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List of Olympians in New Year Honours

Knighthood

Ben Ainslie - sailing

Bradley Wiggins - cycling

CBE

Katherine Grainger - rowing

Jessica Ennis - at...

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Barker has chance to stake Olympic claim

Elinor Barker has an early opportunity to stake her claim to be part of the British Cycling team for the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympic Games at th...

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Olympic trio join new women's team

Olympic champions Laura Trott, Dani King and Joanna Rowsell have signed for a new women's team supported by Tour de France champion Bradley Wigg...

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Clancy gets Ed start for Glasgow

Ed Clancy will continue his transformation from endurance rider to sprinter as one of seven Olympic champions named in the Great Britain team fo...

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Wiggins to play second fiddle at Worlds

Tour de France winner Bradley Wiggins is set to play a team role for Great Britain at the Road World Championships later this month, for which d...

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Medal Record

London 2012
  • 1 Gold
  • 0 Silver
  • 0 Bronze

Biography

www.joannarowsell.com

Joanna Rowsell emerged onto the track cycling scene in 2008 when she was part of the trio that won world team pursuit gold at the World Championships in Manchester.

Behind Wendy Houvenaghel and Rebecca Romero in the individual pursuit pecking order, Rowsell will now get her chance with the team pursuit coming onto the Olympic schedule.

Rowsell is part of the team pursuit trio that won 2012 world gold, setting a world record in the process. She suffers from alopecia.

At the 2012 Olympics in London, Rowsell won gold in cycling, team pursuit with partners, Laura Trott and Dani King.