Two-time Olympic gold medallist Joanna Rowsell Shand announces retirement
Two-time Olympic champion Joanna Rowsell Shand has announced her retirement from cycling, after a career that also included five World Championship titles.
Joanna Rowsell
Nationality: British
Date of birth: 05/12/1988
From: Cheam, Surrey
Height: 1.80cm
Team: Pearl Izumi Sports Tours
Double world champion Joanna Rowsell is a cornerstone of the British women’s team pursuit squad. She was part of the winning trio in the inuagural running of this event in 2008 and has been part of the squad ever since. An Olympic title in 2012 came as she, Laura Trott and Dani King embarked on a remarkable winning streak that continues to this day.
Rowsell could stake a claim to being the greatest pursuit rider alive today. Across the individual and team pursuit disciplines she currently holds a national, European, Commonwealth, World and Olympic title.
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Joanna Roswell-Shand, Elinor Barker, Laura Trott and Katie Archibald celebrate their gold medal in the 2016 Olympic team pursuit (Watson) Laura Trott: 'That was was possibly the easiest world record we’ve ever got'
The Team GB quartet spoke after winning the women's Olympic team pursuit in a world record time
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Laura Trott, Joanna Rowsell-Shand, Katie Archibald and Elinor Barker celebrate winning gold in the 2016 Olympic team pursuit (Watson) Great Britain smash world record to win women's team pursuit in Rio
Katie Archibald, Elinor Barker, Joanna Rowsell-Shand and Laura Trott win the women's team pursuit in the Rio 2016 Olympic Games
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Team GB on their way to a world record time in the qualifying round of the 2016 Olympic team pursuit (Watson) Credit: Watson Great Britain women's team pursuiters set new world record in Rio Olympics qualifying
Elinor Barker, Laura Trott, Joanna Rowsell-Shand and Katie Archibald set a new world record and qualify fastest in the Rio 2016 Olympic Games women's team pursuit
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Team GB track cyclists show off their Olympic kit
Track cyclists were at the NEC in Birmingham this week to pick up their Olympic Games kit and pose for these photos
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Great Britain's mens team pursuit in the 2015 European Track Championships Great Britain scores double team pursuit gold at Euro Champs
Britain's men's and women's team pursuit squads both crush their opposition to strike gold at the European Track Championships
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Great Britain in the 2015 European Track Championships Great Britain's team pursuiters dominate European Track Champs qualification
Great Britain's male and female team pursuit squads both qualified fastest by a clear margin at the European Track Championships in Switzerland
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Paralympic champion Dame Sarah Storey Credit: Larry Hickmott Storey and Rowsell headline Tour de Yorkshire women's race
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Snowy conditions during Tour of Reservoir 2015, day two Erick Rowsell and Dani King claim overall victories in snowy Tour of the Reservoir
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Joanna Rowsell underperformed at World Championships, says Sutton
Shane Sutton says Joanna Rowsell was not performing at her normal level at the Track World Championships
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Track World Championships round-up: Day three
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Joanna Rowsell declares Hour Record interest
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Joanna Rowsell wins individual pursuit, Commonwealth Games 2014, track day two British Riders of the Year 2014 number 3: Joanna Rowsell
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Britain's female team pursuiters start strongly at London Track World Cup
World champions Katie Archibald, Elinor Barker, Joanna Rowsell and Laura Trott qualify fastest in day session.
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Shane Sutton, Day one, London track World Cup, February 2012 Shane Sutton: Olympic qualification points the target in London
British Cycling's technical director Shane Sutton says he has to manage expectations ahead of the track World Cup in London
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Joanna Rowsell opts to train over racing at the first round of the UCI Track Cycling World Cup in Mexico Joanna Rowsell withdraws from Track Cycling World Cup opener to focus on form
Great Britain's Joanna Rowsell withdraws from the first round in Guadalajara in preparation for the London round of the series.
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Joanna Rowsell wins individual pursuit, Commonwealth Games 2014, track day two Joanna Rowsell plays down Commonwealth Games TT chances
The former British champion in the discipline admits her Games focus was the individual pursuit.
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Joanna Rowsell wins Commonwealth individual pursuit gold
England win second gold in the velodrome at Glasgow courtesy of Rowsell.
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Joanna Rowsell into individual pursuit final at Glasgow 2014
World champion Rowsell sets Games Record and PB in qualifying
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Joanna Rowsell, British road race national championships 2013 Illness strikes Wiggle-Honda on the eve of Friends Life Women's Tour
British Olympic champion Joanna Rowsell pulled out of event on Sunday, with prolific winner Giorgia Bronzini also suffering going into the race.
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wiggle, honda, team. rowsell, trott, king British track stars to ride as helpers at Fleche Wallonne Femmes
Wiggle-Honda trio Laura Trott, Dani King and Joanna Rowsell will play a support role in Fleche Wallonne Femmes on Wednesday
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wiggle, honda, team. rowsell, trott, king British track stars return to the road
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Joanna Rowsell individual pursuit world champion 2014 Credit: Casey B Gibson Joanna Rowsell wins second world title in Cali
