Steven Burke
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Steven James Burke MBE (born 4 March 1988[6]) is an English track and road cyclist who rides for the WIGGINS cycling team. He represented Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics, beating his pre-Olympics personal best in the individual pursuit by 11 seconds to take the bronze medal. He stood on the podium alongside his cycling idol, gold medalist Bradley Wiggins. In 2012, Burke was part of the Great Britain team that won the Olympic and World championships in the Team Pursuit discipline.
Burke was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2013 New Year Honours for services to cycling.[7]
Early life
Burke was born in Burnley and lived in Colne, Lancashire during his early life, attending Park High School and later Nelson and Colne College[8] (which named its sports centre after him).[9] Born into a cycling family, both Burke's grandfather Brian Wesson and his mother Sharon have both competed at national level. He began attending Manchester Velodrome as a teenager, previously being more interested in Football.[10]
Career
Despite specialising in the team pursuit, Burke has an impressive turn of speed, demonstrated by his success as a junior in the scratch and kilo events. He was consistently beating Mark Cavendish in sprints during training in 2007.[11]
Palmarés
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- 2005
- 1st
Kilo, British National Track Championships – Junior - 3rd 30 km Points race, British National Track Championships – Junior
- 3rd 20 km Scratch race, British National Track Championships – Junior
- 1st
Team pursuit, European U23 Track Championships - 2nd Team pursuit, Junior World Track Championships
- 2006
- 1st Team pursuit, European U23 Track Championships
- 3rd Team pursuit, Junior World Track Championships
- 2007
- 3rd Team pursuit, Round 4, Manchester, 2006–2007 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics
- 1st 20 km Scratch race, British National Track Championships
- 1st Pursuit, British National Track Championships – Junior
- 1st Team pursuit, British National Track Championships
- 1st Team pursuit, European U23 Track Championships
- 3rd Pursuit, European U23 Track Championships
- 2008
- 3rd
Individual pursuit, Beijing Olympics - 1st Individual pursuit, British National Track Championships
- 3rd Kilo, British National Track Championships
- 2009
- 1st Individual pursuit, European U23 Track Championships
- 1st Kilo, British National Track Championships
- 2011
- 1st Team pursuit, European Track Championships
- 1st Individual pursuit, British National Track Championships
- 2012
- 1st
Team pursuit, Track Cycling World Championships - 1st
Team pursuit, London Olympics
- 2013
- 1st Team pursuit, European Track Championships
- 2nd Team pursuit, Track Cycling World Championships
- 2014
- 2nd
Team pursuit, Commonwealth Games - 1st Team pursuit, Round 2, London, 2014–15 UCI Track Cycling World Cup[12]
- 2nd Team pursuit, Round 1, Guadalajara, 2014–15 UCI Track Cycling World Cup[13]
- 2nd Individual pursuit, British National Track Championships[14]
- 2015
- 1st Team pursuit European Track Championships
- 3rd 1km time trial, British National Track Championships[15]
World records
4000m team pursuit 3:52.499 Team GB, 2 August 2012, London
4000m team pursuit 3:51.659 Team GB, 3 August 2012, London
See also
References
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- ↑ Steven Burke Biography British Cycling; Accessed 16 August 2008
- ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 60367. p. 24. 29 December 2012.
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External links
- Motorpoint Pro-Cycling
- Steven Burke, articles at Pendletoday.co.uk
- British Cycling interview with Steven Burke, 23 July 2006
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- Living people
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- English male cyclists
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- Olympic gold medallists for Great Britain
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- Cyclists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England
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