont Sainte-Anne, Quebec
- 2018
- 2nd place, British National Downhill Championships
- 2nd Overall UCI Mountain Bike World Cup
- 3rd place, Round 4, Val di Sole, Italy
- 3rd place, Round 6, Mont Sainte-Anne, Quebec
- 2019
- 1st place, British National Downhill Championships
- 4th Overall UCI Mountain Bike World Cup[15]
- 2nd place, Round 1, Maribor, Slovenia[16]
- 5th place, Round 2, Fort William, Scotland
- 4th place, Round 3, Leogang, Austria
- 5th place, Round 4, Vallnord, Andorra
- 49th place, Round 5, Les Gets, France
- 5th place, Round 6, Val di Sole, Italy
- 5th place, Round 7, Lenzerheide, Switzerland
- 1st place, Round 8, Snowshoe, West Virginia
References[]
- ^ "Ranking – Mountain Bike 2011". UCI. Archived from the original on 2 November 2011. Retrieved 9 November 2011.
- ^ "2011 UCI Downhill World Championships: Danny Hart Wins in Dominant Fashion". Bikemag.com. Retrieved 30 October 2011.
- ^ "Giant Bicycles – Danny Hart rider profile". Giant Bicycles. Retrieved 14 November 2011.
- ^ "Redcar & Cleveland CYPT – Making A Difference". Redcar & Cleveland Children & Young People's Trust. Archived from the original on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 14 November 2011.
- ^ "Danny Hart helps launch £31m redcar sports project". The Gazette. 17 October 2011. Retrieved 14 November 2011.
- ^ "Fox Racing Shox British National Downhill Championships Results 2007". British Cycling. Retrieved 14 November 2011.
- ^ "UCI MTB World Cup DH Vallnord Results 2008". British Cycling. Retrieved 14 November 2011.
- ^ "Maxxis Cup International DH Vigo Results 2009". British Cycling. Retrieved 14 November 2011.
- ^ "MSC Bikes National DH Championships Results 2009". British Cycling. Retrieved 14 November 2011.
- ^ "UCI World MTB DH Championships Results 2009". British Cycling. Retrieved 14 November 2011.
- ^ "UCI MTB World Cup DH Round 4 Results 2009". British Cycling. Retrieved 14 November 2011.
- ^ "Lenzerheide World Cup 2016 men's results".
- ^ "GB's Atherton & Hart win in Switzerland". BBC Sport.
- ^ "Hart wins Mont Sainte Anne downhill". cyclingnews.com. 7 August 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
- ^ "FINAL RESULTS: