Steven Burke

Steven James Burke (born 4 March 1988) is a former English track and road cyclist, who rode for the now disbanded  cycling team. 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.

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.

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 (which named its sports centre after him). 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.

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.

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