Victoria Pendleton

  • Victoria Pendleton
    Victoria Pendleton
  • Sport
    Cycling
  • Medals
    • Gold 1
    • Silver 1
    • Bronze 0
  • Country
    Great Britain
  • Date of Birth
    24 September 1980
  • Height
    5' 4" (1.65m)
  • Weight
    132lbs. (60kg)
  • Age
    32
  • Gender
    Female
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Schedule & Results

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Dates and times are in NZST.
Time Event Type Sport Event Stage Match
3/08/12 3:08 AM Cycling Women's Sprint Qualifying See Results
3/08/12 3:35 AM Cycling Women's Sprint Round See Results
4/08/12 3:05 AM Cycling Women's Keirin Round 1 & Repechages See Results
4/08/12 4:51 AM Cycling Women's Keirin Round 2 See Results
4/08/12 5:43 AM Medal/Final Cycling Women's Keirin Final See Results
5/08/12 10:58 PM Cycling Women's Sprint Qualification See Results
6/08/12 4:00 AM Cycling Women's Sprint Round of 16 See Results
6/08/12 5:38 AM Cycling Women's Sprint Round of 8 See Results
7/08/12 4:43 AM Cycling Women's Sprint Quarterfinal See Results
8/08/12 4:00 AM Cycling Women's Sprint Semifinal See Results
8/08/12 5:29 AM Medal/Final Cycling Women's Sprint Final See Results

Victoria Pendleton Biography

A world and Olympic gold medallist, Victoria Pendleton is part of a strong Great Britain team expected to top the velodrome medal table in London. Out of the medals at the 2004 Olympics in Athens, she won her debut world title in the women’s sprint in 2005 - the first British woman to do so for 40 years. 2007 saw Pendleton cement her place as the leading track sprinter in women’s cycling, claiming world championship gold medals in the individual sprint, team sprint and keirin. With the individual spring the only one of the three events on offer to women at the Beijing Olympics, Pendleton set an Olympic record in qualifying and beat Australia’s Anna Meares in the final to claim Olympic gold. Awarded an MBE in the Queen’s honours list, she defended her sprint world title in both 2009 and 2010. Her final World Championships was in Melbourne in 2012, where Pendleton struggled to make an impact in the keirin but picked up a sixth world gold in the sprint. Despite Meares setting a new world record in qualifying, Pendleton defeat the Australian in a third race photo finish in the semi-final before easing to victory in the final. The new Olympic cycling roster offers equal medal opportunities for female riders in London, meaning that veteran of the sport Pendleton will target three gold medals to end her Olympic career on a high. Amongst the favourites for individual sprint, team sprint and keirin gold, the pressure will be huge on Pendleton, and in Australians Anna Meares and Kaarle McCulloch she will face strong competition in all three events.

Overall Medal Count

Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 United States 46 29 29 104
2 China 38 27 23 88
3 Great Britain 29 17 19 65
4 Russia 24 26 32 82
5 South Korea 13 8 7 28
6 Germany 11 19 14 44
7 France 11 11 12 34
15 New Zealand 6 2 5 13
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