Janet Birkmyre

Personal information

Full name

Janet Susan Birkmyre

Born

10 August 1966
England
United Kingdom

Team information

Discipline

Track

Role

Rider

Professional team(s)

2005
2006–2007
2008–2009
2010–

Twickenham CC/Natures Kiss
Planet X
XRT - www.elmycycles.co.uk
Orbea-For Goodness Shakes

Major wins

Multiple World Masters Champion
British Champion
Multiple European Masters Champion

Infobox last updated on
4 June 2008

Janet Susan Birkmyre (born 10 August 1966 in the Worcester area) is an English track racing cyclist. She took up cycling in 2003 and has since won 10 World Masters Championship races (2 in 2005, 3 in 2006 and 5 in 2010) plus 12 European Masters titles and 24 National Masters titles. She also became the elite National Derny Champion in 2008. In September 2006 she broke the World Masters Record (40-49 category) in the 500m TT in Manchester, with a time of 37.239, she also holds the European Masters Records (40-49) for the 200m TT (12.268) and the pursuit (2.37.030). Birkmyre also broke the National Tandem Record for 5 km on the 16 May 2006 in a new time of 6:45:848.^[1]

Palmarés

2005: 1st 500m TT, UCI World Masters Track Championships^[2]; 1st Pursuit, UCI World Masters Track Championships^[3]; 2nd Sprint, UCI World Masters Track Championships^[4]; National Championships; 3rd 500m TT, British National Track Championships; 3rd Sprint, British National Track Championships; 1st Overall National Women's Omnium Series; 1st 500 TT, British National Masters Track Championships; 1st Scratch, British National Masters Track Championships; 1st Points, British National Masters Track Championships; 1st Sprint, British National Masters Track Championships; 2nd Pursuit, British National Masters Track Championships

2006^[1]: 1st Points race, UCI World Masters Track Championships; 1st 500m TT, UCI World Masters Track Championships; 1st Sprint, UCI World Masters Track Championships; 2nd Pursuit, UCI World Masters Track Championships; National Championships; 6th British National Derny Championships; 4th British National Circuit Race Championships; 3rd 500m TT, British National Track Championships; 6th Scratch Race, British National Track Championships; 6th Keirin British National Track Championships; 1st Overall National Women's Omnium Series; 1st 500 TT, British National Masters Track Championships; 1st Scratch, British National Masters Track Championships; 1st Pursuit, British National Masters Track Championships; 1st Points, British National Masters Track Championships; 3rd Sprint, British National Masters Track Championships; 2nd Essex Giro, National Women's Road Race Series

2007: 2nd Scratch race, British National Track Championships; 4th 500m TT, British National Track Championships; 5th Keirin British National Track Championships; 6th British National Derny Championships; 1st Overall National Women's Omnium Series; 2nd Road Race UCI World Masters Championships, Austria; 1st Tour of Britain Support Race, Women's Grand Prix, Crystal Palace; 1st Tour de France Support Race, Hyde Park; 1st 500 TT, British National Masters Track Championships; 1st Scratch, British National Masters Track Championships; 1st Pursuit, British National Masters Track Championships; 1st Points, British National Masters Track Championships; 1st Sprint, British National Masters Track Championships

2008: 1st British National Derny Championships; 1st 500 TT, European Masters Track Championships; 1st Pursuit, European Masters Track Championships; 1st Points, European Masters Track Championships; 1st Sprint, European Masters Track Championships; 1st Overall National Women's Omnium Series; 1st 500 TT, British National Masters Track Championships; 1st Scratch, British National Masters Track Championships; 1st Pursuit, British National Masters Track Championships; 1st Points, British National Masters Track Championships; 1st Sprint, British National Masters Track Championships

2009: 3rd British National Team Sprint Championships; 1st 500 TT, European Masters Track Championships; 1st Pursuit, European Masters Track Championships; 1st Points, European Masters Track Championships; 1st Sprint, European Masters Track Championships; 1st Overall National Women's Omnium Series; 1st 500 TT, British National Masters Track Championships; 1st Scratch, British National Masters Track Championships

2010: 2nd British National Team Pursuit Championships; 3rd British National Derny Championships; 1st Points race, UCI World Masters Track Championships; 1st 500m TT, UCI World Masters Track Championships; 1st Sprint, UCI World Masters Track Championships; 1st Scratch, UCI World Masters Track Championships; 1st Pursuit, UCI World Masters Track Championships; 1st 500 TT, European Masters Track Championships; 1st Pursuit, European Masters Track Championships; 1st Points, European Masters Track Championships; 1st Sprint, European Masters Track Championships; 1st Sprint, British National Masters Track Championships; 1st Scratch, British National Masters Track Championships; 1st Pursuit, British National Masters Track Championships; 1st Points, British National Masters Track Championships

Persondata
Name	Birkmyre, Janet
Alternative names
Short description	English racing cyclist
Date of birth	10 August 1966
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death

Janet Birkmyre

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