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Steven Burke
MBE
Burke at the 2015 UEC European Track Championships
Personal information
NicknameThe Colne Cyclone[1]
Born (1988-03-04) 4 March 1988 (age 36)
Burnley, Lancashire, England
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[2]
Weight74 kg (163 lb; 11.7 st)[2]
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Steven James Burke, MBE (born 4 March 1988[3]) is an English track and road cyclist who rides for the You have called {{Contentious topics}}. You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:

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  • {{Contentious topics/list}} and {{Contentious topics/table}} show which topics are currently designated as contentious topics. They are used by a number of templates and pages on Wikipedia. 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. He was part of the GB team that retained the team pursuit title at the 2016 Olympics.

Burke was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2013 New Year Honours for services to cycling.[4]

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[5][6] (which named its sports centre after him).[7] Born into a cycling family, both Burke's grandfather Brian Wesson and his mother Sharon have competed at national level. His dad Alvin also was a cyclist and competed in many time trials. He began attending Manchester Velodrome as a teenager, previously being more interested in Football.[8]

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.[9]

Major results

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[10]
2nd Team pursuit, Round 1, Guadalajara, 2014–15 UCI Track Cycling World Cup[11]
2nd Individual pursuit, British National Track Championships[12]
2015
1st Team pursuit European Track Championships
3rd 1km time trial, British National Track Championships[13]
2016
1st Team pursuit, Olympic Games


World records

Discipline Record Date Event Velodrome Ref
Team pursuit 3:53.295 4 April 2012 World Championships Hisense Arena (Melbourne) [14]
3:52.499 2 August 2012 Olympic Games Lee Valley (London) [15]
3:51.659 3 August 2012 [16]
3:50.570 12 August 2016 Olympic Games Rio Olympic [17]
3:50.265 [18]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Colne parade for Olympic gold cyclist Steven Burke". bbc.co.uk. 25 August 2012. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
  2. ^ a b "Athlete Biography – BURKE Steven". Beijing Olympics official website. Archived from the original on 8 September 2008.
  3. ^ Steven Burke Biography British Cycling; Accessed 16 August 2008
  4. ^ "No. 60367". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 December 2012. p. 24.
  5. ^ Family's pride at Colne cyclist's Olympic medal, Lancashire Telegraph, 18 August 2008, retrieved 11 August 2012
  6. ^ "FE students add to Team GB Olympic medal haul". FE Week. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  7. ^ Pendle cycling hero opens college's new facilities, Lancashire Telegraph, 3 December 2008, retrieved 11 August 2012
  8. ^ Family's joy at gold medal win, Lancashire Telegraph, 3 August 2012, retrieved 11 August 2012
  9. ^ "GB RIDER PROFILE: STEVEN BURKE". Cycling Weekly. 30 July 2008.
  10. ^ "Track Cycling World Cup: Britain claim double team pursuit gold". bbc.co.uk. 5 December 2014. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
  11. ^ "Track Cycling World Cup: Laura Trott in GB team to win gold". bbc.co.uk. 9 November 2014. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
  12. ^ "Report and Results From Day Three". British Cycling. 26 September 2014. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  13. ^ "British National Track Championship 25th-27th September 2015: Communiqué No 037: Category Male: Event 1000m TT: Round Final Result" (PDF). British Cycling. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  14. ^ "Track Worlds: Great Britain beat Australia with world record". BBC Sport. BBC. 4 April 2012. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
  15. ^ Gallagher, Brendan (2 August 2012). "London 2012 Olympics: GB pursuit quartet demolish world record in heats". The Daily Telegraph. TMG. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
  16. ^ Bevan, Chris (3 August 2012). "Olympics cycling: Team GB defend men's pursuit title". BBC Sport. BBC. Archived from the original on 9 August 2015. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
  17. ^ "Men's Team Pursuit First Round Results" (PDF). Rio2016.com. International Olympic Committee. 12 August 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 September 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
  18. ^ "Men's Team Pursuit Final Results" (PDF). Rio2016.com. International Olympic Committee. 12 August 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 September 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
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