Steven James BurkeMBE (born 4 March 1988) is a former Englishtrack and road cyclist, who rode for the now disbandedTeam Wiggins Le Col cycling team.[6] He represented Britain at the2008 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 medallistBradley Wiggins.
During 2012, Burke was part of the Great Britain team that won the Olympic andWorld Championships, in the Team Pursuit discipline. He was part of the GB Team, that retained the team pursuit title at the2016 Olympics. Burke was appointedMember of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the2013 New Year Honours on 29 December 2012, for services to cycling.[7]
Burke was born inBurnley and lived inColne, Lancashire during his early life, attendingPark High School and laterNelson 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 attendingManchester Velodrome as a teenager, previously being more interested in football.[11]
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 beatingMark 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.
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Team pursuit,UEC European ChampionshipsTeam pursuit,Olympic Games| Discipline | Record | Date | Event | Velodrome | Ref |
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| Team pursuit | 3:53.295 | 4 April 2012 | World Championships | Hisense Arena (Melbourne) | [13] |
| 3:52.499 | 2 August 2012 | Olympic Games | Lee Valley (London) | [14] | |
| 3:51.659 | 3 August 2012 | [15] | |||
| 3:50.570 | 12 August 2016 | Olympic Games | Rio Olympic | [16] | |
| 3:50.265 | [17] |
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