Dannielle Jade Khan (born 1 September 1995) is an

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racing cyclist, who currently rides for British amateur team Saint Piran WRT. She won the sprint and 500m TT events at the Juniors world championships in 2013, as well as the silver medal in the Keirin.

Career

Born in

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, Khan started her sporting life as a

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, and was encouraged to try cycling as part off her off season conditioning. She quickly found success on the velodrome and became a member of British Cycling's Olympic Development Programme in 2012. In August 2013, at the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome in

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, Khan represented Britain at the

UCI Juniors Track World Championships The UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships (named the UCI Juniors Track World Championships before 2016) are a set of world championship events for junior riders, for various disciplines and distances in track cycling and are regulated by t ...

. She was featured in the documentary "

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" with her family. In January 2016 Khan was announced as a member of Team Breeze, British Cycling's women's development squad. In October 2016 Khan traveled to Paris to race in her first U23 European Track Championships where her and the other team pursuit girls got a bronze medal.

Personal life

Khan's younger sister Daisy, is also a cyclist.

Major results

;2011 : National Youth Track Championships ::1st MaillotReinoUnido

Sprint ::1st MaillotReinoUnido

500m time trial ::3rd Scratch ;2012 : National Junior Track Championships ::1st MaillotReinoUnido

Sprint ::3rd 500m time trial ::3rd Scratch : 2nd Team sprint, UEC European Junior Track Championships (with Lucy Garner) : 3rd 500m time trial,

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;2013 :

::1st

Sprint ::1st Jersey rainbow

500m time trial ::2nd Keirin : National Junior Track Championships ::1st MaillotReinoUnido

Sprint ::3rd 500m time trial : 1st Team sprint, Ghent International Junior Track Meeting (with Hannah Blount) : Revolution Series ::1st Keirin – Round 1, Manchester ::2nd Sprint – Round 2, Glasgow ::3rd Sprint – Round 1, Manchester : 3rd 500m time trial,

;2014 :

::1st

Team sprint (with Jessica Varnish) ::2nd Keirin : Revolution Series ::1st Keirin – Round 3, Manchester ::2nd Sprint – Round 3, Manchester ::3rd Keirin – Round 4, Manchester : 2nd Sprint, Dudenhofen : Oberhausen ::3rd Keirin ::3rd Sprint : 3rd Team sprint,

2013–14 UCI Track Cycling World Cup The 2013–2014 UCI Track Cycling World Cup was a multi race tournament over a track cycling season. It was the twenty-second series of the UCI Track Cycling World Cup organised by the Union Cycliste Internationale. The series ran from 1 November ...

, Guadalajara (with

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) ;2015 : 2nd Keirin, Fastest Man on Wheels : Revolution Series – Round 1, Derby ::3rd Keirin ::3rd 500m time trial ;2016 : 1st European champion jersey 2016

Team pursuit,

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: UEC European Under-23 Track Championships ::1st European champion jersey 2016

Team pursuit ::3rd bronze medal europe

Scratch : 1st Team pursuit,

2016–17 UCI Track Cycling World Cup The 2016–17 UCI Track Cycling World Cup was a multi-race series over a track cycling season. It was the 25th edition of the UCI Track Cycling World Cup organised by the UCI. The series ran from 4 November 2016 to 26 February 2017 and consisted ...

, Glasgow : 3rd Scratch, Revolution – Round 1, Manchester

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Khan, Dannielle 1995 births Living people Sportspeople from Solihull English female cyclists English track cyclists Cyclists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for England