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Victoria Pendleton
Personal information

Full name	Victoria Pendleton
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	60 kg (130 lb; 9.4 st)
Team information
Discipline	Track
Role	Rider
Rider type	Sprinter
Major wins
Template:FlagiconUCI Sprint world champion (2005, 2007, 2008) Template:FlagiconUCI Keirin world champion (2007) Template:FlagiconUCI Team sprint world champion (2007, 2008) Individual sprint Olympic champion (2008)

Victoria Pendleton
Medal record
Representing Great Britain
Track cycling
Olympic Games
	2008 Beijing	Sprint
World Championships
	2005 Los Angeles	Sprint
	2007 Palma de Mallorca	Team Sprint
	2007 Palma de Mallorca	Sprint
	2007 Palma de Mallorca	Keirin
	2008 Manchester	Team Sprint
	2008 Manchester	Sprint
	2006 Bordeaux	Sprint
	2008 Manchester	Keirin
Representing England
Track cycling
Commonwealth Games
	2006 Melbourne	Sprint
	2006 Melbourne	500m Time Trial

Victoria Pendleton (born 24 September 1980) is an British Olympic and world champion track cyclist.

Early years

Born in Stotfold, Bedfordshire, she rode her first race, a 400m event on the grass track at Fordham at the age of 9. Pendleton showed her promise at the age of 13 and was spotted three years later by the assistant national track coach, Marshal Thomas. At that time she wanted to concentrate on her education, graduating from Fearnhill School in Letchworth, Pendleton was later awarded with a degree in Sport and Exercise Science from Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne. However, she enjoyed some success on the track as a student before graduating and becoming a full time cyclist.

Success on the track

Pendleton won one bronze and three silver medals in the British National Track Championships in 2001, while still a student. In 2002, she qualified for the England Commonwealth Games team, finishing fourth in the sprint. She again came fourth in the sprint at the 2003 World Championships in Stuttgart and the 2004 World Championships in Melbourne. She ranked 2nd overall in the World Cup for the sprint in 2004, winning the World Cup event in Manchester.

At the 2004 Summer Olympics, she finished 6th in the women's time trial and 9th in the women's 200m sprint

At the 2005 World Championships, Pendleton won her first major medal with gold in the women's sprint. She became the third British woman to become a cycling world champion in 40 years.

At the 2006 Commonwealth Games, she won silver in the women's 500m time trial and gold in the women's sprint in Melbourne.

At the 2007 UCI Track World Championships, she won the gold in the women's team sprint with Shanaze Reade, the individual gold in the women's sprint, and a third gold in the women's Keirin. She crowned this fantastic year off by being named the Sunday Times Sportswoman of the Year for 2007, becoming the only cyclist to win the award in its 20-year history. Pendleton was also voted Sports Journalists' Association of Great Britain's sportswoman of the year for 2007 and WebTVHub's 8th hottest Girl of the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

Her build-up to the Olympics was boosted by two gold medals at the 2008 UCI Track World Championships where she won the women's sprint, and the women's team sprint (again with Shanaze Reade); she was also second in the women's keirin. At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Pendleton won the gold medal in the Women's Individual Sprint Event.

Palmarès

1999: 3rd Sprint, British National Track Championships

2000: 3rd Sprint, British National Track Championships

2001: 2nd Sprint, British National Track Championships; 2nd 500m Time Trial, British National Track Championships; 2nd Scratch Race, British National Track Championships; 3rd Points Race, British National Track Championships

2002: 1st Sprint, British National Track Championships; 1st 500m Time Trial, British National Track Championships

2005: 1st Template:FlagiconUCI Sprint, World Track Championships; 1st Sprint, British National Track Championships; 1st 500m Time Trial, British National Track Championships; 1st Keirin, British National Track Championships; 1st Scratch Race, British National Track Championships

2006: 1st Sprint, Commonwealth Games, Melbourne; 2nd Time Trial, Commonwealth Games, Melbourne; 2nd Sprint, World Track Championships; 1st Sprint, British National Track Championships; 1st 500m Time Trial, British National Track Championships; 1st Keirin, British National Track Championships; 1st Scratch Race, British National Track Championships; 1st British National Derny Championships

2007: 1st Template:FlagiconUCI Sprint, World Track Championships; 1st Template:FlagiconUCI Team Sprint (with Shanaze Reade), World Track Championships; 1st Template:FlagiconUCI Keirin, World Track Championships; 1st Sprint, British National Track Championships; 1st 500m Time Trial, British National Track Championships; 1st Keirin, British National Track Championships; 1st British National Derny Championships

2008: 1st Template:FlagiconUCI Sprint, World Track Championships; 1st Template:FlagiconUCI Team Sprint (with Shanaze Reade), World Track Championships; 2nd Keirin, World Track Championships; 1st Sprint, 2008 Olympic Games, Beijing

References

^ "Victoria Pendleton - Olympic Record". British Olympic Association.
"Victoria Pendleton's secrets". The Sunday Times. 6 January 2008.
"The first British woman to win gold in the World Cycling Championships". Radio 4, Woman's Hour Interview.
Simon Baskett (2007-04-01). "Pendleton completes flawless worlds with third gold". Reuters. Retrieved 2007-04-02. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
"Victoria Pendleton named Sunday Times Sportswoman of the Year". The Sunday Times. 20 November 2007.
"Victoria Pendleton Voted Sportswoman of the Year". British Cycling. 13 December 2007.
"Victoria Pendleton Pictures – 8th Hottest Girl of 2008 Olympics". WebTVHub. 31 July 2008.

External links

Official Website
Profile at British Cycling
Off the Bike - Victoria hosts the British Cyclosportive DVD - Cyclefilm
Victoria's secrets - The Guardian
Victoria Pendleton's secrets - The Times
Profile at Cycling UK

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