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| updated = 5 May 2012 }} Rachel Laura Atherton (born 6 December 1987, near Salisbury) is a professional racing cyclist specialising in downhill mountain bike racing, and is a multiple national champion. Atherton began riding BMX at the age of 8 and mountain biking at the age of 11.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Rachel Atherton Interview )〕 She was both Sunday Times' Sportswoman of the Year〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Atherton awarded Young Sportswoman )〕 and BBC Midlands Junior Sportswoman of the Year〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Rachel wins BBC Midlands title )〕 in 2005, and then BBC Midlands Sportswoman of the Year in 2008.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Rachel Atherton wins BBC Midlands Sportswoman of the Year! )〕 In October 2015, a video of Atherton overtaking 91 competitors in five minutes during a race went semi viral.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Red Bull Foxhunt with Rachel Atherton )〕 ==Career== Since 2007 Rachel Atherton has been part of the Animal Commençal race team along with brothers Dan Atherton and Gee Atherton. In 2012, Rachel along with brothers Dan, Gee and Marc Beaumont signed with GT Bicycles. In June 2008 Rachel Atherton became the first British woman to win the Elite UCI Downhill World Championship, defeating second placed Sabrina Jonnier by 11.99 seconds in the final.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Gee and Rachel Atherton will remember the 21st of June 2008 for a long time )〕 Rachel Atherton was involved in an accident〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Rachel Atherton Car Crash Accident )〕 with a pickup truck whilst on a time trial training ride with brothers Dan and Gee in Santa Cruz, California, on January 18, 2009. She sustained a dislocated shoulder which, after later needing a nerve graft,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Finally! A Decision! )〕 ruled her out of the 2009 racing season, including the September World Championships in Canberra.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=World Championships, World Champion. )〕 In September 2012, Rachel Atherton took the final World Cup round on a diverse and testing Norwegian track and clinched the overall title, despite missing the opening race of the season. The Norwegian race was the final round of a seven round series in which Atherton claimed a win in 5 of the 6 events she raced. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rachel Atherton」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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