Dani King

Danielle King
MBE

King during the Glasgow event of the 2012–2013 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics season.
Personal information
Full name	Danielle King
Nickname	Dani
Born	(1990-11-21) 21 November 1990 (age 26) Hamble, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	62 kg (137 lb)
Team information
Current team	Cylance Pro Cycling
Discipline	Track and road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Endurance
Amateur team(s)
2010–2012	Horizon Fitness
Professional team(s)
2009	Vision 1 Racing
2013–2016	Wiggle–Honda
2017–	Cylance Pro Cycling
Medal record Representing  Great Britain Track cycling Olympic Games 2012 London Team pursuit World Championships 2011 Apeldoorn Team pursuit 2012 Melbourne Team pursuit 2013 Minsk Team pursuit 2011 Apeldoorn Scratch European Championships 2011 Apeldoorn Team Pursuit 2013 Apeldoorn Team pursuit 2013 Apeldoorn Points Race

Danielle 'Dani' King MBE (born 21 November 1990) is an English track cyclist. King is three times a world champion in the women's team pursuit, competing for the winning Great Britain team at the 2011 World Championships alongside Laura Trott and Wendy Houvenaghel, 2012 alongside Trott and Joanna Rowsell, and 2013 with Trott and Elinor Barker. King sat out the 2014 event, again won by Great Britain with a team of Trott, Rowsell, Barker and Katie Archibald, but remains the reigning Olympic champion in the event.

She won the team pursuit at the Track Cycling World Cup in London in preparation for the Olympics in February 2012. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, King won a gold medal for the team pursuit alongside Laura Trott and Joanna Rowsell. The team also set a new world record time of 3:14:051 in this event.

King was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2013 New Year Honours for services to cycling.

She was given the Freedom of the Borough of Eastleigh in 2013.