Wendy Houvenaghel
Track Cycling
Individual Pursuit
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Date of Birth: |
27/11/1974 |
| Lives: |
Bodmin |
| Born: |
Magherafelt |
| Country of Birth: |
Northern Ireland |
| Height: |
178 |
| Weight: |
60 |
| Club: |
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| Coach: |
Dan Hunt |
| Occupation: |
Dental Surgeon |
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Wendy Houvenaghel qualified for the final of the women’s 3000m pursuit at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games and went on to win silver, losing out on gold to her team mate Rebecca Romero by two seconds.
She later won silver again in the same event at the 2009 Track World Championships, losing the final by over 2 seconds to Alison Shanks after beating her in the qualifying heats.
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2008
World Track Championships, Manchester
Gold, Team Pursuit (with Rebecca Romero and Jo Rowsell)
2007
World Track Championships, Majorca
4th, Women's Ind. Pursuit 3.35.289
2006
World track Championships, Bordeaux
5th, Women's Pursuit
Commonwealth Games, Melbourne
6th, Time Trial
Other results
UCI Women's Pursuit World Cup Champion 2005-6 & 2006-7
1st, Women's Pursuit, 2007 Manchester World Cup in p.b. of 3.33.788