'Alex saved my life...
but I couldn't save his': Olympic medallist Victoria Pendelton reveals her devastation that she couldn't save her twin brother and admits she only feels like half a person Have YOU got a story? Email tips@dailymail.com By Poppy Atkinson Gibson Published: 21:48 BST, 22 July 2024 | Updated: 21:49 BST, 22 July 2024 e-mail View comments Olympic medallist Victoria Pendelton has revealed that in 2019 her twin brother Alex saved her life but admitted she wishes that she could've save his. The jockey and former cyclist, 43, revealed that her brother had died from a brain tumour in 2023 after battling leukaemia as a child.
Victoria told The Guardian that following her brother's death she had been left feeling empty and wishes she could've returned the favour. She said her brother had been very supportive and had helped her through her severe depression , stopping her from taking her own life. She said that following an aborted Mount Everest climb and a messy divorce from her sports scientist husband Scott Gardner, she no longer had the will to live but her brother was by her side.
Olympic medallist Victoria Pendelton has revealed that in 2019 her twin brother Alex saved her life but admitted she wishes that she could've save his Victoria's brother was very supportive and had helped her through her severe depression, stopping her from taking her own life in 2019 The Olympian took part in the Don't Look Down Stand Up To Cancer Special and revealed her tattoo tribu.