Victoria Pendleton has been named Sportswoman of the Year by the
The 27 year-old, who won three gold medals at cycling’s world track championships in
At the awards ceremony in
Pendleton can count herself in good company as a UK Sports Journalists' Association award winner: they have been presented to male sportsmen since 1949 with Reg Harris and Tom Simpson among the previous winners while the women’s trophy, now in its 49th year, was won in 1967 by cycling's world road race champion Beryl Burton.