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Haley
Batten

Haley Batten is a cross-country mountain biker raised in Park City, Utah, a Park City High School graduate who now lives in Midway. She won silver in the women's cross-country at the Paris 2024 Olympics, which USA Cycling called the best finish in American mountain bike history, and she has won five World Championships medals, including team relay gold in 2024. She races for Specialized Factory Racing and was sixth at the Soldier Hollow World Cup in Midway, Utah, in September 2026.

Eventcross-country mountain biking
LevelProfessional
TeamSpecialized Factory Racing
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The story

Who is Haley Batten?

Haley Batten from Park City, Utah competes in cross-country mountain biking for Specialized Factory Racing. Olympic silver, cross-country, Paris 2024; 2024 world team relay champion; 13 elite World Cup podiums

Raised in Park City

USA Cycling lists Batten's hometown as Park City, Utah, on its 2026 World Championships team, and the UCI's World Series profile says she was raised in Park City and now calls Midway, Utah, home. TownLift reported that she grew up in Park City, skied Nordic and trained and raced at Soldier Hollow, and graduated from Park City High School, where she raced on the mountain bike team. Team USA's profile lists Los Gatos, California, as her hometown.

Olympic silver

At the Paris 2024 Olympics, on July 28, 2024, she finished second in the women's cross-country behind France's Pauline Ferrand-Prévot, the UCI reported. USA Cycling called it "the best finish in American Mountain Bike history, from a man or woman, since its inception in 1996." She was ninth at Tokyo 2020. Read the full profile story.

World Championships and World Cup

Team USA lists five World Championships medals: team relay gold in 2024, team relay silver in 2019, and bronze in the 2022 cross-country, the 2022 relay and the 2026 relay. She won her first elite World Cup cross-country race in Brazil in April 2024, TownLift reported, and the UCI counts 13 elite World Cup podiums.

A World Cup at home

At the Soldier Hollow World Cup in Midway on Sept. 19-20, 2026, she was sixth in the cross-country and 14th in short track, by the UCI's results. She is one of the Utah-raised athletes followed on the homegrown Utah athletes hub.

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At a glance

Team
Specialized Factory Racing

Event
cross-country mountain biking

Hometown
Park City, Utah

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Résumé

Key achievements

  • Olympic silver, women's cross-country mountain bike, Paris 2024 (July 28, 2024)
  • Best finish in American mountain bike history since 1996, per USA Cycling
  • World Championships team relay gold (2024), silver (2019) and bronze (2022, 2026); individual cross-country bronze (2022), per Team USA
  • 13 elite World Cup podiums, one XCO win and two XCC wins, per the UCI
  • Two-time Olympian: ninth at Tokyo 2020
  • Sixth at the 2026 Soldier Hollow World Cup in Midway, Utah
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UCI MTB World Series: Specialized Factory Racing team page (2026)
Read 2026-11-01: roster features '... Laura Stigger, Sina Frei, and Haley Batten'; results table lists 'Haley BATTEN (USA)'. This is the affiliation source.
UCI MTB World Series: Haley Batten athlete profile
Read 2026-11-01: 'Raised in Park City, Utah'; 'now calls Midway, Utah, home'; elite World Cup podiums 13, XCO wins 1, XCC wins 2; 2026 Soldier Hollow XCO sixth (1:17:08), XCC 14th.
USA Cycling: 2026 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships team (Aug. 11, 2026)
Elite women cross-country: 'Haley Batten (Park City, Utah; Specialized Factory Racing)'.
USA Cycling: Haley Batten wins silver at Paris 2024 Olympic Games (July 28, 2024)
'The best finish in American Mountain Bike history, from a man or woman, since its inception in 1996'.
UCI: Olympic Games Paris 2024, Ferrand-Prévot dominates women's mountain bike
Ferrand-Prévot first, Batten second, Rissveds third.
Team USA: Haley Batten profile
Read 2026-11-01: hometown Los Gatos, CA; Tokyo 2020 ninth; World Championships medals: 2024 XCO mixed team relay gold, 2019 mixed team relay silver, 2026 mixed team relay bronze, 2022 cross country bronze, 2022 mixed team relay bronze.
TownLift: Haley Batten prepares for dream home World Cup at Soldier Hollow (Aug. 2, 2026)
Park City native; grew up in Park City; Nordic skiing, years training and racing at Soldier Hollow; local youth programs and high school mountain biking.
TownLift: Park City's Olympic medalist Haley Batten gets top ten on home track at World Cup (Sept. 23, 2026)
Graduated from Park City High School and raced on its mountain bike team.
TownLift: Olympian Haley Batten takes her first mountain bike World Cup win in Brazil (May 7, 2024)
'It was her first elite women's XCO World Cup win.'
Last verified November 1, 2026

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