Wendy Houvenaghel

Wendy Houvenaghel
At the world championships, 2008
Personal information
Full nameWendy Louise Houvenaghel
Born (1974-11-27) 27 November 1974 (age 49)
Upperlands, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Weight60 kg (132 lb; 9 st 6 lb)[1]
Team information
DisciplineTrack
RoleRider
Rider typePursuit / Time-trialist
Amateur teams
-2004Camel Valley Cycling
2010-Bike Chain Ricci
Professional teams
2005–2007Science in Sport.com
2008–2009Team Halfords Bikehut[2]
Major wins
United Kingdom National 3 km Pursuit Champion (2005, 2006, 2010)
UCI World Cup 3 km Individual Pursuit Champion (2005/6, 2006/7, 2009/10)
United Kingdom National Time Trial Circuit Champion (2003, 2007, 2011, 2012)
Europe European Champion Team Pursuit (2010/11)
UCI World Track Champion, Team Pursuit (2008, 2009, 2011)

Wendy Louise Houvenaghel (née McLean; born 27 November 1974) is a Northern Irish former racing cyclist from Upperlands, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland,[3] riding on both the road and track, but specialising in the latter. She has represented Great Britain in various World Cycling Championships and in the 2008 Olympic Games, most notably winning the silver medal at the Beijing Olympic Games, and gold in the team pursuit at the 2008, 2009 and 2011 Track World Championships. She has also won many British national titles and represented England at the 2006 Commonwealth Games and Northern Ireland at the 2010 Commonwealth Games. Houvenaghel is based in Cornwall, England.[3]

  1. ^ a b "Athlete Biography - HOUVENAGHEL Wendy". Beijing Olympics official website. Archived from the original on 2 September 2008.
  2. ^ "GB boss outlines Tour team target". BBC Sport. 11 January 2008.
  3. ^ a b John Haughey (30 July 2008). "Gold Medal Pursuit". BBC Sport. Retrieved 14 November 2018.