Victoria Pendleton

Victoria Pendleton
CBE OLY
	Pendleton in 2011
Personal information
Full name	Victoria Louise Pendleton
Nickname	Queen Victoria
Born	24 September 1980; Stotfold, Bedfordshire, England
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	62 kg (137 lb; 9.8 st)
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Track
Role	Rider
Rider type	Sprinter
Amateur teams
1988–2004	Mildenhall Cycling Club
2005	VC St Raphael
Professional teams
2006–2007	Science in Sport / Trek
2008–2012	Sky Track Cycling
Medal record
Women's track cycling
Representing Great Britain
Olympic Games
World Championships
European Championships
Representing England
Commonwealth Games

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.

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 and Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2013 New Year Honours for services to cycling. As a gold medalist at European, World and Olympic level, Pendleton is also a member of the European Cycling Union Hall of Fame.

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