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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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Olympic heroes honoured

London's Olympic champions have been handsomely rewarded for their exploits in a special New Year Honours list, with Bradley Wiggins and Ben Ain...

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Champions to lead 2012 Games parade

Olympic champions Mo Farah, Jessica Ennis and Sir Chris Hoy will be among 700 British athletes taking part in Monday's victory parade to mark th...

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Pendleton takes silver in sprint

Great Britain's Victoria Pendleton was denied a golden goodbye and a third Olympic title in dramatic fashion as her perennial rival Anna Meares ...

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Pendleton relegated in sprint final

Victoria Pendleton was relegated by officials as Australia's Anna Meares took a 1-0 lead in the women's Olympic sprint final at the London 2012 ...

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Medal Record

London 2012
  • 1 Gold
  • 1 Silver
  • 0 Bronze
Beijing 2008
  • 1 Gold
  • 0 Silver
  • 0 Bronze
Athens 2004
  • 0 Gold
  • 0 Silver
  • 0 Bronze

Biography

www.victoriapendleton.co.uk

After a disappointing Athens 2004 Olympic debut, Victoria Pendleton won individual sprint gold at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and she currently has nine world titles to her name.

In 2009 she placed 84th in FHM magazine’s 100 sexiest women while she has a tattoo on her right wrist that reads “Today is the greatest day I’ve ever known” – a lyric by the Smashing Pumpkins.

Rewarded with an MBE in 2009, Pendleton wants to own an allotment after the London 2012 Olympics.

She also plans to marry Scott Gardner, a former sports scientist with the British Cycling coaching team, after London 2012.

At the 2012 Olympic Games in London, Pendleton won gold in keirin and silver in sprint.