Laurie Greenland

Laurie Greenland
Personal information
Born (1997-02-18) 18 February 1997 (age 27)
Team information
Current teamSanta Cruz Syndicate
DisciplineDownhill
RoleRider
Medal record
Representing  Great Britain
Mountain bike racing
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Vallnord Junior downhill
Silver medal – second place 2016 Val di Sole Downhill
Silver medal – second place 2014 Hajfell Junior downhill

Laurie Greenland (born 18 February 1997) is a British downhill mountain biker. In 2016, he finished second at the UCI Downhill World Championships in Val di Sole, Italy.[1] He also won round 6 of the 2019 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup in Val di Sole, Italy.

Laurie Greenland has raced for Pysclewerx (2009 to 2013), Team Wideopenmountainbike.com (2013), Trek World Racing (2014, 2015), MS Mondraker Team (2016 - 2021), SC Syndicate (joined 2022). He was signed as a RedBull athlete in 2019.

Greenland raced his first UCI Mountain Bike World Cup at Cairns, Australia in 2014.

In 2021, Greenland designed and opened the "Vanta" trail at BikePark Wales.[2]

Notable results include:

  • UK DH National Champion, Junior (Innerleithen, 2014)
  • 1st UCI DH World Cup, Junior (Lenzerheide, 2015)
  • 1st UCI DH World Cup, Junior (Windham, 2015)
  • 1st UCI DH World Cup, Junior (Val Di Sole, 2015)
  • UCI Junior DH World Champion (Vallnord, 2015)
  • 2nd UCI DH World Championships (Val Di Sole, 2016)
  • 2nd UCI DH World Cup (Val Di Sole, 2018)
  • 3rd UCI DH World Cup (Les Gets, 2019)
  • 1st UCI DH World Cup (Val Di Sole, 2019)
  • 2nd Red Bull Hardline (2021)

References

  1. ^ "Laurie Greenland". The-Sports.org. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  2. ^ Ellison, Joe. "Laurie Greenland reveals how to survive his new trail at BikePark Wales". redbull.com. Retrieved 28 September 2021.


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