Steven Burke

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Steven Burke
MBE
2015 UEC Track Elite European Championships 166.JPG
Burke at the October 2015 UEC European Track Championships
Personal information
NicknameThe Colne Cyclone [1]
Born (1988-03-04) 4 March 1988 (age 37)
Burnley, Lancashire, England
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) [2]
Weight74 kg (163 lb; 11.7 st) [2]
Team information
Current team Team Wiggins Le Col
DisciplineTrack, Road
RoleRider
Rider typeTrack Endurance
Amateur team
2007Team 100% ME [3]
Professional teams
2010 Motorpoint–Marshalls Pasta
2011 Team UK Youth [4]
2012 Team IG–Sigma Sport [4]
2013 Node 4–Giordana Racing [4]
2014Haribo-Beacon [4]
2015–2018 WIGGINS [5]
Major wins
Track
Olympic Games
Team pursuit (2012, 2016)
World Championships
Team pursuit (2012)
Medal record
Men's track cycling
Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2012 London Team pursuit
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team pursuit
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2008 Beijing Individual pursuit
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2012 Melbourne Team pursuit
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2010 Ballerup Team pursuit
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2013 Minsk Team pursuit
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2015 Yvelines Team pursuit
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2016 London Team pursuit
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2011 Apeldoorn Team pursuit
European Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2010 Pruszków Team pursuit
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2011 Apeldoorn Team pursuit
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2013 Apeldoorn Team pursuit
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2016 Yvelines Team pursuit
Representing Flag of England.svg  England
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2014 Glasgow Team pursuit

Steven James Burke MBE (born 4 March 1988) is a former English track and road cyclist, who rode for the now disbanded Team Wiggins Le Col cycling team. [6] He represented Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics, beating his pre Olympics personal best in the individual pursuit by eleven seconds, to take the bronze medal. He stood on the podium alongside his cycling idol, gold medallist Bradley Wiggins.

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During 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 on 29 December 2012, 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] [9] (which named its sports centre after him). [10] 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. [11]

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. [12]

Burke has an impressive Olympic Games record having never been beaten in the Team Pursuit. Burke took the decision to retire in 2019 after achieving his Olympic goal of retaining their TP title.

Major results

Track

2005
National Junior Championships
1st MaillotReinoUnido.PNG Kilo
3rd Points race
3rd Scratch
1st UEC Champion Jersey.svg Team pursuit, UEC European Under-23 Championships
2nd Silver medal uci.svg Team pursuit, UCI World Junior Championships
2006
1st UEC Champion Jersey.svg Team pursuit, UEC European Under-23 Championships
3rd Bronze medal uci.svg Team pursuit, UCI World Junior Championships
2007
UEC European Under-23 Championships
1st UEC Champion Jersey.svg Team pursuit
3rd Individual pursuit
National Championships
1st MaillotReinoUnido.PNG Scratch
1st MaillotReinoUnido.PNG Team pursuit
1st MaillotReinoUnido.PNG Individual pursuit, National Junior Championships
3rd Team pursuit, UCI World Cup Classics, Manchester
2008
National Championships
1st MaillotReinoUnido.PNG Individual pursuit
3rd Kilo
3rd Bronze medal olympic.svg Individual pursuit, Olympic Games
2009
1st UEC Champion Jersey.svg Individual pursuit, UEC European Under-23 Championships
1st MaillotReinoUnido.PNG Kilo, National Championships
2011
1st UEC Champion Jersey.svg Team pursuit, UEC European Championships
1st MaillotReinoUnido.PNG Individual pursuit, National Championships
2012
1st Gold medal olympic.svg Team pursuit, Olympic Games
1st Rainbow Jersey Track.svg Team pursuit, UCI World Championships
2013
1st UEC Champion Jersey.svg Team pursuit, UEC European Championships
2nd Silver medal uci.svg Team pursuit, UCI World Championships
2014
UCI World Cup
1st Team pursuit, London
2nd Team pursuit, Guadalajara
2nd Silver medal blank.svg Team pursuit, Commonwealth Games
2nd Individual pursuit, National Championships
2015
1st European champion jersey 2014.svg Team pursuit, UEC European Championships
3rd Kilo, National Championships
2016
1st Gold medal olympic.svg Team pursuit, Olympic Games

World records

DisciplineRecordDateEventVelodromeRef
Team pursuit 3:53.2954 April 2012 World Championships Hisense Arena (Melbourne) [13]
3:52.4992 August 2012 Olympic Games Lee Valley (London) [14]
3:51.6593 August 2012 [15]
3:50.57012 August 2016 Olympic Games Rio Olympic [16]
3:50.265 [17]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Colne parade for Olympic gold cyclist Steven Burke". bbc.co.uk . 25 August 2012. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Athlete Biography – BURKE Steven". Beijing Olympics official website. Archived from the original on 8 September 2008.
  3. ↑ "Team 100% ME 2007 Cycling Team". cyclingnews.com . Retrieved 6 March 2014.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Steven Burke: Rider Profile". Cycling Weekly . 22 December 2010. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
  5. ↑ Fotheringham, William (8 January 2014). "Bradley Wiggins unveils new team to be sponsored by Sky". theguardian.com . Retrieved 8 January 2015.
  6. ↑ Steven Burke Biography British Cycling; Accessed 16 August 2008
  7. ↑ "No. 60367". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 December 2012. p. 24.
  8. ↑ Family's pride at Colne cyclist's Olympic medal, Lancashire Telegraph, 18 August 2008, retrieved 11 August 2012
  9. ↑ "FE students add to Team GB Olympic medal haul". FE Week. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  10. ↑ Pendle cycling hero opens college's new facilities, Lancashire Telegraph, 3 December 2008, retrieved 11 August 2012
  11. ↑ Family's joy at gold medal win, Lancashire Telegraph, 3 August 2012, retrieved 11 August 2012
  12. ↑ "GB RIDER PROFILE: STEVEN BURKE". Cycling Weekly. 30 July 2008. Retrieved 16 August 2008.
  13. ↑ "Track Worlds: Great Britain beat Australia with world record". BBC Sport . BBC. 4 April 2012. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
  14. ↑ Gallagher, Brendan (2 August 2012). "London 2012 Olympics: GB pursuit quartet demolish world record in heats". The Daily Telegraph . Retrieved 28 June 2015.
  15. ↑ 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.
  16. ↑ "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.
  17. ↑ "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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