# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dan-atherton
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:50:07.374Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dan-atherton"
name: "Dan Atherton"
slug: "dan-atherton"
description: "Daniel Simon Atherton, known as Dan Atherton, is a professional racing cyclist specialising in downhill, four cross and enduro-downhill mountain bike racing, and is a former national champion of Great Britain. He began riding BMX at the age of 15 and mountain biking a year later."
tagline: "English racing cyclist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dan_Atherton_Sea_Otter_2009_Dual_Slalom.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1982-01-25"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           41.21
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.012996
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/dan_atherton/"
    handle:    "dan_atherton"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.athertonracing.co.uk/"
sources:
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Atherton"
    title: "Dan Atherton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A3%D8%AB%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "دان أثيرتون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A7%D8%AB%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "دان اثيرتون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Atherton"
    title: "Dan Atherton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Atherton"
    title: "Dan Atherton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Atherton"
    title: "Dan Atherton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Atherton"
    title: "Dan Atherton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Atherton"
    title: "Dan Atherton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3441478"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump