# Alan Hatherly

Alan Hatherly (born 15 March 1996) is a South African professional mountain bike racer and road cyclist, who rides for UCI WorldTeam Team Jayco–AlUla. 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.

## Career

Hatherly rode at the cross-country event at the 2016 Summer Olympics. 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.
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. Later he won Cross-country Olympic event overtaking Koretzky on the last long climb.
Since 2023, he has also competed in road cycling, joining UCI Continental team EF Education–Nippo Development Team.

## 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

#### UCI World Cup results

| Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Rank | Points |
| 2019 | ALB 37 | NOV 28 | AND 27 | LES 43 | VAL DNF | LEN DNF | SNO 58 | | | | 49 | 169 |
| 2020 | LEN NH | VAL NH | LES NH | NOV 6 | NOV 5 | | | | | | 6 | 300 |
| 2021 | ALB 8 | NOV 6 | LEO 24 | LES 4 | LEN 4 | SNO 25 | | | | | 5 | 687 |
| 2022 | PET 9 | ALB 7 | NOV 5 | LEO 3 | LEN 2 | AND 25 | SNO 8 | MON 17 | VAL 11 | | 5 | 1475 |
| 2023 | NOV 10 | LEN 2 | LEO 4 | VAL 5 | AND DNF | LES 20 | SNO 8 | MON 32 | | | 8 | 1055 |
| 2024 | MAI 8 | ARA 3 | NOV 9 | VAL 2 | CRA 20 | LES 1 | LAK 2 | MON 1 | | | 1 | 1678 |
| 2025 | ARA | ARA | NOV | LEO | VAL | AND | LES | LEN | LAK | MON | | |

### 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

#### 2025 (1 pro win)

    1st Time trial, National Championships
    6th Overall AlUla Tour