Dan Atherton

Dan Atherton
	Dan Atherton racing in the Dual Slalom at the 2009 Sea Otter Classic
Personal information
Full name	Daniel Simon Atherton
Nickname	Dan, AFFY
Born	January 25, 1982 (age 42); Salisbury, England, United Kingdom
Height	188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	83 kg (183 lb)
Team information
Current team	GT
Discipline	BMX & MTB
Role	Rider
Rider type	Enduro, DH & 4X
Major wins
	GBR 4X National Champion (1 Wins); Template:FlagiconUCI UCI 4X World Cup (1 Wins)

Daniel Simon Atherton, known as Dan Atherton (born 25 January 1982, near Salisbury) is a professional racing cyclist specialising in downhill, four cross and enduro-downhill mountain bike racing, and is a former national champion of Great Britain. He began riding BMX at the age of 15 and mountain biking a year later.^[1]

From 2007 till 2011, Dan was one third of the Animal Commençal racing team, alongside brother Gee Atherton and sister Rachel Atherton.

He is now part of the GT Factory Racing team with brother Gee, sister Rachel and old friend Marc Beaumont, and is primarily racing Enduro-downhill and occasional downhill races.

Dan, along with Rachel and Gee, was the star of the web series "The Atherton Project" a series which followed their day to day lives.

In 2010 Dan broke a vertebrae in his neck whilst dirt jumping and has missed half of the season including the World Championships.

After the 2012 season's end, Dan wins Asia Pacific Downhill Challenge in Indonesia. ^[2]