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Danielle King

Danielle King
MBE
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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

Danielle 'Dani' King MBE (born 21 November 1990) is an English track cyclist.

King is three times a world champion and Olympic Gold Medalist 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.

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.

In November 2014, King was involved a serious crash after hitting a pothole while training on roads near Merthyr Tydfil. She suffered a snapped rib cage and a collapsed lung and spent 10 days in hospital.

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.


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