Danielle King
King during the Glasgow event of the 2012–2013 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics season.
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| Personal information | |
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| Full name | Danielle King |
| Nickname | Dani |
| Born |
21 November 1990 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 |
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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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