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Victoria Pendleton
CBE OLY
Victoria Pendleton 2011.jpg
Pendleton in 2011
Personal information
Full nameVictoria Louise Pendleton
NicknameQueen Victoria [1] [2]
Born (1980-09-24) 24 September 1980 (age 44) [3] [4]
Stotfold, Bedfordshire, England
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) [3]
Weight62 kg (137 lb; 9.8 st) [3]
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineTrack
RoleRider
Rider typeSprinter
Amateur teams
1988–2004Mildenhall Cycling Club
2005VC St Raphael
Professional teams
2006–2007Science in Sport / Trek
2008–2012 Sky Track Cycling
Medal record
Women's track cycling
Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2008 Beijing Sprint
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2012 London Keirin
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2012 London Sprint
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2005 Los Angeles Sprint
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2007 Palma de Mallorca Team sprint
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2007 Palma de Mallorca Sprint
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2007 Palma de Mallorca Keirin
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2008 Manchester Team sprint
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2008 Manchester Sprint
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2009 Pruszków Sprint
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2010 Ballerup Sprint
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2012 Melbourne Sprint
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2006 Bordeaux Sprint
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2008 Manchester Keirin
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2009 Pruszków Team sprint
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2010 Ballerup Keirin
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2011 Apeldoorn Team sprint
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2009 Pruszków 500 m time trial
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2011 Apeldoorn Sprint
European Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2011 Apeldoorn Team sprint
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2011 Apeldoorn Keirin
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2010 Pruszków Team sprint
Representing Flag of England.svg England
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2006 Melbourne Sprint
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2006 Melbourne 500 m time trial

Victoria Louise Pendleton, CBE , OLY (born 24 September 1980) is a British jockey and former track cyclist who specialised in the sprint, team sprint and keirin disciplines. She is a former Olympic, World, European and Commonwealth champion. With two Olympic gold medals and one silver, Pendleton is one of Great Britain's most successful female Olympians.

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Pendleton represented Great Britain and England in international cycling competition, winning nine world titles including a record six in the individual sprint, dominating the event between 2005 and 2012. In 2008 she won the sprint in the Beijing Olympics, and in 2012, she won the gold medal in the keirin at the London Olympics, as well as silver in the sprint.

She was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2009 New Year Honours [5] and Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2013 New Year Honours for services to cycling. [6] [7] As a gold medalist at European, World and Olympic level, Pendleton is also a member of the European Cycling Union Hall of Fame.

Early life

Pendleton and her twin brother Alex were born on 24 September 1980 at Stotfold, England. Her father, Max Pendleton, was a former British National 8 km grass track cycling champion.[ citation needed ]

Career

Early years

Pendleton rode her first race, a 400m event on the grass track at Mildenhall Cycling Club's Fordham Sports Day and Grass-Track meeting at nine. Pendleton showed her promise at 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 at Fearnhill School in Letchworth Garden City, and later a degree in Sport and Exercise Science by Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne. She enjoyed some success on the track as a student before graduating and becoming a full-time cyclist. [8]

Cycling career

Pendleton won one bronze and three silver medals in the British National Track Championships in 2001, while still a student. Between 2002 and 2004 she was a trainee at the World Cycling Centre in Aigle, Switzerland. [9] She qualified for the 2002 Commonwealth Games team, finishing fourth in the sprint. She again came fourth in the sprint at the 2003 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Stuttgart and the 2004 UCI Track Cycling 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 sixth in the time trial and ninth in the 200 m sprint.

Pendleton won her first major medal with gold in the sprint at the 2005 UCI Track Cycling World Championships. She became the third British woman to become a cycling world champion in 40 years. [10]

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

At the 2007 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, she won the team sprint with Shanaze Reade, the individual gold in the sprint, and a third gold in the keirin. [11] She crowned the year by being named Sunday Times Sportswoman of the Year for 2007, becoming the first cyclist to win the award in its 20-year history. [12] Pendleton was also voted Sports Journalists' Association's sportswoman of the year for 2007. [13]

Pendleton celebrates winning the sprint at the 2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships Victoria Pendleton.jpg
Pendleton celebrates winning the sprint at the 2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships

During her build-up to the Olympics she won two gold medals at the 2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in the sprint, [14] and the team sprint, again with Reade. [15] She was also second in the keirin. [16] At the 2008 Summer Olympics, Pendleton won the gold medal in the sprint. [17]

She retained her title in the sprint at the 2009 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Pruszków. Each sprint was so closely matched it required several photos, leaving Pendleton emotional but victorious over her Dutch opponent, Willy Kanis. [18]

At the 2011 UCI Track Cycling World Championships Pendleton won a silver in the team sprint, a bronze medal in the sprint and finished seventh in the keirin. [19] Partnering Jess Varnish, Pendleton won the team sprint in her only event at the British Championships. [20] At the 2011 European Track Championships Pendleton won the team sprint [21] and keirin titles, but only came eighth in the sprint. [22]

In February 2012, Pendleton and Varnish set a new world team sprint record of 32.754 seconds, beating Kaarle McCulloch and Anna Meares of Australia at the Track World Cup in the London Velodrome. [23] In the sprint and the keirin Pendleton came 4th and 5th respectively. [24] [25] In Pendleton's final 2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships she won the sprint, her sixth title. She fell in the first heat of the semi-final against Meares. In the second heat Meares was relegated for going outside her lane. In the decider Pendleton won in a photo finish before defeating Simona Krupeckaitė, winning 2–0 with the second win coming from another relegation. [26] Pendleton finished without medals in her other two events. [27] [28]

Pendleton celebrates winning the keirin at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Victoria Pendleton2 (cropped).jpg
Pendleton celebrates winning the keirin at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, Pendleton and Varnish broke the world record in the qualifying stages of the team sprint before being relegated in the semi-finals. [29] She recovered to win a gold medal in the keirin. [30] Pendleton set a new Olympic record of 10.724 seconds in the qualifiers of the sprint [31] but lost in the final to Anna Meares, after being controversially relegated [32] in the first run and being beaten in the second run, earning a silver medal. This would be Pendleton's final competitive race as she retired from professional cycling. [33]

Horse racing and other sports

In March 2015, Pendleton announced her intention to become a jockey with the aim of competing at the Foxhunter Chase at the 2016 Cheltenham Festival, with guidance from horse trainer Paul Nicholls. [34] She made her competitive debut in August 2015, finishing second in the Betfair Novice Flat Amateur Riders' Handicap at Ripon riding Royal Etiquette. [35] She won her first race on 2 March 2016, guiding 5–4 favourite Pacha Du Polder to victory at Wincanton. [36]

On 18 March 2016, Pendleton, again riding Pacha Du Polder, achieved her ambition of participating in the 2016 Foxhunter Chase, at Cheltenham, outperforming many pundits' expectations by finishing fifth. She described the result as "probably the greatest achievement of my life". [37]

On 19 July 2017, at invitation of English Heritage, she spent a bootcamp day at Kenilworth Castle to learn the basic trainings of the medieval sport of jousting. She stated afterwards: "I have a huge amount of respect for the sport now – much greater than before – and I think people would be surprised to learn how numb your senses are when dressed in armour top-to-toe." [38]

Outside sport

Gold postbox in honour of Pendleton in Stotfold Victoria Pendleton Postbox Stotfold 2017.jpg
Gold postbox in honour of Pendleton in Stotfold

Pendleton featured on the cover of the July 2009 issue of men's magazine FHM . [39] She featured in the January 2012 issue of Harper's Bazaar magazine. [40] In February 2012, Halfords released a Pendleton branded range of women's bikes including the Somerton (a city bike), the Initial (a road bicycle) the Brooke and the Dalby (both hybrid bikes) on which Pendleton herself had worked as a design consultant. [41] She was a "brand ambassador" for Pantene hair-care products in the advent to London 2012. [42] She was the subject of a BBC television programme which first aired in July. [43]

Pendleton was a contestant on series 10 of Strictly Come Dancing , [44] in which her professional partner was Brendan Cole. [45] She was the seventh of the fourteen celebrities to leave the show on 25 November. [46]

Pendleton's autobiography Between the Lines was published following her retirement in September 2012. [47] [48]

At the 2014 Conservative Party Conference, Pendleton introduced the Secretary of State for Education Nicky Morgan before her keynote speech on 30 September, speaking about the importance of sport in education. She said, "if you want more children to leave school healthy and prepared for life in modern Britain, with everything that will be thrown at them, you might as well give them a sporting chance." [49]

In 2016, Pendleton partnered with Clinique, joining as a Difference Maker for the Clinique Difference Initiative, [50] with an aim to inspire women and support the provision of educational and healthcare support.

In May 2018, she was forced to abandon a charity Everest ascent that she was doing with TV presenter Ben Fogle at Base Camp 2 at 6400 m (20,977 ft) when she experienced hypoxia, caused by a lack of oxygen. Fogle managed to reach the summit. [51] It took her three weeks of antibiotics to get over chest and ear infections. [52]

On Tuesday 23 July 2024, Pendleton was made Honorary Colonel and corps ambassador to HM Royal Marines alongside explorer Dwayne Fields. [53]

Personal life

Pendleton's relationship with Scott Gardner, a sports scientist with the British Cycling coaching team, caused some problems for the couple, as it was felt to be unprofessional for two members of the team to be romantically involved. [54] Following the 2008 Olympics, when it became more widely known, Gardner was obliged to leave the team, though he was later re-hired. Pendleton and Gardner married in September 2013. [55] In July 2018, Pendleton announced the break up of her marriage. [56]

For her 30th birthday, Pendleton had a line from The Smashing Pumpkins' song "Today" tattooed onto her right arm. [57] In 2012, she was living in Wilmslow, Cheshire, [58] but subsequently moved to the Chilterns.[ citation needed ]

In 2019, Pendleton stated that she had suffered severe depression and had contemplated suicide after her failed Everest expedition, and an "unpleasant" divorce from her husband. [59] [60] [61]

In 2019, Pendleton competed on Channel 4's SAS Celebrity SU2C, "Who Dares, Wins" series. [62] During COVID-19 in 2020, she posted on Instagram that she was fortunate to share lockdown with Louis Tinsley, ex-SBS operator and co-founder of clothing firm ThruDark, whom she is dating. [63] [60]

Pendleton was accused of creating a "toxic atmosphere" during the filming of ITV's Don't Rock The Boat in November 2020 by crew mate Craig Charles. [64] [65] Defending herself she suggested her twin brother Alex, as a man, would have been treated differently. In 2021, she co-commentated on the woman's road racing cycling final as part of the BBCs Olympic 2020 coverage as their pundit in Tokyo. [66] [67]

In June 2023, she announced that her brother Alex had died from a brain tumour. [68]

Palmarès

2002
National Track Championships
1st MaillotReinoUnido.PNG Sprint
1st MaillotReinoUnido.PNG 500 m time trial
2003
National Track Championships
1st MaillotReinoUnido.PNG Sprint
1st MaillotReinoUnido.PNG 500 m time trial
1st MaillotReinoUnido.PNG Keirin
1st MaillotReinoUnido.PNG Scratch race
2004
National Track Championships
1st MaillotReinoUnido.PNG Sprint
1st MaillotReinoUnido.PNG 500 m time trial
2005
1st Jersey rainbow.svg Sprint, World Track Championships
National Track Championships
1st MaillotReinoUnido.PNG Sprint
1st MaillotReinoUnido.PNG 500 m time trial
1st MaillotReinoUnido.PNG Keirin
1st MaillotReinoUnido.PNG Scratch Race
2006
Commonwealth Games
1st Gold medal blank.svg Sprint
2nd Silver medal blank.svg Time trial
2nd Silver medal blank.svg Sprint, World Track Championships
National Track Championships
1st MaillotReinoUnido.PNG Sprint
1st MaillotReinoUnido.PNG 500 m time trial
1st MaillotReinoUnido.PNG Keirin
1st MaillotReinoUnido.PNG Scratch race
1st MaillotReinoUnido.PNG National Derny Championship
2007
World Track Championships
1st Jersey rainbow.svg Sprint
1st Jersey rainbow.svg Team sprint (with Shanaze Reade)
1st Jersey rainbow.svg Keirin
National Track Championships
1st MaillotReinoUnido.PNG Sprint
1st MaillotReinoUnido.PNG 500 m time trial
1st MaillotReinoUnido.PNG Keirin
1st MaillotReinoUnido.PNG National Derny Championship
2008
1st Gold medal.svg Sprint, Olympic Games
World Track Championships
1st Jersey rainbow.svg Sprint
1st Jersey rainbow.svg Team sprint (with Shanaze Reade)
2nd Silver medal blank.svg Keirin
National Track Championships
1st MaillotReinoUnido.PNG Sprint
1st MaillotReinoUnido.PNG Team sprint (with Anna Blyth)
1st MaillotReinoUnido.PNG Keirin
3rd Sprint, Grand Prix de Vitesse de Saint Denis
2009
World Track Championships
1st Jersey rainbow.svg Sprint
2nd Silver medal blank.svg Team sprint (with Shanaze Reade)
3rd Bronze medal blank.svg 500 m time trial
National Track Championships
1st MaillotReinoUnido.PNG 500 m time trial
1st MaillotReinoUnido.PNG Sprint
2010
World Track Championships
1st Jersey rainbow.svg Sprint
2nd Silver medal blank.svg Keirin
2011
1st Gold medal blank.svg Team sprint (with Jessica Varnish), European Track Championships
World Track Championships
2nd Silver medal blank.svg Team sprint (with Jessica Varnish)
3rd Bronze medal blank.svg Sprint
2012
Olympic Games
1st Gold medal.svg Keirin
2nd Silver medal.svg Sprint
1st Jersey rainbow.svg Sprint, World Track Championships

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