Dani King

Who is Dani King?

Danielle 'Dani' King MBE is an English track cyclist. King is a three time world champion in the women's team pursuit, competing for the winning Great Britain team at the 2011 World Championships alongside Laura Trott and Wendy Houvenaghel, 2012 alongside Trott and Joanna Rowsell, and 2013 with Trott and Elinor Barker. King sat out the 2014 event, again won by Great Britain with a team of Trott, Rowsell, Barker and Katie Archibald, but remains the reigning European and Olympic champion in the event.

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, King won a gold medal for the team pursuit alongside Laura Trott and Joanna Rowsell. The team also set a new world record time of 3:14:051 in this event.

King was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 2013 New Year Honours for services to cycling.