Rachel Atherton

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**Rachel Atherton**
Personal information
Full name	Rachel Laura Atherton
Date of birth	December 6, 1987 (1987-12-06) (age 20)
Country	England United Kingdom
Team information
Discipline	BMX & MTB
Role	Rider
Rider type	DH & 4x
Professional team(s)
2007–	Animal Commencal
Infobox last updated on:
2 June 2008

Rachel Laura Atherton (born 6 December 1987, near Salisbury) is a professional racing cyclist specialising in downhill mountain bike racing, and is a multiple national champion. She began BMXing at the age of 8 and mountain biking at the age of 11.^[1] She was The SundayTimes' Sportswoman of the Year^[2] and BBC Midlands Junior Sportswoman of the Year in 2005.^[3]

[edit] Palmarès

2002: 1st DH, British National Mountain Biking Championships - Youth

2004: 1st DH, British National Mountain Biking Championships

2005: 1st European Mountain Bike Championships; 1st DH, British National Mountain Biking Championships; 1st DH, UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships - Junior

2006: 2nd DH, British National Mountain Biking Championships; 3rd DH, UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships, Rotorua; 1st DH, European Mountain Bike Championships; 1st Lisbon Downtown Championships; 1st DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Round 5, Balneario Camboriu; 3rd Overall DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup

2007: 2nd DH, UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships, Fort William; 1st DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Round 5, Maribor; 1st Maxxis Cup, Round 1; 1st Sea Otter Classic DH; 3rd Sea Otter Classic DS; 1st NPS DH, Round 1; 1st NPS DH, Round 3, Moelfre; 1st NPS DH, Round 4, Caersws; 2nd NPS DH, Round 5, Innerliethan; 1st Fat Face Night Race; 1st Edinburgh Street Race