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Joanna Rowsell MBE
Sint-Gillis-Waas, Belgium - 2011
Personal information
Full nameJoanna Rowsell MBE
Born (1988-12-05) 5 December 1988 (age 35)
England
United Kingdom
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Team information
Current teamMatrix Fitness Prendas
DisciplineRoad and track
RoleRider
Medal record
Representing  Great Britain
Track cycling
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2012 London Team pursuit
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2012 Melbourne Team pursuit
Gold medal – first place 2009 Pruszków Team Pursuit
Gold medal – first place 2008 Manchester Team Pursuit
Silver medal – second place 2010 Ballerup Team Pursuit
U23 European Track Championships
Gold medal – first place 2008 Pruszków Team Pursuit
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Pruszków Individual Pursuit
European Track Championships
Gold medal – first place 2011 Apeldoorn Team Pursuit

Joanna Katie Rowsell MBE (born 5 December 1988 in Sutton[1]) is a cyclist on the Great Britain Cycling Team who competes on track and road. She first came to national prominence as a winner of junior national competitions in 2005/2006, while her biggest successes to date are the gold medals won in the women's team pursuit at the 2008, 2009 and 2012 World Championships and the London 2012 Olympics.

Early life, education and personal life

Rowsell was born in Carshalton, in the London Borough of Sutton. She attended Cuddington Croft primary school from 1993 to 2000 and Nonsuch High School for Girls from 2000 to 2007.

Rowsell has alopecia areata, a condition resulting in hair loss.[2][3][4][5]

Career

Rowsell was picked up by British Cycling's Talent Team programme in 2004, after being tested at her school.[6] Her first major wins came in 2005 and 2006. As a junior, she won the British National Track Championships pursuit in both these years, whilst in senior competition on the road she won the 2006 British National Women's Series competition. She represented the UK at the European and World Junior Track and Road Championships in these years.[7] In 2006 she also finished third in the British National Championship and subsequently signed for the professional team Global Racing for the 2007 season. In her first year as a professional, she finished third in the 3 km pursuit and the points race at the National Track Championships. On the road, she finished second in the British National Circuit Race Championships.

2008 saw Rowsell join the new Nicole Cooke-led Team Halfords Bikehut.[8] She also continued to compete on the track, winning a gold medal at the 2008 World Championships in Manchester as part of the women's pursuit team.[9]

In 2012, she won in preparation for the Olympics at the Track Cycling World Cup in London both the team pursuit and the individual pursuit in February. Rowsell was a member of the team pursuit squad alongside Dani King and Laura Trott, when they won the team pursuit event and set a new world record at the 2011–2012 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics in London. They broke the record again at the 2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships. At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Rowsell won a gold medal for the team pursuit alongside King and Trott.[10] Having already set world record times in both the qualifying and semi-finals in this event, the team also went on to set a new world record time of 3:14.051 in the final.[11]

Rowsell was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2013 New Year Honours for services to cycling.[12]

Palmarès

2005
1st 3km Pursuit Junior British National Track Championships
2006
1st 3km Pursuit Junior British National Track Championships
1st British National Women's Road Race Series
3rd British National Road Race Championship
2007
2nd British National Circuit Race Championships
3rd 3km Pursuit British National Track Championships
3rd 25km Points Race British National Track Championships
2008
3rd British National Road Race Championships
1st U23 British National Road Race Championships
1st British National Circuit Race Championships
1st Team Pursuit UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Manchester
3rd Individual Pursuit UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Manchester
1st Team Pursuit UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Melbourne
1st Individual Pursuit UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Melbourne
1st Team Pursuit, 2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
2009
1st Team Pursuit UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Copenhagen
3rd Individual Pursuit UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Copenhagen
1st Team Pursuit UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Manchester
2nd Team Pursuit UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Melbourne
1st Team Pursuit, UCI Track Cycling World Championships
2010
3rd British National Circuit Race Championships
2011
1st World Cup, Track, Team pursuit, Manchester
1st Individual Pursuit, British National Track Championships
1st Team Pursuit, British National Track Championships
3rd Points Race, British National Track Championships
1st Team Pursuit European Track Championships
2012
1st Team Pursuit, 2011–2012 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, London
1st Individual Pursuit, 2011–2012 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, London
1st Team Pursuit 2012 Summer Olympics, London
1st Team Pursuit UCI Track Cycling World Cup, London
1st Individual Pursuit UCI Track Cycling World Cup, London
1st Team Pursuit UCI Track Cycling World Championships

See also

References

  1. ^ GRO reference: December 1988, Vol. 15, Page 461
  2. ^ Sleigh, Sophia (24 February 2012). "Alopecia no barrier to Cheam cyclist Joanna Rowsell's quest for London 2012 gold". Sutton Guardian. Newsquest. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
  3. ^ Eccles, Louise (21 February 2012). "Courage of a golden girl: How cycling champion became an inspiration to alopecia suffers". Daily Mail. London. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
  4. ^ Halliwell, Rachel (2 March 2012). "On a bike all that matters is winning... my head being bald under my helmet is irrelevant". The Sun. London. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
  5. ^ "London 2012 Olympics: GB cycling champion Joanna Rowsell reveals how alopecia spurred her to gold success". The Daily Telegraph. 21 February 2012. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
  6. ^ "About". joannarowsell.com.
  7. ^ David Jack (8 September 2006). "Women's National Team RR". London Cycle Sport. Retrieved 29 March 2008.
  8. ^ http://www.teamhalfordsbikehut.com Team halfords bikehut website
  9. ^ Justin Davis (29 March 2008). "Britain's women's pursuit team takes gold". Bikeradar.com. Future Publishing. Retrieved 29 March 2008.
  10. ^ Chris Bevan (4 August 2012). "Olympics cycling: British women win team pursuit track gold". BBC.
  11. ^ Matt McGeehan & Rory Dollard (4 August 2012). "am GB win gold medal in women's team pursuit with world record time". The Independent.
  12. ^ "No. 60367". The London Gazette (invalid |supp= (help)). 29 December 2012.

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