Britain’s most successful Olympian Sir Jason Kenny has announced his retirement from cycling.

Here, the PA news agency looks back at his career in numbers.

Britain's most decorated Olympians
Sir Jason Kenny is Britain’s most decorated Olympian (PA graphic)

5 – his wife Laura holds the same accolades among female British Olympians with five golds and six total medals, the latter figure matched by Charlotte Dujardin.

15 – combined Olympic medals for the Kennys.

4 – Jason Kenny won gold medals at four successive Olympics, from Beijing 2008 to Tokyo 2020.

Jason Kenny celebrates Olympic gold at London 2012
Kenny celebrates Olympic gold at London 2012 (John Giles/PA)

42.600 – Kenny’s time with team-mates Philip Hindes and Sir Chris Hoy to win team sprint gold at London 2012 was a world record at the time, since broken by teams from Germany and Holland. Kenny, Hindes and Callum Skinner won with a then-Olympic record of 42.440 at Rio 2016.

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