Victoria Pendleton

Victoria Pendleton is, for my money, one of the most fascinating athletes Britain has produced. Two Olympic golds and nine world titles on the track would be a complete career for anyone, but what grips me is her refusal to settle. Walking away at her peak and reinventing herself as a jockey, swapping pedals for a saddle, takes a kind of courage that medals don't measure. Add the candour of her autobiography, where she owned her doubts and pressures, and you get a portrait of someone genuinely human. I admire champions who keep risking failure long after they've nothing left to prove.

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Name (English)

Victoria Pendleton

Name (Japanese)

ヴィクトリア・ペンドルトン

Reading

ゔぃくとりあ・ぺんどるとん

Born

September 24, 1980 (age 45)

Origin

Stotfold, United Kingdom

Height

165 cm

Occupation

track cyclist / sport cyclist / autobiographer / jockey

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Monkey

University

Northumbria University

Awards & achievements

• Commander of the Order of the British Empire

• Official sitehttps://victoria.three60sports.co.uk/index.html
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/victorilou/
• Xhttps://x.com/v_pendleton
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria%20Pendleton
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%82%AF%E3%83%88%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9A%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89%E3%83%AB%E3%83%88%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q230999

Tags

• track cyclist
• sport cyclist
• autobiographer

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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