Steve Peat, nicknamed "Sheffield Steel" or more commonly just "Peaty", is a professional downhill mountain biker who was born and lives in Chapeltown, Sheffield, England. Prior to his career as a professional mountain biker Peat was employed as a plumber by James Lamb. He is married to Adele Croxon and has two sons, Jake and George Peat.
Greg Minnaar is a South African World Champion mountain bike racer competing in downhill cycling. He is the reigning UCI Downhill World Champion after winning in Val Di Sole in 2021, his fourth world championship. He has the most world championships amongst still active racers, and is second all time to Nicols Vouilloz's seven titles. He currently competes in the UCI Downhill MTB World Cup points series. Minnaar is the most prolific winner among male professional downhill mountain bike racers, with 23 world cup career victories. He rides for the Santa Cruz Syndicate team.
George David Atherton, known as Gee Atherton is a professional racing cyclist specializing in downhill and four cross mountain bike racing, and is a multiple national champion, multiple World Cup winner, and 2008 & 2014 Downhill World Champion. He is also a rally driver and competed in his first International event in 2017 at Wales Rally GB.
Rachel Laura Atherton is a British professional downhill mountain bike racer, and is a multiple time UCI World Champion.
Nino Schurter is a Swiss cross-country cyclist who races for the SCOTT-SRAM MTB Racing Team.
Aaron Holmes Gwin is an American professional downhill mountain biker from Morongo Valley, California. He is a five-time World Cup overall champion.
Joshua Antonio Torres Bryceland, known as Josh Bryceland, and commonly referred to by his nickname, Ratboy, born 23 March 1990, in Manchester is a professional downhill mountain biker, who lives in Higher Poynton, Cheshire, England.
Atherton Racing, competing officially as Trek Factory Racing, formerly as GT Factory Racing, is a professional mountain bike racing team competing in the World Cup and World Champs, as well as national level events, in the downhill category. The team began as Animal Commençal.
Danny Hart is a British downhill mountain biker who currently rides for Cube Factory Racing. He won the 2011 and 2016 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships.
Manon Rose Carpenter is a Welsh, professional racing cyclist formerly specialising in downhill mountain bike racing.
Gerhard Kerschbaumer is an Italian cross-country mountain biker. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed in the cross-country race at Hadleigh Farm, finishing in 13th place.
Madison Saracen is a British-based UCI trade team, specialising in downhill mountain biking.
Jolanda Neff is a Swiss cyclist, who currently rides for Trek Factory Racing in cross-country and cyclo-cross events. She won the gold medal in the women's cross-country event at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Tracey Hannah is a Professional Downhill bike rider. She raced her first national BMX title when she was 4 years old. Tracey chose to do MTB when she saw Mick Hannah was racing down a hill very fast on an MTB camp in 1997.
Troy Brosnan is an Australian professional racing cyclist specialising in downhill mountain bike racing. As a junior, he was twice world champion, once Oceanian champion, and once Australian national champion in the downhill. In the elite category he has twice been third overall in the world cup and is a four-time Australian champion.
Jordan Sarrou is a French mountain biking competitor, who currently rides for UCI Mountain Bike team Absolute–Absalon–BMC. He won the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships at Leogang, Austria in 2020. He has also competed in road cycling infrequently, finishing third in the 2014 Ruota d'Oro.
Tahnée Danyaela Seagrave is a British athlete, competing in the sport of downhill mountain biking.
Loris Vergier is a French downhill mountain bike rider. As a Junior, he won first place at the 2014 UCI Downhill Mountain World Championships.
Valentina "Vali" Höll is an Austrian cyclist who competes in downhill mountain biking.
Thibaut Dapréla is a French downhill mountain biker. He finished second overall in the 2021 UCI Downhill World Cup and won the round in Les Gets.
