Dani Rowe
Danielle Rowe (née King; born 21 November 1990) is a British former road and track cyclist. As a track cyclist, she is an Olympic gold medallist, three-time world champion, and two-time European champion in the team pursuit. She is a member of the British Cycling Hall of Fame.
Rowe became a member of Great Britain's team pursuit squad in 2010, and she became world champion in the discipline for the first time in 2011. Later that year she became European champion in the same event. Riding with Laura Kenny and Joanna Rowsell, Rowe helped Great Britain defend their world title in 2012 and win the gold medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics; Great Britain also broke the world record at the Olympics. In 2013, Rowe won a third world title and a second European title in the team pursuit. She missed the 2014 World Championships through injury, and then turned her focus towards road cycling. She was overlooked for selection for the road race at the 2016 Summer Olympics, but won a bronze medal for Wales in the road race at the 2018 Commonwealth Games having previously represented England at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. She retired from cycling in December 2018.
Early life
[edit | edit source]Rowe was born in Hamble, Hampshire.[2] Her father, Trevor King, is a former biathlete who competed in both the 1984 and 1988 Winter Olympics, and Rowe has stated that he was "inspirational" for her.[4] Rowe went to school at Hamble Community Sports College before attending Barton Peveril Sixth Form College.[5] As a youngster, Rowe initially competed in swimming,[6] but in 2005, she participated in testing hosted by British Cycling at her school. Rowe was then selected to join the Talent Team.[7][8] Later that year, she joined the Portsmouth School of Cycle Racing which was based at the Mountbatten Centre in Portsmouth.[9]
Career
[edit | edit source]Rowe joined Great Britain's Olympic Development sprint squad,[7] and she entered in the junior category at the 2007 European Track Championships, finishing ninth in the sprint and twelfth in the keirin. She then switched to the endurance squad.[10][11] In 2008, she won stage two on the Junior Tour of Borsele road race, and she also finished runner-up in the junior scratch race at the British National Track Championships.[10][12][13] In 2009, she joined the Vision1 Racing team which included Nicole Cooke on their roster.[11] That year, Rowe won the British National Circuit Race Championships,[14] and the National Derny Championships.[15] She also became national champion in the madison (with Alex Greenfield).[16] Stating her future ambitions, Rowe said: "I won't be satisfied until I'm [an] Olympic Gold medallist and World Champion." She also described how watching Cooke win a race had inspired her to be successful.[7]
In 2010, Rowe came down with glandular fever.[17] She was able to compete in the British National Track Championships in September, winning in the team pursuit (as a member of Horizon Fitness), as well as recording podium finishes in the madison (with Ella Hopkins), points race and scratch race.[18]
The following month, Rowe began training with the national team after successfully progressing through a selection process run by head coach Shane Sutton. Three months later, she made her World Cup debut in Manchester. Rowe, Laura Kenny and Katie Colclough finished fifth in the team pursuit.[8] The following month, she became world champion in the team pursuit at the 2011 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Apeldoorn. Riding with Wendy Houvenaghel and Kenny, the trio overcame the United States in the final.[19] She also won a bronze medal in the scratch race during the championships.[10]
In September, at the 2011 British National Track Championships, Rowe was part of the team pursuit line-up that secured victory, and she also came third in the scratch race.[20] The following month, she became European champion, helping Great Britain triumph over Germany in the team pursuit final alongside teammates Joanna Rowsell and Kenny.[21] The following month, Rowe won a silver medal in the omnium at the 2011-12 Track Cycling World Cup meeting in Astana. She won two of the events that comprised the Omnium — the individual pursuit and flying lap.[22] She then secured a gold medal in the team pursuit (with Kenny and Colclough) at the under-23 European Track Championships in Portugal, as well as claiming a silver medal in the omnium.[23]
In February 2012, Rowe, Kenny and Rowsell were victorious in the team pursuit at a subsequent leg of the Track Cycling World Cup in London. They also set a new world record time of 3:18.148 in the final. Houvenaghel rode in qualifying with Rowe replacing her for the final against Canada.[24] Rowe, Kenny and Rowsell then defended Great Britain's world team pursuit title at the 2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Melbourne. They overcame Australia in the final with a world record time of 3:15.720.[25] At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Rowe won a gold medal in the team pursuit again riding alongside Kenny and Rowsell. The trio also set a new world record time of 3:14.051 in the final versus the United States.[26][27] In November, at the 2012–13 UCI Track Cycling World Cup meeting in Glasgow, Rowe, Kenny and Elinor Barker rode to victory against Australia in the final of the team pursuit.[28]
In February 2013, Rowe helped Great Britain defend their world title in the team pursuit at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Minsk. Rowe, Kenny and Barker secured victory against Australia in the final. After the competition, the women's team pursuit was set to increase to four riders riding 4 km.[29] On the road, Rowe won the Milk Race in May,[30] and finished in third position at the British National Road Race Championships in June.[31] Returning to the track at the National Championships in September, Rowe, Kenny, Rowsell and Barker won the team pursuit in a world record time of 4:32.721. She also claimed victory in the madison alongside teammate Kenny.[32] In November, she was a member of the British line-up that won the team pursuit at the 2013 UEC European Track Championships in Apeldoorn. Great Britain overcame Poland in the gold-medal race and also recorded a new world record time of 4:26.556 during the competition.[33] Rowe also claimed a silver medal in the points race.[34]
In November, Great Britain twice broke the world record for the team pursuit at the 2013–14 UCI Track Cycling World Cup meeting in Manchester. Rowe, Kenny, Barker and Rowsell won the event with victory over Canada in the final with a time of 4:19.604.[35] The following month in Aguascalientes, at the next leg of the Track Cycling World Cup, Great Britain broke their own record twice more as they again triumphed over Canada in the final. The team of Rowe, Rowsell, Barker and Katie Archibald beat the world record set in Manchester by three seconds, posting a time of 4:16.552, assisted by the high altitude conditions in Mexico.[36][37]
After being involved in crashes on consecutive days, Rowe was unable to train fully and consequently missed out on selection for the 2014 UCI Track Cycling World Championships. She labelled her absence as "heartbreaking".[8] She represented England at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. She finished eleventh in the road race, and on the track, she came fourth in the scratch race, seventh in the points race, and eighth in the individual pursuit.[38] In late June, at the British National Road Race Championships, Rowe finished runner-up behind Kenny.[39] In September, Rowe was part of the Wiggle-Honda team pursuit line-up that achieved victory at the British National Track Championships.[40]
In November 2014, Rowe was involved in a crash after a fellow rider hit a pothole while they were training on roads near Merthyr Tydfil. She suffered a snapped rib cage and a collapsed lung and spent ten days in hospital.[41] Five months later, Rowe claimed overall victory at the Tour of the Reservoir.[42] It was her first race back after recovering from her crash the previous year.[43]
In 2016, Rowe finished third in the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race, fourth in the Women's Tour Down Under, and seventh in the Philadelphia Cycling Classic. She then missed out on selection for the road race at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[44] A "gutted" Rowe criticized the decision not to select her, calling it "unfair". Rowe's ranking was better than two of the cyclists that were selected.[45][46] She later launched an appeal, but was unsuccessful.[47] In September 2016, Rowe signed for Cylance Pro Cycling for the 2017 season.[48] In October 2017, she announced that she would join WaowDeals Pro Cycling for 2018.[49]
In December 2017, Rowe announced that she was switching allegiance to Wales ahead of the forthcoming 2018 Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast. Explaining her decision, she stated that she has a "strong affinity and love" for Wales where she had lived throughout her professional career.[50] At the Games, she won a bronze medal in the road race.[51] In May, Rowe finished runner-up to Megan Guarnier at the Tour de Yorkshire,[52] and in June, she finished third overall at the 2018 Women's Tour. She suffered injuries in a crash on the penultimate day but was able to finish the race. Afterwards, Rowe stated that it was her "best result" on the road.[53] The following month, she finished runner-up in the British National Road Race Championships after she was beaten by Jessica Roberts.[54] In December 2018, Rowe announced her retirement from the sport.[55]
Personal life
[edit | edit source]Rowe married fellow cyclist Matthew Rowe in September 2017,[51] and she gave birth to a son in 2020.[56] Rowe has a younger sister.[57]
After retiring from cycling, Rowe began preparing to run the 2019 London Marathon but was forced to stop training after developing multiple stress fractures in her right leg.[58]
Honours and awards
[edit | edit source]The Royal Mail painted a postbox gold in Rowe's hometown of Hamble to honour her gold medal in the team pursuit at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[59] Rowe, and her team pursuit teammates were also commemorated by the Royal Mail in 2012 by appearing on a stamp which formed part of a set featuring British gold medalists from that year's Games.[60] Rowe was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2013 New Year Honours for services to cycling.[61][62] In 2012, a cycle route in Hamble was named after her,[63] and the following year, she was given the Freedom of the Borough of Eastleigh.[64] In 2024, she was inducted into the British Cycling Hall of Fame.[65]
Major results
[edit | edit source]Track
[edit | edit source]- 2008
- 2nd Scratch, National Junior Track Championships[13]
- 2009
- National Track Championships
- 1st File:MaillotReinoUnido.PNG Derny[15]
- 1st File:MaillotReinoUnido.PNG Madison (with Alex Greenfield)[16]
- 3rd Individual pursuit[66]
- 3rd Points race[67]
- 3rd Scratch[68]
- 2010
- National Track Championships
- 1st File:MaillotReinoUnido.PNG Team pursuit[18]
- 2nd Derny[69]
- 2nd Madison (with Ella Hopkins)[18]
- 2nd Points race[18]
- 3rd Scratch[18]
- 2011
- UCI Track World Championships
- UEC European Track Championships
- UEC European Under-23 Track Championships
- 1st File:UEC Champion Jersey.svg Team pursuit[23]
- 2nd File:Silver medal europe.svg Omnium[23]
- National Track Championships
- 2nd File:Silver medal blank.svg Omnium, 2011–12 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Astana[22]
- 2012
- 1st File:Gold medal olympic.svg Team pursuit, Olympic Games[26]
- 1st File:Jersey rainbow.svg Team pursuit, UCI Track World Championships[25]
- 1st File:Gold medal blank.svg Team pursuit, 2011–12 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, London[24]
- 1st File:Gold medal blank.svg Team pursuit, 2012–13 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Glasgow[28]
- 2013
- 1st File:Jersey rainbow.svg Team pursuit (with Laura Kenny and Elinor Barker, UCI Track World Championships[29]
- Team pursuit, 2013–14 UCI Track Cycling World Cup
- 1st File:Gold medal blank.svg Manchester[35]
- 1st File:Gold medal blank.svg Aguascalientes[36]
- UEC European Track Championships
- National Track Championships
Road
[edit | edit source]source:[2]
- 2009
- 1st File:MaillotReinoUnido.PNG British National Circuit Race Championships, National Road Championships[14]
- 2011
- 2nd British National Circuit Race Championships, National Road Championships[74]
- 2013
- 1st Milk Race[30]
- 3rd Road race
- 6th Team Time Trial, UCI Road World Championships
- 2014
- 2nd Road race
- 3rd Overall Surf & Turf 2-Day Women's Stage Race[75]
- 8th Individual Time Trial, British National Time Trial Championships
- 2015
- 1st File:Jersey yellow.svg Overall Tour of the Reservoir[42]
- 1st Stage 1
- 1st Bath, Matrix Fitness Grand Prix Series[76]
- 4th Team Time Trial, UCI Road World Championships
- 5th Team Time Trial, Crescent Vårgårda
- 10th Gooik–Geraardsbergen–Gooik
- 2016
- 1st Red Hook Crit (London)[47]
- 3rd Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race
- 4th Road race, National Road Championships
- 4th Overall Women's Tour Down Under
- 1st Mountains classification
- 5th Team Time Trial, Crescent Vårgårda UCI Women's WorldTour
- 7th Philadelphia Cycling Classic
- 9th Overall La Route de France
- 2017
- 9th Overall The Women's Tour
- 9th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
- 9th GP de Plouay – Bretagne
- 10th Women's Tour de Yorkshire
- 2018
- 2nd Road race, National Road Championships
- 2nd Overall Women's Tour de Yorkshire
- 3rd File:Bronze medal blank.svg Road race, Commonwealth Games
- 3rd Overall The Women's Tour
- 10th Road race, UEC European Road Championships
See also
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Danielle Rowe at UCILua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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- 1990 births
- Living people
- English female cyclists
- British female cyclists
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- British track cyclists
- English Olympic competitors
- UCI Track Cycling World Champions (women)
- Olympic cyclists for Great Britain
- Olympic gold medallists for Great Britain
- Olympic gold medalists in cycling
- Cyclists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Commonwealth Games cyclists for England
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Wales
- Commonwealth Games cyclists for Wales
- Cyclists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- Cyclists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Members of the Order of the British Empire
- Sportspeople from Southampton
- Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- 21st-century English sportswomen
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in cycling