VICTORIA PENDLETON

'Victoria Pendleton' (born 24 September 1980) is an English track cyclist.
Born in Stotfold, Bedfordshire, she was awarded a degree in Sport and Exercise Science from Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne.
Pendleton won four silver medals in the UK national championships in 2001, whilst 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.
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.^[1]

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1. Pendleton completes flawless worlds with third gold Simon Baskett

External links

★ Profile at British Cycling

★ Off the Bike - Victoria hosts the British Cyclosportive DVD - Cyclefilm