Haley Batten (born September 19, 1998) is a Professional cross-country mountain biker and Olympic silver medalist. She has represented the

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at the elite level since 2021. Currently on the Specialized Factory Racing team, she rides the S-Works series of mountain bikes.

Career

Batten won national titles as a junior and another at the U23 level. She won a U23 World Cup, and was part of the USA team relay at the 2019 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships where they earned a silver medal in

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, Canada. Batten rode for the Clif Pro Team from 2016 to 2019, Trinity Racing from 2019 to 2021, and Specialized Factory Racing from 2022 to present. Batten rode to a third-place finish at her first elite World Cup XCO race in

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, Germany. On Friday 14 May 2021 Batten won the short-track cross-country MTB World Cup race in the Czech Republic. She followed this up finishing in 2nd place at the Nové Město XCO World Cup race punching her ticket to the

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as the finish met

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’s automatic criteria for making the team. During the first World Cups of 2024 in Brazil, Batten won a bronze in Maripora XCO and the following weekend in Araxa she was 1st in the XCC and XCO. These podiums in Brazil put Batten into both XCC and XCO leader jerseys. During the 3rd World Cup in Nove Mesto Na Morave she placed 3rd in the XCC and 2nd in the XCO. She would continue on to the 4th World Cup at Val d' Sole ranked 1st in XCO. Batten's results in Brazil qualified her for the

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. Competing at the Games, she won the silver medal, the United States' first in mountain biking.

Major results

;2015 : 1st MaillotUSA

Cross-country, National Junior Championships ;2016 : 2nd Cross-country, National Junior Championships ;2017 : 1st MaillotUSA

Cross-country, National Under-23 Championships ;2018 : 2nd Cross-country, National Under-23 Championships ;2019 : UCI Under-23 XCO World Cup ::1st Nové Město ::3rd

::3rd

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: Pan American Championships ::1st Gold medal america

Under-23 Cross-country ::2nd Silver medal america

Team relay : 2nd Silver medal uci

Team relay,

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;2020 : 1st MaillotUSA

Cross-country, National Under-23 Championships : UCI Under-23 XCO World Cup ::3rd Nové Město I ;2021 : UCI XCO World Cup ::2nd Nové Město ::3rd

: UCI XCC World Cup ::1st Nove Mesto : 9th Cross-country,

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Tokyo ;2022 : 1st Jersey orange Cape Epic

Overall Cape Epic (with

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) :

::3rd

Cross-country ::3rd Bronze medal uci

Team relay : UCI XCO World Cup ::3rd

;2023 : Shimano Super Cup ::1st

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: XCO French Cup ::2nd

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: UCI XCO World Cup ::4th

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;2024 : UCI XCO World Cup ::1st

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::2nd Nové Město ::3rd

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: UCI XCC World Cup ::1st

::3rd Nové Město : 2nd Silver medal olympic

Cross-country,

Paris ;2025 :1st Sea Otter Gravel women's elite

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Batten, Haley 1998 births Living people American female cyclists UCI Mountain Bike World Champions (women) Cross-country mountain bikers Cyclists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Cyclists from Utah Olympic silver medalists for the United States in cycling 21st-century American sportswomen Sportspeople from Park City, Utah Cyclists at the 2024 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics People from Park City, Utah