I'm really, really happy, this was my main event. The sprint is a gamble, always very close, so I feel great about the win.
"Victoria Louise Gardner", Order of the British Empire/CBE is an English former Track cycling/track cyclist who specialised in the Sprint (cycling)/sprint, team sprint and keirin disciplines.
Pendleton represented Great Britain and England in international competition, winning nine world titles including a record six in the individual sprint competition, dominating the event between 2005 and 2012. Pendleton is a former Cycling at the Summer Olympics/Olympic, European Track Championships/European and Commonwealth Games/Commonwealth champion. In 2012 she won the gold medal in the Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's Keirin/keirin at the 2012 Summer Olympics, as well as silver in the Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's sprint/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.
With two gold and one silver medals, Pendleton is Great Britain's most successful female Olympian, having surpassed Kelly Holmes' and Rebecca Adlington's (then) record of two golds and one bronze medal in 2012.
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