Sunday, April 26, 2009

Victoria Pendleton Profile

Name: Victoria Pendleton
Birth name: Victoria Pendleton
Date of birth: September 24, 1980
Birthplace: Stotfold, Bedfordshire

Victoria Pendleton MBE was born on 24 September 1980. She is a British Olympic and world champion track cyclist. Pendleton won one bronze and three silver medals in the British National Track Championships in 2001, while still a student. In 2002, she qualified for the England Commonwealth Games team, finishing fourth in the sprint. She again came fourth in the sprint at the 2003 World Championships in Stuttgart and the 2004 World Championships in Melbourne.