Bradley Wiggins has said that he is proud to have been honoured with a knighthood.
The 32-year-old cyclist won a gold medal at the 2012 London Olympics and also emerged victorious at the Tour de France.
"I don't like profiting from status so it's more for my family," The Mirror quotes him as saying. "It's nice for my parents and grandparents to be able to say I'm a knight, and for my kids in the future.
"To be deemed good enough to have a knighthood by the establishment is quite nice really, because I've continued to be myself through most of the fame.
"Not all of it's been good, a couple of swear words and things, so it's nice to be able to receive this after everything, it shows you don't have to have a stiff upper lip and say all the right things all the time."
Wiggins won the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award for 2012 in December.
Subhankar Mondal
