Dani Rowe

{{Infobox cyclist

| name = Dani Rowe
MBE

| image = Dani Rowe - 2018 UEC European Road Cycling Championships (Women's road race).jpg

| image_size = 200px

| caption = Rowe at the 2018 European Road Cycling Championships.

| fullname = Danielle Rowe

| nickname = Dani

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1990|11|21}}

| birth_place = Hamble, Hampshire, England

| birth_name = Danielle King

| height = 1.75 m

| weight = 62 kg

| currentteam = Retired

| disciplines = {{ubl|Track|Road}}

| role = Rider

| ridertype = Endurance

| amateuryears1 = 2010–2012

| amateurteam1 = Horizon Fitness

| proyears1 = 2009

| proteam1 = Vision1 Racing{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/vision-1-racing-adds-dani-king |title=Vision 1 Racing adds Dani King |last1=Brown |first1=Gregor |date=2 January 2009 |website=cyclingnews.com |access-date=29 October 2013}}

| proyears2 = 2013–2016

| proteam2 = {{UCI team code|WHT|2013}}

| proyears3 = 2017

| proteam3 = {{UCI team code|CPC|2017}}

| proyears4 = 2018

| proteam4 = {{UCI team code|WM3|2018}}

| majorwins =

| show-medals = no

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalCountry|{{GBR2}}}}

{{MedalCountry|{{WAL}}}}

}}

Danielle 'Dani' Rowe MBE (née King; born 21 November 1990) is a British former road and track cyclist. She retired from cycling in December 2018.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/46451911 |title=Dani Rowe: Olympic team pursuit gold medallist retires from cycling |work=BBC Sport |access-date=5 December 2018}}

A team pursuit gold medallist from the London Olympics in 2012, Rowe also won three consecutive world titles in the women's team pursuit, winning in 2011,{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/cycling/8405325/UCI-Track-Cycling-World-Championships-2011-rising-stars-power-women-to-team-pursuit-gold.html|title=UCI Track Cycling World Championships 2011: rising stars power women to team pursuit gold|work=The Telegraph| location=London|first=Brendan|last=Gallagher|date=24 March 2011}} (with Laura Trott and Wendy Houvenaghel), 2012 (with Trott and Joanna Rowsell), and 2013 (with Trott and Elinor Barker).

Career

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, Rowe won a gold medal for the team pursuit alongside Laura Trott and Joanna Rowsell.{{cite web |last=Bevan |first=Chris |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/18911820 |title=BBC Sport – Olympics cycling: British women win team pursuit track gold |publisher=Bbc.co.uk |date=4 August 2012 |access-date=9 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150809111912/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/18911820 |archive-date=9 August 2015 |url-status=dead }} The team also set a new world record time of 3:14.051 in this event.{{cite news|last=Morton |first=Douglas |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/olympics/cycling/team-gb-win-gold-medal-in-womens-team-pursuit-with-world-record-time-8007406.html |title=Team GB win gold medal in women's team pursuit with world record time – Cycling – Olympics |work=The Independent|date=4 August 2012 |access-date=9 August 2012}}

In November 2014, Rowe 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.{{cite news|last1=Majendie|first1=Matt|title=Dani King: 'It was just a freak accident but I thought I was going to die'|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/cycling/dani-king-it-was-just-a-freak-accident-but-i-thought-i-was-going-to-die-10324456.html|access-date=23 March 2017|work=The Independent|date=16 June 2015}}

Rowe was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2013 New Year Honours for services to cycling.{{London Gazette |issue=60367 |date=29 December 2012 |page=25 |supp=y}}{{cite web |title=NY13 - London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games |url=http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/sites/default/files/resources/NY2013-honours-London-2012.pdf |website=Cabinet Office |access-date=12 May 2023}}

She was given the Freedom of the Borough of Eastleigh in 2013,{{Cite web|url=https://www.eastleigh.gov.uk/council/mayor/civic-honours|title=Civic honours | Eastleigh Borough Council|website=www.eastleigh.gov.uk|accessdate=12 May 2023}} where a cycle route in Hamble is also named after her.{{cite web | title=Olympian Dani King honoured with cycling route | website=BBC News | date=6 November 2012 | url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-hampshire-20222396 | access-date=12 May 2023}}

In September 2016, Rowe signed for {{UCI team code|CPC|2017}} for the 2017 season.{{Cite web|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/dani-king-signs-for-cylance-pro-cycling/|title=Dani King signs for Cylance Pro Cycling|date=21 September 2016 }} After one year, in October 2017 she announced that she would join {{UCI team code|WM3|2018}} for 2018.{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/dani-rowe-signs-for-waowdeals-pro-cycling-womens-news-shorts/ |title=Dani Rowe signs for WaowDeals Pro Cycling – Women's news shorts|date=12 October 2017 |website=cyclingnews.com|access-date=12 October 2017}}

Personal life

Rowe went to school at Hamble Community Sports College before attending Barton Peveril Sixth Form College. Her father, Trevor King, is a former biathlete who competed in two Winter Olympics.{{cite web |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/success-stopped-me-being-seen-as-a-weirdo-says-star-dani-king-8738005.html |title=Success stopped me being seen as a weirdo, says star Dani King |last1=Beard |first1=Matthew |date=30 July 2013 |website=London Evening Standard|access-date=29 October 2013}} She has a younger sister. Initially a keen competitive swimmer for her school and triathlete, with Chapel Tri-Stars junior triathlon club, in 2005 she was tested by the British Cycling at her School and was then selected to join the Talent Team, which was at that time part of [https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/riderroute British Cycling's Rider Route]. Later that year she joined i-Team.cc cycling club where she trained and raced regularly at The Mountbatten Centre [http://www.psocr.com Velodrome in Portsmouth]. In 2009, she came down with glandular fever whilst training to become an elite cyclist, leading to worries about her career being over. She recovered, however, and was later chosen to compete at world champion level in late 2011 and after setting world record with her pursuit team-mates she was chosen for Team GB.{{Cite web|url=https://daniking.co.uk/profile/|title=Biography|website=Dani King|accessdate=12 May 2023}}

Rowe is married to fellow cyclist Matthew Rowe.{{cite web |url=http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/features/cycling/features/10252078.Hampshire_Olympic_cyclist_Dani_King_talks_about_life_after_winning_gold/ |title=Hampshire Olympic cyclist Dani King talks about life after winning gold |last1=Churchward |first1=Sally|date=26 February 2013 |website=Southern Daily Echo|access-date=19 October 2013}} They married on Saturday 30 September 2017 at Llandaff Cathedral and their reception overlooked the Severn Estuary at a country house in Chepstow. The couple live in Cardiff, Wales. In 2020, Rowe gave birth to a son.{{cite web|url=https://action.org.uk/blog/back-saddle|title=Back in the saddle|work=Action Medical Research|publisher=P&Co. Ltd.|date=14 June 2021|accessdate=5 May 2022}}

Major results

=Track=

;2006

: National Youth Track Championships

::2nd Individual pursuit

::3rd Scratch

;2008

: 2nd Scratch, National Junior Track Championships

;2009

: National Track Championships

::1st 20px Derny

::1st 20px Madison (with Alex Greenfield)

::3rd Individual pursuit

::3rd Points race

::3rd Scratch

;2010

: National Track Championships

::1st 20px Team pursuit

::2nd Derny

::2nd Madison

::2nd Points race

::3rd Scratch

;2011

: UCI Track World Championships

::1st 20px Team pursuit

::3rd 15px Scratch

: 1st 20px Team pursuit, UEC European Track Championships

: UEC European Under-23 Track Championships

::1st 20px Team pursuit (with Katie Colclough and Laura Trott)

::2nd 15px Omnium

: National Track Championships

::1st 20px Team pursuit

::3rd Scratch

: 2nd 15px Omnium, 2011–12 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Astana

;2012

: 1st 15px Team pursuit, Olympic Games

: 1st 20px Team pursuit, UCI Track World Championships

: 1st 15px Team pursuit, 2011–12 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, London

: 1st 15px Team pursuit, 2012–13 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Glasgow

;2013

: 1st 20px Team pursuit, UCI Track World Championships

: Team pursuit, 2013–14 UCI Track Cycling World Cup

::1st 15px Manchester

::1st 15px Aguascalientes

: UEC European Track Championships

::1st 20px Team pursuit

::2nd 15px Points race

: National Track Championships

::1st 20px Madison (with Laura Trott)

::1st 20px Team pursuit

::2nd Individual pursuit

::2nd Points race

::3rd Scratch

: 1st Points race, Revolution – Round 1, Manchester

;2014

: National Track Championships

::1st File:MaillotReinoUnido.PNG Team pursuit

::3rd Scratch

: Revolution

::2nd Scratch – Round 4, Manchester

::3rd Points race – Round 4, Manchester

::3rd Scratch – Round 3, Manchester

;2017

: 3rd Points race, Revolution Series – Champions League

=Road=

;2009

: 1st 20px Criterium, National Road Championships

;2011

: 2nd Criterium, National Road Championships

;2013

: 1st Milk Race

: 3rd Road race, National Road Championships

;2014

: 2nd Road race, National Road Championships

: 3rd Overall Surf & Turf 2-Day Women's Stage Race{{cite web |url=https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/events/details/102962/Surf-&-Turf-2-Day-Women |title=Surf & Turf 2-Day Women's Stage Race |date=14 June 2014 |website=British Cycling |access-date=4 August 2015}}

;2015

: 1st 20px Overall Tour of the Reservoir

::1st Stage 1

: 1st Bath, Matrix Fitness Grand Prix Series{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest-news/madison-genesis-wins-2015-tour-series-after-bath-finale-photos-176598 |title=Madison Genesis wins 2015 Tour Series after Bath finale (photos) |last1=Wynn |first1=Nigel |last2=Jones |first2=Andy |date=12 June 2015 |website=Cycling Weekly|access-date=12 June 2015}}

: 10th Gooik–Geraardsbergen–Gooik

;2016

: 1st Red Hook Crit

: 3rd Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race

: 4th Road race, National Road Championships

: 4th Overall Women's Tour Down Under

::1st Mountains classification

: 5th Crescent Vårgårda UCI Women's WorldTour TTT

: 7th Philadelphia Cycling Classic

: 9th Overall La Route de France

;2017

: 9th Overall The Women's Tour