1. Rebecca Romero has won world championships in both cycling and rowing; as a rower, she won a silver medal at the Athens 2004 Olympics in the quadruple sculls, and the following year was part of the British crew that won the 2005 World Championships in the quad sculls.
Rebecca Romero later took up track cycling, and made rapid progress in her new sport, specialising in track endurance events.
Rebecca Romero became the first British woman ever to compete in two different sports at the Olympic Games when she rode in the individual pursuit in Beijing.
Rebecca Romero appeared nude on her bicycle in an advert for Powerade sports drink in the run up to the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Rebecca Romero was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 2009 New Year Honours.
Rebecca Romero was expected to return to track cycling in October 2009 but did not return amid speculation that the individual pursuit would be dropped from the Olympic programme.
Rebecca Romero condemned the decision to drop the event as "ludicrous" but seemed set to make a further change of events by switching to the road time trial.
Rebecca Romero planned to race in a time trial at Levens, Cumbria on 13 August 2011.
Rebecca Romero raced in the British Time Trial Championships on 4 September 2011 finishing 4th overall.
In October 2011 Rebecca Romero announced that she was withdrawing from British Cycling's Olympic Programme and that she would not be competing in the 2012 Olympics.
Rebecca Romero subsequently confirmed that she would compete in the Ironman 70.3 triathlon in Mallorca and the Ironman UK event in Bolton in 2012 and the 2012 Ironman World Championship.
Rebecca Romero has set up Rebecca Romero Performance, a sports performance consultancy organisation, which launched in January 2013.