Joanna Katie Rowsell MBE (born 5 December 1988[3]) is a retired English cyclist on the Great Britain Cycling Team who competed on track and road.
In 2006, she also finished third in the British National Championship and subsequently signed for the professional team Global Racing for the 2007 season.
In her first year as a senior, she finished third in the 3 km pursuit and the points race at the National Track Championships.
At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Rowsell won a gold medal for the team pursuit alongside King and Trott.
[9] In 2013, Rowsell broke her collarbone at the London cycling festival but, five weeks later, after an operation and training on a Wattbike with a pillow on the bars, she won the Women's Pursuit on the track at the International Belgian Open in Ghent.
[10] In September 2014 Rowsell announced that she would be leaving the Wiggle-Honda team and joining the Pearl Izumi Sports Tours International squad on a two-year deal from 2015.
[16] She was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2013 New Year Honours for services to cycling.