18 Facts About Greg Minnaar

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Greg Minnaar was born on 13 November 1981 and is a South African World Champion mountain bike racer competing in downhill cycling.

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Greg Minnaar has won four world championships, the second most amongst still active racers, and third all time behind Nicols Vouilloz's seven titles.

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Greg Minnaar currently competes in the UCI Downhill MTB World Cup.

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That year Greg Minnaar podiumed at a World Cup points series race for the first time.

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In 2003 Greg Minnaar switched to the Haro Lee Dungarees team, which used Intense designed and built DHR frames for the downhill and their own short travel Werx trail bike frames for Four Cross, with Manitou suspension.

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In 2004, Greg Minnaar was offered a spot on Team G Cross Honda, which used one-off internally geared frames made by Honda, with a Showa suspension.

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Greg Minnaar accepted and stayed for four years, winning his second World Cup points series overall victory in 2005.

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The 2007 season ended on a bittersweet note with a dislocated and fractured shoulder early in his winning World Championship final run, although Greg Minnaar got back on the bike to salvage a painful 4th-place finish.

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Greg Minnaar was appointed as a member of the inaugural UCI Athletes' Commission in 2011.

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Greg Minnaar has won the UCI Downhill World Championship four times - in 2003,2012,2013, and 2021.

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Greg Minnaar has finished second four times and taken the bronze three times.

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Greg Minnaar has been crowned Downhill World Cup champion three times for winning the Mountain Bike World Cup points series.

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Greg Minnaar was crowned Downhill World Champion in 2003 for winning the season ending event.

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Greg Minnaar has done well in the Four Cross event, with one win in the 2003 World Cup points series, in Fort William, Scotland, and a fourth-place finish at the 2005 World Championships.

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Greg Minnaar came 6th at La Bresse in France, 3rd at Vallnord in Andorra, Maribor in Slovenia and in Schladming Austria.

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Greg Minnaar came 22nd in Mont-Sainte-Anne leaving him with a 2nd place overall.

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Until this victory, Greg Minnaar had shared the record for most overall world cup race wins with Santa Cruz Syndicate teammate Steve Peat, after a victory earlier in the 2015 season.

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Greg Minnaar was twice crowned champion of the NORBA points series.