Alan Hatherly Explained

Alan Hatherly
Birth Date:15 March 1996
Birth Place:Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa[1]
Height:180 cm
Weight:62 kg
Role:Rider
Ridertype:Cross-country
Proyears1:2015
Proteam1:Kargo Pro MTB Team
Proyears2:2019–2020
Proteam2:Specialized Racing
Proyears3:2021–
Proteam3:Cannondale Factory Racing
Proyears4:2023–
Majorwins:
Mountain bike
  • World XC Championships (2024)
  • XC World Cup (2024)
  • 2 individual wins (2024)

    • 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]

    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 .[9]

    Major results

    Mountain bike

    2014
  • 3rd Cross-country, African Junior Championships
    2016
  • 1st Cross-country, African Under-23 Championships
    2017
  • 1st Cross-country, African Championships
  • 1st Cross-country, National Championships
  • 2nd Cross-country, UCI World Under-23 Championships
  • UCI Under-23 XCO World Cup
  • 2nd Vallnord
    2018
  • 1st Cross-country, UCI World Under-23 Championships
  • 1st Cross-country, African Championships
  • 1st Cross-country, National Championships
  • UCI Under-23 XCO World Cup
  • 1st Mont-Sainte-Anne
  • 3rd Nové Město
  • 3rd Cross-country, Commonwealth Games
    2019
  • 1st Cross-country, UCI World E-MTB Championships
  • African Championships
  • 1st Cross-country
  • 1st Team relay
  • 1st Cross-country, National Championships
  • 1st African classification, Cape Epic (with Matthew Beers)
    2020
  • 1st Cross-country, National Championships
  • UCI XCO World Cup
  • 5th Nové Město II
    2021
  • 1st Cross-country, National Championships
  • UCI XCO World Cup
  • 4th Les Gets
  • 4th Lenzerheide
    2022
  • 1st 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 Cross-country
  • 3rd Short track
  • 1st 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 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

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20200114104134/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ha/alan-hatherly-1.html . Alan Hatherly. 14 January 2020. Sports Reference. 26 December 2021.
    2. Web site: Alan Hatherly . MTB Cross country.com . 22 August 2016.
    3. Web site: Dani Ostanek . 2024-07-29 . Paris Olympics: Tom Pidcock beats Victor Koretzky in thrilling race for men's mountain bike gold . 2024-07-29 . cyclingnews.com . en.
    4. Web site: Rio 2016 . Rio 2016 . 2016-08-30 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160821181755/https://www.rio2016.com/en/cycling-mountain-bike-standings-cm-mens-cross-country . 2016-08-21 .
    5. Web site: 2021-05-27 . Simbine in SA Olympics squad, but no Caster or Wayde yet . 2021-06-20 . ESPN.com . en.
    6. Web site: Baloyi . Charles . 27 July 2021 . Hatherly cherishes his best Olympic finish . 29 July 2024 . Sowetan Live.
    7. News: UCI Mountain Bike World Championships: cross-country short track titles for Richards and Koretzky . 3 September 2024 . UCI . 30 August 2024.
    8. News: UCI Mountain Bike World Championships: Pieterse and Hatherly win Elite cross-country Olympic titles . 3 September 2024 . UCI . 1 September 2024.
    9. Web site: Alan Hatherly . UCI.org . 18 July 2023.

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