Bryn Atkinson

Bryn Atkinson (born 9 December 1982, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory ) is an Australian professional mountain bike racing cyclist from Townsville, QLD. He started mountain biking in 1996 and became a professional in 2002. Bryn's first introduction to the sport was through his local mountain bike club in Townsville- The Townsville Rockwheelers. Competing in several cross country type events, Bryn evolved with the sport and later found downhill. As a teenager, he moved north to Cairns, a popular location for downhill mountain biking, and host of the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships in 1996. Glen Jacobs was the course builder for that event and several other events on the World Cup, and mentored Bryn and several other downhillers in the area.

The first Australian competitors to travel overseas and race world cups with success were Michael Ronning, Scott Sharples, Sean Mccarroll, Tai Lee Muxlow, Katrina Miller, Wade Boots, etc.. Scott Sharples would later become Bryn's coach.

Royal/ Orange was the first international Downhill team Bryn raced for in 2002. In 2003, as a member of yet another Aussie Invasion, he joined Rennie, Hill and Graves on the MadCatz/Iron Horse team. In 2005 Bryn signed with GT Bicycles for four years. In 2009 he and his girlfriend (now Wife), Jill Kintner formed a privateer program with Crankbrothers and Intense Bicycles. In 2010-11 he rode for Transition Bicycles out of Ferndale, Wa, and is teammates with Jill Kintner, and Lars Sternberg.

Since retiring from full-time racing, Bryn has done filming and photography.

He currently resides in Bellingham, Washington.

Palmarès

2002 7th DH, Australian National Mountain Biking Championships

2003 4th DH, Australian National Mountain Biking Championships 9th 4X, Norba Series, Round 4 USA 10th DH, Oceania MTB Championships AUS 10th DH, Norba Series, Round 5 USA

2004 6th 4X, Norba Series, Round 3 USA 8th DH, Norba Series, Round 3 USA 5th DH, Norba Series, Round 5 USA 9th DH, Norba Series, Round 6 USA 4th DH, Norba Series, Round 7 USA 10th 4X, Norba Series, Round 7 USA 8th DH, Norba Series Final USA

2005 4th 4X, Sea Otter 2nd Pro Slalom, Sea Otter 10th DH, Sea Otter 3rd 4X, Norba Series, Round 5 USA 6th DH, National Series Final VIC 7th DH, UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships, ITA 9th DH, MTB World Cup CAN

2006 2nd DH, Australian National Mountain Biking Championships 7th DH MTB World Cup, Round 5 BRA 13th DH MTB World Championships Rotorua, New Zealand

2007 1st US Open 3rd 4X Oceania Championships ACT 4th DH Oceania Championships AUS 9th 4X MTB World Cup, Round 2 SUI

2008 3rd US Open 9th DH MTB World Cup, Round 6, Canberra, Australia 2nd DH, Australian National Mountain Biking Championships

2009 8th UCI World Cup Val nord, Andorra

2010 2nd DH National Thredbo, NSW 1st Pro Gravity Tour #1 Port Angeles, WA 12th UCI World Cup #1, Maribor, Slovenia 2nd Pro Gravity Tour #2 Platekill, NY 16th UCI World Cup Ft. William, Scotland 2nd Pro GRT #3 Northstar Tahoe, CA 20th UCI World Cup Champery, SUI 18th UCI World Cup Val Di Sole, ITA 1st Overall Pro Gravity Tour Series 21st Overall UCI World Cup Series 1st Newtons Nation Bathurst, AUS

2011 1st DH Mt. Buller, AUS MTB Series 4th DH, Australian National Mountain Biking Championships

2012 7th DH, Australian National Mountain Biking Championships