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| updated = 19 May 2009 }} Steve Peat (born 17 June 1974 in Chapeltown, South Yorkshire), 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 downhill cyclist Peat was employed as a plumber by James Lamb. He is married to Adele Croxon and has two sons, Jake and George Peat. Peat began his career with little success riding for the Saracen team alongside Rob Warner, before moving in the mid 90s to Team MBUK. He rode for GT Bicycles in the late 90s and for the Orange team between 2002 and 2005, winning the Fort William downhill world cup round in 2005. He then joined the Santa Cruz Syndicate team for the 2006 season, which saw him finish 1st overall, and has continued with it since. As last man down the hill, Peat won〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=UCI Official Results: 2009 Round 2 La Bresse )〕 the La Bresse downhill world cup round 2 on 10 May 2009 with a time of 02:07.14 knocking Sam Hill out of the hot seat for his 16th world cup round win, tying at the top of the all-time leader-board with Nicolas Vouilloz. Just one week later on 17 May 2009, at the third round of the UCI World Cup in Vallnord, Peat won again〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=UCI Official Results: 2009 Round 3 Vallnord )〕 (besting compatriot Gee Atherton by just 0.02 seconds) making him the most successful male downhill mountain bike racer ever by number of wins at at the time. This record has since been beaten by South African, Greg Minnaar Other successes include placing second in the Mountain Bike World Championships in 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2008. On 6 September 2009, Peat won the World Championships in Canberra for the first time in his career, with a winning time of 2:30.33, just 0.05 seconds ahead of his Santa Cruz team mate Greg Minnaar. He was crowned World Cup champion in 2002, 2004 and 2006. He has also won the Lisboa Downhill, held in Lisbon, Portugal, eight times. Aside from his professional riding career, Peat has other involvements with the sport, including contributing to the design and manufacture of specialist riding clothing made by (Royal Racing ) of which he is part owner.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Interview: Steve Peat )〕 Peat also has involvements with young cyclist academies, and is a proponent of youth involvement in the sport. Following his recent world champ status he has released his own game 'Steve Peat - Downhill Mountain Biking' for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. ==Palmarès (Incomplete)== ;1998 :1st DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Snoqualmie, USA ;1999 :9th DH, British National Mountain Biking Championships ;2000 :10th DH, British National Mountain Biking Championships ;2001 :1st DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Round 1, Maribor, Slovenia :1st DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Round 2, Vars, France ;2002 :5th DH, British National Mountain Biking Championships :1st DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Series Overall ;2003 :1st DH, British National Mountain Biking Championships ;2004 :1st DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Round 2, Oisans (Les Deux Alpes), France :1st DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Round 4, Mont-Sainte-Anne, Canada :1st DH, European Mountain Bike Championships, Wałbrzych, Poland :1st DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Series Overall ;2005 :1st DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Round 1, Vigo, Spain :1st DH, British National Mountain Biking Championships :1st DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Round 8, Fort William, Scotland ;2006 :1st Lisboa Downtown, Lisbon, Portugal :1st DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Round 3, Willingen, Germany :1st DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Series Overall ;2007 :1st Lisboa Downtown, Lisbon, Portugal ;2008 :1st Lisboa Downtown, Lisbon, Portugal :1st DH, British National Mountain Biking Championships ;2009 :1st DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Round 2, La Bresse, France :1st DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Round 3, Vallnord, Andorra :1st Lisboa Downtown, Lisbon, Portugal :1st DH, UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships, Canberra, Australia 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「Steve Peat」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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