Joanna Rowsell

Joanna Rowsell ( born December 5, 1988 in Sutton, Surrey ) is a British racing driver and two-time world champion on the track.

Sports career

Your first major international success came Joanna Rowsell 2008, when she was at the Track World Championships in Manchester World Champion in the Team Pursuit ( with Wendy Houvenaghel and Rebecca Romero ). She was previously at national championships each finished third in the road race and in the points race. In 2008 she was also European champion in the team pursuit; In the same year she was several small road race to decide for themselves, such as Putte - chapels.

2009 Joanna Rowsell was the second time World Champion in the Team Pursuit ( with Wendy Houvenaghel and Elizabeth Armitstead ) and 2012 for the third time, with Danielle King and Laura Trott. In the same composition, the British women won at the Olympic Games in London in 2012 the gold medal, while improved twice in one day her own world record they had set up in April 2012 at the Track World Championships in Melbourne.

Private

In an interview Rowsell said she had reason alone started at school with the cycling, because mathematics - hours are then failed. The athlete is suffering from patchy hair loss and is almost bald. Rowsell said that she had for years worn wigs. By cycling but they have gained so much self-confidence that they no longer hide her nakedness.

Joanna Rowsell is an older sister of the cyclist Erick Rowsell.

Honors

Joanna Rowsell was honored with induction into the Hall of Fame of the European Cycling Union Union Européenne de Cyclisme.