Victoria Pendleton: Rider Profile

Wednesday, 22 December 2010
Cycling Weekly
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Victoria Pendleton gold medal Olympics 2008

VICTORIA PENDLETON
Date of birth: 24/09/1980
From: Hitchin, Hertfordshire
Disciplines: Track (sprint)
Team: Sky Track Cycling
Previous teams: Science in Sport/Trek

Victoria Pendleton career profile
Victoria Pendleton was originally spotted as a 16 year-old by the assistant national track coach, Marshall Thomas. She decided to focus on her education initially, going on to study at degree level whilst continuing with her cycling.

Riding for the Team Science in Sport/Trek trade team, she became the first ever cyclist to win the Sunday Times sportswoman of the year as well as winning the Sports Journalists' Association of Great Britain's sportswoman of the year accolade. She is a prodigious talent on the track taking countless world titles, with the sprint being her speciality.

Pendleton was utterly dominant in the sprint at the Beijing Olympics, the only limit to her medal-winning capacity being the number of events on offer for women. Pendleton is also the reigning sprint and team sprint World champion and is currently untouchable in track sprint events. She is also a 25-time British track champion.

Victoria Pendleton results
2011
National champion, team sprint (with Jess Varnish)
European champion, team sprint (with Jess Varnish)
European champion, keirin

2010
World champion, sprint
Track World Cup, Cali, team sprint
Track World Cup, Cali, Keirin

2009
World champion, sprint
Track World Cup, Copenhagen, sprint gold
National champion, 500m TT
National champion, sprint
National champion, Keirin
Track World Cup, Manchester, sprint

2008
Olympic champion, sprint
World champion, team sprint
World champion, sprint
Gold medal, sprint Manchester World Cup
Gold medal, 500m TT Manchester World Cup
Gold medal, keirin Manchester World Cup
British champion, sprint
British champion, team sprint
British champion, keirin

2007
World champion, sprint
World champion, team sprint
World champion, keirin
British champion, sprint
British champion, 500m TT
British champion, keirin
British Derny champion

2006
Commonwealth champion, sprint
British champion, sprint
British champion, 500m TT
British champion, keirin
British champion, scratch
British Derny champion

2005
World champion, sprint
British champion, sprint
British champion, 500m TT
British champion, keirin
British champion, scratch race

2004
British champion, sprint
British champion, 500m TT

2003
British champion, sprint
British champion, 500m TT
British champion, keirin
British champion, scratch race

2002
British champion, 500m TT
British champion, sprint

Victoria Pendleton photos
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