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Victoria Pendleton

1980 - Today

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Victoria Louise Pendleton (born 24 September 1980) is a British former track cyclist who specialised in the sprint, team sprint and keirin disciplines. She is a former Olympic, World, European and Commonwealth champion. She won a total of three Olympic medals (two golds and one silver) during her career. In 2005, she became the first British woman to become world sprint champion. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. Victoria Pendleton is the 1,720th most popular cyclist (down from 1,541st in 2024), the 8,267th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 8,034th in 2019) and the 63rd most popular British Cyclist.

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Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Victoria Pendleton ranks 1,720 out of 1,613Before her are Mohamed Touati, Kiyofumi Nagai, Arthur Vichot, Jason Osborne, Ethan Mitchell, and Fabian Lienhard. After her are Niccolò Bonifazio, Florian Sénéchal, Pieter Jacobs, Tsgabu Grmay, Peter Kennaugh, and Timo Roosen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1980, Victoria Pendleton ranks 1,535Before her are Serik Yeleuov, Brooks Orpik, Sérgio Pinto, Kim Sharma, Alexis Thorpe, and Tommi Evilä. After her are Collette Wolfe, Oliver Risser, Péter Somfai, Gracy Singh, Josh Beckett, and Christian Wetklo.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Victoria Pendleton ranks 8,269 out of 8,785Before her are Andy C (1976), Prisca Awiti Alcaraz (1996), Toby Sebastian (1992), Sam Vokes (1989), Michael Socha (1987), and Chris Eubank Jr (1989). After her are Grace Chatto (1985), Tiago Ilori (1993), Honeysuckle Weeks (1979), Brian Deane (1968), Harry Souttar (1998), and Dai Greene (1986).

Among CYCLISTS In United Kingdom

Among cyclists born in United Kingdom, Victoria Pendleton ranks 63Before her are Craig MacLean (1971), Ross Edgar (1983), Rob Hayles (1973), Steve Cummings (1981), Josh Tarling (2004), and Daniel Bigham (1991). After her are Alex Dowsett (1988), Jason Kenny (1988), Ed Clancy (1985), James Knox (1995), Wendy Houvenaghel (1974), and Ethan Vernon (2000).