George David Atherton, known as Gee Atherton (born 26 February 1985, near Salisbury, England) is a professional racing cyclist specialising in downhill and four cross mountain bike racing, and is a multiple national champion, multiple World Cup winner, and 2010 downhill World Cup Champion.
From 2007 to 2011, Gee was one third of the Animal Commençal racing team, alongside brother Dan Athertonand sister Rachel Atherton. In 2012 the Athertons started riding for team GT Factory Racing, along with Marc Beaumont.
Gee, along with Rachael and Dan, is the star of the web series "The Atherton Project" a series which follows their day to day lives. In 2012 Gee will be racing for GT racing.
2012 season
In the 2012 season Gee finished 3rd overall to Greg Minnaar and American world cup winner Aaron Gwin. At the world championships in Leogang Austria Gee finished 2nd by 0.58 of a second to Greg Minnaar
He will be competing at the world renowned 'Red Bull rampage' in Utah and has a straight pass to the final on the 7th October 2012
Gee appeared on the BBC's Top Gear (series 7), racing a Renault Clio down the streets of Lisbon and winning.
Marc Hynes (born 26 February 1978 in Guildford) is a British racing driver.
He won the 1999 British Formula Three Championship and raced for the WRT team in Formula 3000. He has also tested for the Formula Oneteam British American Racing.
He has also worked as a driver coach for Manor Motorsport with whom he won the 1999 British Formula 3 Championship. He is now Head of Driver Development at Marussia F1, the Formula One team born out of Manor Motorsport.
Mark Haynes has one career touchdown off of an interception, which took place during the 1987 season. In the 1984 season Haynes had seven interceptions and was named first-team All-Pro. He ended his career with seventeen total interceptions and four fumble recoveries.
ReplyDeleteChristopher Marlowe (baptised on 26 February 1564 – 30 May 1593) was an English dramatist, poet and translator of the Elizabethan era. Marlowe was the foremost Elizabethan tragedian of his day. He greatly influenced William Shakespeare, who was born in the same year as Marlowe and who rose to become the pre-eminent Elizabethan playwright after Marlowe's mysterious early death. Marlowe's plays are known for the use of blank verse, and their overreaching protagonists.
ReplyDeleteSome professional achievments of George David Atherton!
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4th DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Round 1, Pietermaritzburg , South Africa
2nd DH, 2012 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships, Leogang-Saalfelden, Austria
This day there also was born Margaret Leighton (26 February 1922 – 13 January 1976). She was an English actress. She was known for her exquisite sense of grandeur and refinement. She created the role of Hannah Jelkes in Tennessee Williams' The Night of the Iguana.
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