Danny Hart (cyclist)
 Danny Hart, pulling a giant whip off a jump | |||||||||||||
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| Nickname | Dirty Dan | ||||||||||||
| Born |
20 September 1991 Middlesbrough | ||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||||||||||||
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| Current team | Mondraker | ||||||||||||
| 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, Redcar, England) is an English downhill mountain biker who rides for Mondraker. He was the 2011 UCI Men's Downhill world champion.[2]
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 becoming world champion, Hart and former Olympic triple-jumper Jonathan Edwards (athlete) 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
- UCI Mountain Bike World Cup
- 22nd place, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
- 2nd place, Fort William, Scotland
- 6th place, Leogang, Austria
- 4th place, Mont Sainte-Anne, Quebec
- 9th place, Windham, USA
- 13th place, La Bresse, FRA
- 2nd place, Val di Sole, IT
- 1st place, World Championships
- 2012
- UCI Mountain Bike World Cup
- 2nd place, Fort William, Scotland
- 3rd place, Mont Sainte-Anne, Quebec
References
- ↑ "Ranking – Mountain Bike 2011". UCI. Retrieved 9 November 2011.
- ↑ "2011 UCI Downhill World Championships: Danny Hart Wins in Dominant Fashion". Bikemag.com. Retrieved 2011-10-30.
- ↑ "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. Retrieved 14 November 2011.
- ↑ "Danny Hart helps launch £31m redcar sports project". The Gazette. 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.