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Greg Minnaar was born on 13 November, 1981 in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, is a South African cyclist. Discover Greg Minnaar's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 42 years old?
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42 years old |
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Scorpio |
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13 November, 1981 |
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13 November |
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Pietermaritzburg, South Africa |
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South Africa
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He is a member of famous cyclist with the age 42 years old group.
Greg Minnaar Height, Weight & Measurements
At 42 years old, Greg Minnaar height is 1.88 m and Weight 87 kg.
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1.88 m |
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87 kg |
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Dating & Relationship status
He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.
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Greg Minnaar Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Greg Minnaar worth at the age of 42 years old? Greg Minnaar’s income source is mostly from being a successful cyclist. He is from South Africa. We have estimated Greg Minnaar's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Pending |
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Under Review |
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cyclist |
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Greg also came 22nd in Mont-Sainte-Anne leaving him with a 2nd place overall.
Greg Minnaar (born 13 November 1981) is a South African World Champion mountain bike racer competing in downhill cycling.
He has won four world championships, the second most amongst still active racers, and third all time behind Nicolas Vouilloz's seven titles.
He currently competes in the UCI Downhill MTB World Cup.
Minnaar has the most men's world cup wins, with 23 career victories.
He rode with the Santa Cruz Syndicate team until the end of the 2023 season.
Greg first began getting noticed as a world class downhill racer at the age of 17, in 1999, racing select World Cups (including one in his home country of South Africa, in Stellenbosch) on a local shop team, aboard a Kona Stab Dee-Lux bike with a Marzocchi Monster T. fork.
In 2000, he was picked up as a junior by British international team Animal Orange, which used Orange frames (222 for downhill and Ms. Isle for dual slalom) and RockShox suspension.
That year Greg podiumed at a World Cup points series race for the first time.
The following two years Greg rode for the Global Racing team, aboard similar bikes as the previous years, and on this team, at the age of 19, he won the overall World Cup points series in the Elite downhill.
Minnaar has been crowned Downhill World Cup champion three times (2001, 2005 and 2008) for winning the Mountain Bike World Cup points series.
In 2003 Greg 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.
It was aboard this team that, at the age of 21, Greg became World Champion of downhill.
Minnaar has won the UCI Downhill World Championship four times - in 2003, 2012, 2013, and 2021.
He was also crowned Downhill World Champion in 2003 for winning the season ending event.
He has also 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.
Minnaar was twice (2003, 2004) crowned champion of the NORBA (now USA Cycling) points series.
In 2004, Greg was offered a spot on Team G Cross Honda, which used one-off internally geared frames made by Honda, with a Showa suspension.
He has finished second four times (2004, 2006, 2009, and 2015) and taken the bronze three times (2001, 2005 and 2010).
He accepted and stayed for four years, winning his second World Cup points series overall victory in 2005.
In the World Championships at Canberra Australia he lost the 1st place to his teammate Steve Peat by 0.05seconds
The 2007 season ended on a bittersweet note with a dislocated and fractured shoulder early in his winning World Championship final run, although Greg got back on the bike to salvage a painful 4th-place finish.
In addition, Greg was forced to switch teams yet again when Honda pulled out of the sport, and he chose the Santa Cruz Syndicate team, alongside riders Steve Peat, Nathan Rennie, and Josh Bryceland for the 2008 season.
In the 2008 World Cup, Minnaar podiumed at every one of the seven events in the series, taking the win at Fort William, Mont-Sainte-Anne and Canberra.
This gave him a comfortable lead going into the finals at Schladming, Austria, where he placed fifth and clenched his overall lead to take the well-deserved title.
In the 2009 World Cup series, Minnaar took first place at Pietermaritzburg South Africa, Fort William Scotland and Bromont Canada.
He also came 6th at La Bresse in France, 3rd at Vallnord in Andorra, Maribor in Slovenia and in Schladming Austria.
Minnaar was appointed as a member of the inaugural UCI Athletes' Commission in 2011.
In the 2015 World Cup series, Minnaar took first place at Lenzerheide, Switzerland, earning him his 18th career win and setting the record for most world cup wins in the history of downhill racing.
Until this victory, 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
