Gee Atherton

Gee Atherton

Personal information
Full name	George David Atherton
Nickname	Gee, GeeMan
Born	(1985-02-26) 26 February 1985 Salisbury, England, United Kingdom
Height	190 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	85 kg (187 lb)
Team information
Current team	Trek
Discipline	DH MTB
Role	Rider
Rider type	DH & 4X
Professional team(s)
2001	Animal
2002–2003	Animal/Muddy Fox
2004	Muddy Fox
2007–2011	Animal Commençal
2011–2015	GT Bicycles
2015–	Trek Factory Racing
Major wins
GBR DH National Champion (1 Wins) EUR DH European Champion (1 Wins) UCI DH World Champion (2 Wins) UCI DH World Cup (5 Wins) UCI 4X World Cup (1 Wins)
Medal record Representing  Great Britain Mountain Bike World Championships 2008 Val di Sole Downhill 2014 Hafjell Downhill 2012 Leogang-Saalfelden Downhill 2007 Fort William Downhill
Infobox last updated on 24 September 2014

George David Atherton, known as Gee Atherton (born 26 February 1985, near Salisbury, England) is a professional racing cyclist specialising in downhill and four cross mountain bike racing, and is a multiple national champion, multiple World Cup winner, 2010 Downhill World Cup Champion, and 2010 & 2014 Downhill World Champion.

Career

Gee Atherton in the Elite Men's Dual Slalom race at the 2009 Sea Otter Classic in Laguna Seca, CA.

From 2007 to 2011, Gee was one third of the Animal Commençal racing team, alongside brother Dan Atherton and sister Rachel Atherton. In 2012 the Athertons started riding for team GT Factory Racing, along with Marc Beaumont.

Gee, along with Rachel and Dan, is the star of the web series "The Atherton Project" a series which follows their day-to-day lives. In 2012 Gee was racing for GT racing.

In the 2012 season, Gee finished 3rd overall to Greg Minnaar and American world cup winner Aaron Gwin. At the world championships in Leogang Austria Gee finished 2nd by 0.58 of a second to Greg Minnaar.

He was pre-qualified for the world-renowned 2012 Red Bull Rampage in Utah but after a major crash in practice was unable to compete.

Gee appeared on the BBC's Top Gear (series 7), racing a Renault Clio down the streets of Lisbon and winning.^[1]

Palmarès

References

External links

• athertonracing.co.uk
• Atherton Racing Profiles, Silverfish
• George Atherton, Doug Cook, Descent World, 2004
• "Gee Atherton Interview", British Cycling, 29 April 2006
• An interview with the Athertons, Steve Thomas, Cycling News, 6 September 2007
• Gee Atherton Wins Garbanzo Downhill, NSMB, 10 August 2008