Alan Hatherly

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

Major results Mountain bike

2014

2016

2017

1st Cross-country, National Championships

UCI Under-23 XCO World Cup 2nd Vallnord 2018 1st Cross-country, UCI World Under-23 Championships

1st Cross-country, National Championships UCI Under-23 XCO World Cup 1st Mont-Sainte-Anne 3rd Nové Město

2019

African Championships

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

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

2025 1st Cross-country, UCI World Championships UCI XCO World Cup 1st Lenzerheide 4th Les Gets

UCI World Cup results Season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Rank Points 2019 ALB NOV AND LES VAL LEN SNO 49 169 2020 LEN VAL LES NOV NOV 6 300 2021 ALB NOV LEO LES LEN SNO 5 687 2022 PET ALB NOV LEO LEN AND SNO MON VAL 5 1475 2023 NOV LEN LEO VAL AND LES SNO MON 8 1055 2024 MAI ARA NOV VAL CRA LES LAK MON 1 1678 2025 ARA ARA NOV LEO VAL AND LES LEN LAK MON 28* 259*

Season still in progress

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 2026 3rd Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali