Danielle 'Dani' Rowe Order of the British Empire, MBE (née King; born 21 November 1990) is a British former Road bicycle racing, road and track cyclist. She retired from cycling in December 2018. A Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's team pursuit, team pursuit gold medallist from the Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London Olympics in 2012, Rowe also won three consecutive world titles in the women's team pursuit, winning in 2011 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's team pursuit, 2011, (with Laura Kenny, Laura Trott and Wendy Houvenaghel), 2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's team pursuit, 2012 (with Trott and Joanna Rowsell), and 2013 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's team pursuit, 2013 (with Trott and Elinor Barker).

Career

She won the 2011–12 UCI Track Cycling World Cup – Round 4 – Women's team pursuit, 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 Kenny, Laura Trott and Joanna Rowsell. The team also set a new world record time of 3:14.051 in this event. 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. Rowe was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2013 New Year Honours for services to cycling. She was given the Freedom of the City, Freedom of the Borough of Borough of Eastleigh, Eastleigh in 2013, where a cycle route in Hamble-le-Rice, Hamble is also named after her. In September 2016, Rowe signed for for the 2017 season. After one year, in October 2017 she announced that she would join for 2018.

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. 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 o
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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. Rowe is married to fellow cyclist Matthew Rowe. 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.

Major results

Track

;2006 : British National Track Championships, National Youth Track Championships ::2nd British National Individual Pursuit Championships, Individual pursuit ::3rd British National Scratch Championships, Scratch ;2008 : 2nd British National Scratch Championships, Scratch, British National Track Championships, National Junior Track Championships ;2009 : 2009 British National Track Championships, National Track Championships ::1st MaillotReinoUnido

British National Derny Championships, Derny ::1st MaillotReinoUnido

British National Madison Championships, Madison (with Alex Greenfield) ::3rd British National Individual Pursuit Championships, Individual pursuit ::3rd British National Points Championships, Points race ::3rd British National Scratch Championships, Scratch ;2010 : 2010 British National Track Championships, National Track Championships ::1st MaillotReinoUnido

British National Team Pursuit Championships, Team pursuit ::2nd British National Derny Championships, Derny ::2nd British National Madison Championships, Madison ::2nd British National Points Championships, Points race ::3rd British National Scratch Championships, Scratch ;2011 : 2011 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, UCI Track World Championships ::1st Jersey rainbow

2011 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's team pursuit, Team pursuit ::3rd Bronze medal blank

2011 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's scratch, Scratch : 1st UEC Champion Jersey

2011 European Track Championships – Women's team pursuit, Team pursuit, 2011 UEC European Track Championships, UEC European Track Championships : 2011 European Track Championships (under-23 & junior), UEC European Under-23 Track Championships ::1st UEC Champion Jersey

Team pursuit (with Katie Colclough and Laura Kenny, Laura Trott) ::2nd Silver medal europe

Omnium : 2011 British National Track Championships, National Track Championships ::1st MaillotReinoUnido

British National Team Pursuit Championships, Team pursuit ::3rd British National Scratch Championships, Scratch : 2nd Silver medal blank

Omnium, 2011–12 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Astana ;2012 : 1st Gold medal olympic

Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's team pursuit, Team pursuit, Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Olympic Games : 1st Jersey rainbow

2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's team pursuit, Team pursuit, 2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, UCI Track World Championships : 1st Gold medal blank

2011–12 UCI Track Cycling World Cup – Round 4 – Women's team pursuit, Team pursuit, 2011–12 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, London : 1st Gold medal blank

Team pursuit, 2012–13 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Glasgow ;2013 : 1st Jersey rainbow

2013 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's team pursuit, Team pursuit, 2013 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, UCI Track World Championships : Team pursuit, 2013–14 UCI Track Cycling World Cup ::1st Gold medal blank

Manchester ::1st Gold medal blank

Aguascalientes : 2013 UEC European Track Championships, UEC European Track Championships ::1st UEC Champion Jersey

2013 UEC European Track Championships – Women's team pursuit, Team pursuit ::2nd Silver medal europe

2013 UEC European Track Championships – Women's points race, Points race : 2013 British National Track Championships, National Track Championships ::1st MaillotReinoUnido

British National Madison Championships, Madison (with Laura Kenny, Laura Trott) ::1st MaillotReinoUnido

British National Team Pursuit Championships, Team pursuit ::2nd British National Individual Pursuit Championships, Individual pursuit ::2nd British National Points Championships, Points race ::3rd British National Scratch Championships, Scratch : 1st Points race, Revolution – Round 1, Manchester ;2014 : 2014 British National Track Championships, National Track Championships ::1st MaillotReinoUnido

British National Team Pursuit Championships, Team pursuit ::3rd British National Scratch Championships, 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 MaillotReinoUnido

British National Circuit Race Championships, Criterium, National Road Championships ;2011 : 2nd British National Circuit Race Championships, Criterium, National Road Championships ;2013 : 1st Milk Race : 3rd British National Road Race Championships, Road race, National Road Championships ;2014 : 2nd British National Road Race Championships, Road race, National Road Championships : 3rd Overall Surf & Turf 2-Day Women's Stage Race ;2015 : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall Tour of the Reservoir ::1st Stage 1 : 1st Bath, Matrix Fitness Grand Prix Series : 10th 2015 Gooik–Geraardsbergen–Gooik, Gooik–Geraardsbergen–Gooik ;2016 : 1st Red Hook Crit : 3rd Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race : 4th British National Road Race Championships, Road race, National Road Championships : 4th Overall Women's Tour Down Under ::1st Mountains classification : 5th 2016 Crescent Vårgårda UCI Women's WorldTour, Crescent Vårgårda UCI Women's WorldTour TTT : 7th 2016 Philadelphia Cycling Classic, Philadelphia Cycling Classic : 9th Overall La Route de France ;2017 : 9th Overall 2017 The Women's Tour, The Women's Tour : 9th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad#Women, Omloop Het Nieuwsblad : 9th GP de Plouay – Bretagne : 10th 2017 Women's Tour de Yorkshire, Women's Tour de Yorkshire ;2018 : 2nd British National Road Race Championships, Road race, National Road Championships : 2nd Overall 2018 Women's Tour de Yorkshire, Women's Tour de Yorkshire : 3rd Bronze medal blank

Cycling at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Women's road race, Road race, Cycling at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, Commonwealth Games : 3rd Overall 2018 The Women's Tour, The Women's Tour ::1st Jersey light blue

British rider classification : 10th Road race, 2018 European Road Cycling Championships, UEC European Road Championships

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