British Cycling can today announce 13 new inductees into its prestigious Hall of Fame with multiple Olympic and Paralympic medallists, and volunteers with years of service, set to receive their accolade at the 2024 British Cycling Awards this evening (Saturday October 26).
We will be collaborating with Rouleur magazine on extended profile articles with the Hall of Fame inductees which will be published in the coming months. Keep an eye on both the British Cycling and Rouleur channels for more information.
Dame Laura Kenny, Sir Jason Kenny and Sir Bradley Wiggins are three of the inductees whose achievements in the sport will be celebrated on Saturday evening.
Olympic champions Ed Clancy, Dani Rowe and Jo Rowsell, multiple world champion Shanaze Reade and three-time Paralympic champion Aileen McGlynn are also inducted.
Key figures in the sport including Carole Gosling, Carole Leigh, Mike Jardine and Tracy Moseley will also be honoured, while Richard Moore will posthumously receive a place in the Hall of Fame which now has 82 members.
Launched in 2009, the Hall of Fame recognises extraordinary achievement and exemplary service within the British cycling community, with induction reserved for those who have made a marked impact on the history and growth of our sport.
The 2024 Hall of Fame Inductees
Ed Clancy OBE
Clancy holds a superb resume in the sport, most notably being a three-time Olympic team pursuit champion (2008, 2012 and 2016), and six-time world champion.
With over 16 international medals for the Great Britain Cycling Team in his collection over a stellar career, and a silver medal for England at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games, Clancy is one of the country’s most successful endurance riders.
Since retiring from the sport, the Yorkshireman has taken an active role in the sport and wider advocacy in a number of positions. He is currently the South Yorkshire Active Travel Commissioner, and also leads British Cycling’s Elite Road Racing Taskforce. Clancy continues to be an ambassador for British Cycling and supports the Great Britain Cycling Team’s research and innovation work.
Carole Gosling
Gosling has played an instrumental role in the UK’s BMX racing scene over many years. She played a leading role in organising the first BMX Racing World Championships to take place in the UK in Slough back in 1986.
The Briton was a leading figure in supporting the integration of BMX into the UCI and went on to hold the role of UCI Secretary for BMX at the London 2012 Olympic Games. Among her many roles in the sport, Gosling has also been a team manager and commissaire during her career.
Carole Leigh
One of our leading officials in the sport, Leigh has held some of the most prestigious roles in cycling over several years. She was Technical Officer at London 2012 and has operated as a judge and timekeeper at international and domestic events.
Not only has Leigh played a key role in the smooth running of events as an official, but she has been an organiser of national-level events throughout her time in the sport. Leigh has been a British Cycling member since 1973 and was awarded the Division Gold Badge of Honour in 2001. She is currently the north-west regional Board member and also is a part of the Track Commission. She has organised the Manchester Regional Track League at the National Cycling Centre since its opening in 1994.
Mike Jardine
Following many years of dedicated service to the sport, Jardine retired as an event organiser this year. He is the long-standing organiser of the UCI Downhill World Cup at Fort William, a venue from which he also organised the world championships back in 2007.
The successes of the world cup event in Scotland has helped to raise the profile of UK downhill mountain biking in the international calendar, establishing the Scottish round as an essential stop on the fixture list.
Dame Laura Kenny
Kenny is officially Britain’s most successful female Olympian after a staggering career saw her win five Olympic titles across three Games – from London to Tokyo - including double gold at her debut Games in London 2012 which catapulted her into stardom.
Kenny is a seven-time world champion and 14-time European champion on the track, adding to her golden collection.
She received a Damehood in the 2022 New Year Honours after winning her last major title at the 2022 Commonwealth Games with gold in the scratch race.
Sir Jason Kenny
Kenny enjoyed one of the most remarkable careers of any British sportsman, and he put himself at the top of the list as Britain’s most successful Olympian of all time when he won his seventh gold medal at the Tokyo Olympic Games.
His golden medal tally in the sprint disciplines spanned four Games from Beijing 2008 through to Tokyo 2020. His superb career was rewarded in the 2022 New Year Honours List when he received a knighthood.
Kenny is continuing his career in cycling in his current role as lead coach for the Great Britain Cycling Team podium men’s sprint team.
Aileen McGlynn
McGlynn enjoyed a stellar career in para-cycling, becoming one of the leading names in the sport following her gold medal triumph in the tandem 1km time-trial back in 2004 at the Athens Paralympic Games. She followed that with double gold in Beijing, before a silver and bronze in London, the final two of her seven Paralympic medals.
The four-time world champion – who competed in the visually impaired classes – also secured medal winning moments for her native Scotland, which she achieved at two Commonwealth Games on home soil in Glasgow 2014, and also at Birmingham 2022: the latter at the age of 49.
McGlynn was awarded an MBE in 2006 before being promoted to an OBE in the 2009 New Year Honours.
Richard Moore
Founder of The Cycling Podcast, one of the sport’s most popular podcasts, Moore is posthumously inducted into the British Cycling Hall of Fame following his passing in March 2022 at just 48 years old.
During his cycling career, he represented Scotland at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, competing in the road race and the time-trial. After his pro-cycling career, Moore became one of the most established cycling journalists in the country, contributing to many UK titles. He was also a published author.
Moore, alongside fellow journalists and friends Daniel Freibe and Lionel Birnie, created The Cycling Podcast in 2013 which went on to gain huge listenership and win many awards.
Tracy Moseley
Moseley has enjoyed a stellar career in the sport, both on the bike and off it. She became the mountain bike downhill world champion in 2010, the crowning glory of her competitive career. In the last few years, she has played a key role as a board member for the highly successful 2023 UCI Cycling World Championships in Glasgow.
She continues to be an active participant in the sport, racing at a national level and representing GB in e-MTB events in recent years.
Shanaze Reade
A four-time world champion in BMX racing and two-time world champion on the track, Reade had a staggering career over multiple disciplines in the sport. In 2008, she impressively won world titles in both BMX racing and the track team sprint at the world championships hosted in Manchester.
Reade – a two-time Olympian - was one of the leading names in the sport of BMX as it broke into the international spotlight with its inclusion at the Olympic Games in 2008.
Since retiring, Reade has held an active travel advocate role in the West Midlands and has been a coach to a number of professional riders.
Joanna Rowsell
Rowsell was one of the most successful British riders of the 2010s as she earned global title after global title. Back-to-back Olympic team pursuit gold medals were the crowning glory to her stellar career. The first of those titles was won alongside two other inductees for 2024, Laura Kenny and Dani Rowe.
During her career, she was a five-time world champion, a four-time European gold medallist, and secured a Commonwealth title for England in 2014.
In 2013, after her first Olympic gold at the home Games, she was awarded an MBE. Following her retirement from the sport, Rowsell has become a renowned commentator for Eurosport and has a full-time role working for Women in Sport. She has been an ambassador for Alopecia UK since 2014, using her profile to bring awareness.
Dani Rowe MBE
Rowe is another household name after a stunning cycling career which brought medal success on the track and the road.
Rowe’s finest moment was at the London 2012 Olympic Games when she won team pursuit gold alongside Laura Kenny and Joanna Rowsell in one of the most memorable performances of the whole Games.
She is a three-time world champion in the team pursuit and also won bronze in the scratch race back in 2011. Two European track titles also sit in her collection, as does a Commonwealth Games bronze medal from the road race in 2018 when she proudly represented Wales. King now works as a commentator and pundit, and for her family coaching company.
Sir Bradley Wiggins
Wiggins – who was knighted in 2013 - is one of cycling’s most celebrated riders in history after an incomparable career in the sport.
The longevity of his cycling success was outstanding, winning his first senior medal at the Commonwealth Games in 1998 (silver; team pursuit), right through to Olympic team pursuit gold in 2016.
His career CV reads as follows; five-time Olympic champion, eight-time world champion, and amongst those fine performances, he became the first ever British winner of the Tour de France in 2012, the year in which he also became Olympic time-trial champion.
He has achieved stage wins at some of the most prestigious cycling races in the calendar including the Tour de France, Giro d’Italia, Critérium du Dauphiné and Tour of Britain, and also held the UCI Hour record for several years.
The 13 new additions join the existing members of the Hall of Fame:
Reg Harris OBE, Arthur Campbell MBE, Benny Foster OBE, Beryl Burton OBE, Bill Bradley, Brian Cossavella, Chas Messenger, Eddie Soens, Jason McRoy, Tom Simpson, Alan Rushton, Barry Hoban, Brian Annable, Brian Robinson, Caroline Boyle (nee Alexander), Chris Boardman MBE, Colin Sturgess, Craig Maclean MBE, Dale Holmes, Dave Hemsley, David Baker, Dot Tilbury MBE, Eileen Gray CBE, George Miller, Gerry McDaid, Graeme Obree, Graham Webb, Hugh Porter MBE, Ian Emmerson OBE, Jason Queally MBE, John and Doreen Mallinson, John Rawnsley, Keith Butler, Les West, Malcolm Elliott, Mandy Bishop (nee Jones), Pat Adams, Paul Manning MBE, Peter Keen OBE, Peter King CBE, Phil Liggett MBE, Robert Millar, Sean Yates, Sid Barras, Stan Kite, Stuart Benstead, Tim Gould, Tony Doyle MBE, Tony Yorke OBE, Yvonne McGregor MBE, Victoria Pendleton CBE, Rob Hayles, Roger Hammond, Norman Sheil, Nicole Cooke MBE, Sir Chris Hoy, Brian Cookson OBE, Mick Bennett, Harold Nelson BEM, Bill Owen, John Barclay, Sir Dave Brailsford, Eileen Sheriden, Keith Lambert, Maurice Burton, Emma Pooley, Rebecca Romero MBE and Paul Sherwen.
Hall of Fame inductees are considered by two categories. The competitor category is intended for riders who have competed at the highest level in the sport and now retired from international competition, with all Olympic, Paralympic and elite world champions automatically considered for inclusion by the panel. The exemplary service category is intended for those who have served the interests of the sport at both a national and international level.
