Steven Burke

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Steven Burke

Personal information
Full name Steven Burke
Born (1988-03-04) 4 March 1988
Burnley
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Weight 74 kg (163 lb; 11.7 st)[1]
Team information
Current team Haribo-Beacon
Discipline Track
Role Rider
Rider type Track Endurance
Professional team(s)
2010
2012–		 Motorpoint-Marshalls Pasta
Team IG-Sigma Sport
Infobox last updated on
21 February 2013

Steven James Burke MBE (born 4 March 1988 in Burnley, Lancashire[2]) is an English track and road cyclist who rides for the newly formed Haribo-Beacon 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.[3]

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[4] (which named its sports centre after him).[5] 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.[6]

Career

Despite specializing 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.[7]

Palmarés

2009
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

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

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Athlete Biography – BURKE Steven". Beijing Olympics official website. Archived from the original on 2008-09-08. 
  2. ↑ Steven Burke Biography British Cycling; Accessed 16 August 2008
  3. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 60367. p. 24. 29 December 2012.
  4. ↑ "Family's pride at Colne cyclist's Olympic medal", Lancashire Telegraph, 18 Aug 2008, retrieved 11 August 2012 
  5. ↑ "Pendle cycling hero opens college's new facilities", Lancashire Telegraph, 3 Dec 2008, retrieved 11 August 2012 
  6. ↑ "Family's joy at gold medal win", Lancashire Telegraph, 3 Aug 2012, retrieved 11 August 2012 
  7. ↑ "GB RIDER PROFILE: STEVEN BURKE". Cycling Weekly. 30 July 2008. 

External links

Olympic Cycling Champions in Men's Team Pursuit
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