 Minnaar has won the UCI Downhill World Championship three times - in 2003, 2012 and 2013.He has finished second five times (2004, 2006, 2009, 2015 and 2017) and taken the bronze three times (2001, 2005 and 2010).Minnaar has been crowned Downhill World Cup champion three times (2001, 2005 and 2008) for winning the Mountain Bike World Cup points series.