Talk:Victoria Pendleton

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• "Victoria may be queen of the track but Britain's top cyclist was not amused by the BBC's snub". thisislondon.co.uk. 2007-12-13. Retrieved 2007-12-13. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
• "'I'd love to be more famous and have lots of support. Being a female I don't stand a chance'". The Guardian. 2007-12-12. Retrieved 2007-12-13. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

Severo^TC 17:45, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

Oh Pendelton, you sexy lady!

I appreciate the amount of work that may have gone into writing the "image" section...and I know the vast amount of press coverage that she has recehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Pageived for appearing "nude"...but is this really worthy content for a biographical article? Would we honestly be writing such guff about a male athelete? I think not. Let us document her Olympic acheivements rather than her pre-games publicity drive. Gareth E Kegg (talk) 00:00, 21 August 2008 (UTC)

This is a biography, not a chronology of a cycling career. Is an appearance in this mag or that mag notable? Probably not. Is the fact that there has been widespread coverage of these appearances, external to those publications themselves, notable? Almost certainly. WFCforLife (talk) 22:53, 7 October 2009 (UTC)

Yes, precisely. The fact that she has presumably been paid to appear half undressed is surely part of career and and has certainly been the subject of much publicity and discussion. In fact the artistic nude pose emulated that of Lance Armstrong. I don't understand the gender point. IXIA (talk) 23:29, 14 February 2010 (UTC)

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Reasons for retirement

Since her retirement vicky has said that the atmosphere in british cycling was a big part of her reason for quitting. I think this could be worth including. Source: https://road.cc/content/news/191609-victoria-pendleton-says-she-could-be-rio-if-not-shane-sutton Firestar47 (talk) 22:08, 20 February 2024 (UTC)

GA review

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

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This review is transcluded from Talk:Victoria Pendleton/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Nominator: Canary757 (talk · contribs) 07:08, 5 November 2025 (UTC)

Reviewer: NicheSports (talk · contribs) 04:24, 21 June 2026 (UTC)

Hi NicheSports. Thank you for taking on this review. Canary757 (talk) 07:04, 21 June 2026 (UTC)

Hey @Canary757, this article was in great shape. I did a copy editing pass and completed most sections of the review. See my few requests in the Text section and one in the Copyright section. In the meantime, I should be able to finish the other sections in the next day or two. NicheSports (talk) 05:18, 22 June 2026 (UTC)

Thank you for your helpful copyedits. I'm now working through the review. Canary757 (talk) 12:35, 22 June 2026 (UTC)

I'm done with all other sections - let me know when you've wrapped up and I expect this will be ready to pass NicheSports (talk) 20:55, 22 June 2026 (UTC)

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Criteria: 1a. prose () 1b. MoS () 2a. ref layout () 2b. cites WP:RS () 2c. no WP:OR () 2d. no WP:CV () 3a. broadness () 3b. focus () 4. neutral () 5. stable () 6a. free or tagged images () 6b. pics relevant () Note: this represents where the article stands relative to the Good Article criteria. Criteria marked are unassessed

Text

• In general this was very well written. One recurring thing I noticed were issues with WP:CINS; my GAN review mentor It is a wonderful world alerted me to this during my first review. Might be worth a look for the future. I did a complete copy-editing pass, outstanding items are listed below. NicheSports (talk) 01:26, 22 June 2026 (UTC) You're right, my comma use has room for improvement, so I'll re-read WP:CINS

Lead

• No changes requested beyond my copy-edits NicheSports (talk) 01:26, 22 June 2026 (UTC)

Early life

• No changes requested beyond my copy-edits NicheSports (talk) 01:26, 22 June 2026 (UTC)

Cycling career

• Pendleton frustrated Magne by veering away from her training programme and she explained: "I had always feared letting down figures of authority, my dad most of all, and so I felt diminished by disappointing Fred." can this be reworded? Pendleton's explanation, in the source, is about her own emotions/past, not about her frustrating Magne NicheSports (talk) 01:26, 22 June 2026 (UTC) I've expanded this. Any better? The quote mentions 'Fred' (Magne)

  What do you think about this? Special:Diff/1360706031 NicheSports (talk) 02:51, 23 June 2026 (UTC)

  Yes this looks fine. Thanks. Canary757 (talk) 07:27, 23 June 2026 (UTC)

• The two began working together, and she has since stated... this feels like it is missing something. Something like: "They began working together, with positive results. Pendleton later stated..." NicheSports (talk) 01:26, 22 June 2026 (UTC) Done
• ...before triumphing against Tamilla Abassova in the final. She became the first British woman to become a track cycling world champion since Beryl Burton in 1966. "triumphing" is a bit peacocky. I'd also address the "became...become" in the following sentence. Neither is a must-change, just raising in case you want to reword either/or NicheSports (talk) 01:26, 22 June 2026 (UTC) Done and  Done
• It was her first race under National Hunt Rules. Is this due? If you keep it, can you explain what it is or wikilink to an article that does? As a non-British reader I am unfamiliar with this :) NicheSports (talk) 01:26, 22 June 2026 (UTC)  Done Inessential, removed

In the media

• In 2016, Pendleton partnered with Clinique, joining as a Difference Maker for the Clinique Difference Initiative, with the aim to inspire women and support the provision of educational and healthcare support. Is the bolded bit due here? NicheSports (talk) 01:26, 22 June 2026 (UTC) Done

Personal life

• Pendleton's relationship with Scott Gardner, a sports scientist with British Cycling's coaching team, caused problems, as it was considered to be unprofessional for two members of the team to be romantically involved. what problems, to who? NicheSports (talk) 01:26, 22 June 2026 (UTC)  Done
• Pendleton also said the reaction left her "distraught". whose reaction? NicheSports (talk) 01:26, 22 June 2026 (UTC) Done

Sourcing

Cites WP:RS

many high quality sources; BBC, The Telegraph, the Guardian, etc.. I checked a few I was unfamiliar with (Radio Times, Leicester Mercury) and those look fine as well. was a trip to read I must say. Hard to imagine stuff like that was getting published ~20 years ago NicheSports (talk) 05:12, 22 June 2026 (UTC) 100% agree, especially for a renowned newspaper.

Spot check

all ~10 checks passed, see below. Collapsing for readability

Source checks

• Her father, Max, was a keen amateur cyclist and former British National 8 km grass track cycling champion. Y verified in 7 NicheSports (talk) 04:52, 22 June 2026 (UTC)
• Pendleton found the experience challenging, her wellbeing suffered, and she self-harmed. Y verified in 14 NicheSports (talk) 04:52, 22 June 2026 (UTC)
• ...and considered quitting the sport. Y verified in 22 NicheSports (talk) 04:52, 22 June 2026 (UTC)
• Meares apologised afterwards, but the incident started a long-term rivalry between the pair. Y all of this verified in 34 NicheSports (talk) 04:52, 22 June 2026 (UTC)
• Coming back from illness and a knee injury, Pendleton finished second in the sprint at the 2007–08 World Cup meeting in Copenhagen. Y all of this verified in 41 NicheSports (talk) 04:52, 22 June 2026 (UTC)
• Her success made her the first British female cyclist to win a gold medal in the sprint at an Olympic Games. Y verified in 44 NicheSports (talk) 04:52, 22 June 2026 (UTC)
• Pendleton was critical of the Olympics, pointing out that only three medal events in track cycling were available for women, whereas there were seven medal events in the men's Olympic schedule. Only one of the women's races was in a discipline that Pendleton competed in, and she said she felt "sick" by the decision. Y all of this verified in 19 NicheSports (talk) 04:52, 22 June 2026 (UTC)
• She also stated that her professional relationship with coach Shane Sutton had deteriorated between the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games. Y quite close to SYNTH but I think verifies in 78 , the key language in the source being "My relationship with Shane was good before Beijing" NicheSports (talk) 04:52, 22 June 2026 (UTC)
• Pendleton featured on the cover of men's magazine FHM in 2009. Y verified in 87 NicheSports (talk) 04:57, 22 June 2026 (UTC)
• t the 2014 Conservative Party Conference, Pendleton introduced the Secretary of State for Education Nicky Morgan before Morgan's keynote speech on 30 September; Pendleton spoke about the importance of sport in education. Y this verifies in 97 NicheSports (talk) 04:57, 22 June 2026 (UTC)
• In 2019, Pendleton stated that she had suffered severe depression and had contemplated suicide after her failed Everest expedition. Y verified in 101 NicheSports (talk) 04:57, 22 June 2026 (UTC)

Copyright

• Earwig raised some moderate possibility overlap but most of it is sporting event boilerplate ("the sprint at the 2005 UCI Track Cycling World Championships", etc.) i.e. not a problem. I only saw one very minor case I wanted to raise, see below NicheSports (talk) 04:29, 22 June 2026 (UTC)
• beating Kaarle McCulloch and Anna Meares of Australia at the Track World Cup in the London Velodrome appears verbatim from - is that fine? Again, it is results boilerplate, but longer than the other examples. Up to you NicheSports (talk) 04:29, 22 June 2026 (UTC) Done

Scope

Covers subject's career and personal life in appropriate detail NicheSports (talk) 05:14, 22 June 2026 (UTC)

Illustration

all images are relevant, and all six are original works by the uploader and are appropriately licensed for use in the article NicheSports (talk) 20:53, 22 June 2026 (UTC)

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