Steve Peat

Steve Peat
Personal information
Full name	Steve Peat
Nickname	Peaty, Sheffield Steel
Height	6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Weight	14 st (196 lb; 89 kg)
Team information
Current team	Santa Cruz Syndicate
Discipline	MTB
Role	Rider
Rider type	DH & 4X
Major wins
	GBR DH National Champion (8 Wins); EUR DH European Champion (3 Wins); Template:FlagiconUCI UCI DH World Cup (17 Wins); Template:FlagiconUCI UCI DH World Cup Overall (3 Wins)
Medal record
Representing United Kingdom
Mountain Bike
World Championships

Steve Peat (born 17 June 1974 in Chapeltown, South Yorkshire), nickname "Sheffield Steel", is a professional downhill mountain biker, was born and lives in Chapeltown, Sheffield, England. Prior to his career as a professional downhill cyclist Peat was employed as a plumber. He is married to Adele Croxon and has two sons, Jake and George Peat.

Peat began his career with little success riding for the Saracen team alongside Rob Warner, before moving in the mid nineties to Team MBUK. He rode for GT Bicycles in the late 90's before joining the Orange team between 2002 and 2005, winning the Fort William downhill world cup round in 2005. He then joined the Santa Cruz Syndicate team for the 2006 season, which saw him finish 1st overall, and has continued with them since.

As last man down the hill, he won^[2] the La Bresse downhill world cup round 2 on May 10th 2009 with a time of 02:07.14 knocking Sam Hill out of the hot seat for his 16th world cup round win, tying him at the top of the all time leader-board with Nicolas Vouilloz. Just one week later on May 17th 2009, at the third round of the UCI World Cup in Vallnord, Peat won again^[3] (besting compatriot Gee Atherton by an infinitesimal 0.02 seconds) making him the most successful downhill mountain bike racer ever by number of wins.

Other recent successes include placing second in the Mountain Bike World Championships in 2000, 2001, 2002 and again in 2008 and becoming World Cup champion in 2002, 2004 and 2006. He has also won the Lisboa Downhill, held in Lisbon, Portugal, seven times.

Aside from his professional riding career, Peat has other involvements with the sport, including contributing to the design and manufacture of specialist riding clothing made by Royal Racing of which he is part owner^[4]. Peat also has involvements with young cyclist academies, and is a proponent of youth involvement in the sport.