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| Personal information | |
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| 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) | |
| Medal record | ||
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Representing  Great Britain
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| Track cycling | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
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2008 Beijing | Sprint |
| World Championships | ||
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2005 Los Angeles | Sprint |
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2007 Palma de Mallorca | Team Sprint |
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2007 Palma de Mallorca | Sprint |
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2007 Palma de Mallorca | Keirin |
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2008 Manchester | Team Sprint |
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2008 Manchester | Sprint |
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2006 Bordeaux | Sprint |
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2008 Manchester | Keirin |
Representing  England
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| Track cycling | ||
| Commonwealth Games | ||
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2006 Melbourne | Sprint |
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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