Dannielle Khan

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Dannielle Khan Road cycling
To person
Date of birth September 1, 1995
nation United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
discipline Train / street
To the team
Current team Lotto Soudal
function driver
Societies)
Solihull Cycling Club
Most important successes
UEC European Rail Championships
2016 bronze - team pursuit
UCI Track World Championships for Juniors
2013 World Champion - Sprint, 500-meter time trial
Last updated: August 6, 2020

Dannielle Khan (born September 1, 1995 in Solihull ) is a British track cyclist who specializes in short-term disciplines. She was also successful as a short tracker.

Athletic career

Danielle Khan began her sporting career at the age of eight as a short tracker for the Mohawks Ice Racing Club in her hometown of Solihull. At the age of 14 she got her first bike and initially used cycling as a fitness training. When she surprisingly won two national cycling titles in her age group for herself in 2011, she decided to concentrate on cycling. In 2012 she was accepted into the British Olympic Development Program .

In 2013, Khan was two-time world champion in the juniors , sprint and 500-meter time trial in Glasgow ; she was runner-up in the Keirin . In the same year, she and Jessica Varnish won the British championship title in the team sprint and won the overall Keirin ranking of the British track cycling competition Revolution Series .

In 2016, Danielle Khan became European Champion (U23) in the team pursuit together with Emily Kay , Manon Lloyd and Emily Nelson .

After a long break from competition, Khan received a contract with Team Lotto Soudal Ladies on July 1, 2019 .

successes

2013
2016

Teams

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Gregg Evans: Danielle is riding high after changing lanes. Birmingham Mail, November 24, 2012, accessed January 18, 2014 .
  2. Dannielle King: Dannielle Khan's blog: my journey from speed-skating to becoming a double junior world champion cyclist. SportsAid, September 19, 2013, accessed January 18, 2014 .