Faith Murray

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Faith Murray
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Born(1951-02-01)1 February 1951
Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England
Team information
Discipline Track cycling
RoleRider
Amateur team
1972–1977City of Stoke

Faith Murray (born 1951) is an English female former track cyclist. [1]

Cycling career

Murray was a revolutionary women's cyclist winning the first six British National Individual Sprint Championships open to women, from 1972 until 1977. [2] [3] [4] She represented Great Britain at the 1976 UCI Road World Championships. [5]

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References

  1. "profile". Cycling Archives.
  2. ""Olympic reserve wins third British title." Times, 16 Aug. 1976, p. 6". The Times. 16 August 1976. p. 6.
  3. "Sprint result". Cycling Archives.
  4. ""Cycling." Times, 15 Aug. 1977, p. 7". The Times. 15 August 1977. p. 7.
  5. "Faith Murray being awesome in the Seventies". Casquette.