Alan Hatherly

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Alan Hatherly
Personal information
Born (1996-03-15) 15 March 1996 (age 28)
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa [1]
Height180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight62 kg (137 lb)
Team information
Current team
Discipline
  • Mountain bike
  • Road
RoleRider
Rider typeCross-country
Professional teams
2015Kargo Pro MTB Team
2019–2020Specialized Racing
2021–Cannondale Factory Racing
2023– EF Education–Nippo Development Team
Major wins
Mountain bike
World XC Championships (2024)
XC World Cup (2024)
2 individual wins (2024)
Medal record
Men's mountain bike racing
Olympic Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2024 Paris Cross-country
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Lenzerheide Under-23 Cross-country
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Mont-Sainte-Anne E-MTB Cross-country
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 Vallnord Cross country
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2024 Vallnord Cross-country short track
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2018 Gold Coast Cross-country

Alan Hatherly (born 15 March 1996) is a South African professional mountain bike racer. [2] He won the bronze medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics finishing with a time of 1:26:33, the first African and non-European to win a medal in the men's event. [3]

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Career

Hatherly rode at the cross-country event at the 2016 Summer Olympics. [4] He finished in 26th place with a time of 1:42:03. He qualified to represent South Africa at the 2020 Summer Olympics and completed the event, finishing in 8th place with a time of 1:26:33. [5] [6]

In 2018, Hatherly achieved a bronze medal at the Commonwealth Games, subsequently going on to be crowned the 2018 Under 23 Cross Country World Champion.

In early 2019, it was announced that he would leave South African team Team Spur, and ride for the Specialized Factory team for 2019. He moved to Cannondale Factory Racing for the 2021 season and beyond.

After the 2024 Olympics, Hatherly competed at the Mountain Bike World Championships in Andorra. He placed third in Cross-country short track behind France's Victor Koretzky and Great Britain's Charlie Aldridge. [7] Later he won Cross-country Olympic event overtaking Koretzky on the last long climb. [8]

Since 2023, he has also competed in road cycling, joining UCI Continental team EF Education–Nippo Development Team. [9]

Major results

Mountain bike

2014
3rd Bronze medal africa.svg Cross-country, African Junior Championships
2016
1st Gold medal africa.svg Cross-country, African Under-23 Championships
2017
1st Gold medal africa.svg Cross-country, African Championships
1st MaillotSudafrica.PNG Cross-country, National Championships
2nd Silver medal uci.svg Cross-country, UCI World Under-23 Championships
UCI Under-23 XCO World Cup
2nd Vallnord
2018
1st Jersey rainbow.svg Cross-country, UCI World Under-23 Championships
1st Gold medal africa.svg Cross-country, African Championships
1st MaillotSudafrica.PNG Cross-country, National Championships
UCI Under-23 XCO World Cup
1st Mont-Sainte-Anne
3rd Nové Město
3rd Bronze medal Commonwealth.svg Cross-country, Commonwealth Games
2019
1st Rainbow Jersey E-MTB.svg Cross-country, UCI World E-MTB Championships
African Championships
1st Gold medal africa.svg Cross-country
1st Gold medal africa.svg Team relay
1st MaillotSudafrica.PNG Cross-country, National Championships
1st Jersey red Cape Epic.svg African classification, Cape Epic (with Matthew Beers)
2020
1st MaillotSudafrica.PNG Cross-country, National Championships
UCI XCO World Cup
5th Nové Město II
2021
1st MaillotSudafrica.PNG Cross-country, National Championships
UCI XCO World Cup
4th Les Gets
4th Lenzerheide
2022
1st Jersey white.svg Overall UCI XCC World Cup
1st Petrópolis
2nd Vallnord
2nd Val di Sole
3rd Lenzerheide
UCI XCO World Cup
3rd Leogang
5th Nové Město
2023
XCO Shimano Super Cup
1st Banyoles
SA Cup Series
1st Cape Town
UCI XCO World Cup
2nd Lenzerheide
4th Leogang
5th Val di Sole
UCI XCC World Cup
2nd Val di Sole
XCC Shimano Super Cup
3rd Banyoles
2024
UCI World Championships
1st Jersey rainbow.svg Cross-country
3rd Bronze medal uci.svg Short track
1st Jersey white.svg Overall UCI XCO World Cup
1st Les Gets
1st Mont-Sainte-Anne
2nd Val di Sole
2nd Lake Placid
3rd Araxá
2nd Overall UCI XCC World Cup
1st Les Gets
3rd Araxá
3rd Lake Placid
3rd Mont-Sainte-Anne
3rd Bronze medal olympic.svg Cross-country, Olympic Games

Road

2023
National Championships
2nd Time trial
5th Road race
2024
1st Overall Tour du Cap
1st Stages 1 & 2
2nd Time trial, National Championships

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