Janet Birkmyre

Janet Birkmyre
Personal information
Birkmyre in 2013
Full name	Janet Susan Birkmyre
Born	(1966-08-10) 10 August 1966 England United Kingdom
Team information
Discipline	Track
Role	Rider
Professional team(s)
2005	Twickenham CC/Natures Kiss
2006–2007	Planet X
2008–2009	XRT - www.elmycycles.co.uk
2010–2011	Orbea-For Goodness Shakes
2012	TORQ Performance
Major wins
Multiple World Masters Champion x37 Multiple British Champion x3 Multiple European Masters Champion x22 Multiple British Masters Champion x49
Infobox last updated on 22 October 2016

Janet Susan Birkmyre (born 10 August 1966 in the Worcester area) is an English track racing cyclist. She took up cycling in 2003 and raced for the first time in 2004. Since then she has been an elite British National Champion three times, winning the National Scratch race in 2012^[1] as well as the National Derny Championships in 2015 and 2008, she has also won the National Omnium Series eight times. In addition, she has taken 37 World Masters Championship titles, plus 22 European Masters titles and 49 National Masters titles.

Janet has set a number of World Masters Records: she was part of the World Masters Team Pursuit team that set a new World Masters record in 2014 and 2015, in October 2012 she set a new world record for the 500m TT (45-49 category) with a time of 37.419. The previous year she set a new world record for the 200m TT (45-49 category) with a time of 12.229, bettering the previous record which had stood since 2002, she also set a new record for the 500m TT (45-49 category) with a time of 37.429. Previous to this, in October 2006, she broke the World Masters Record (40-49 category) in the 500m TT in Manchester, with a time of 37.239, she also holds a number of European Masters Records. Birkmyre broke the National Tandem Record for 5 km on the 16 May 2006 in a new time of 6:45:848.^[2]

Palmarès

2016: 1st Scratch, UCI World Masters Track Championships; 1st Points, UCI World Masters Track Championships; 1st 500m TT, UCI World Masters Track Championships; 1st Team Pursuit, UCI World Masters Track Championships; 1st Team Sprint, UCI World Masters Track Championships; 2nd Individual Pursuit, UCI World Masters Track Championships; 1st 500m TT, British National Masters Track Championships; 1st Points, British National Masters Track Championships; 1st Pursuit, British National Masters Track Championships; 1st Scratch, British National Masters Track Championships; 2nd National Team Time Trial Championships

2015: 1st British National Derny Championships; 1st Individual Pursuit, UCI World Masters Track Championships; 1st Scratch, UCI World Masters Track Championships; 1st Points, UCI World Masters Track Championships; 1st 500m TT, UCI World Masters Track Championships; 1st Team Pursuit, UCI World Masters Track Championships; 2nd Team Sprint, UCI World Masters Track Championships; 1st 500m TT, British National Masters Track Championships; 1st Points, British National Masters Track Championships; 1st Pursuit, British National Masters Track Championships; 1st Scratch, British National Masters Track Championships; 1st Overall National Women's Omnium Series

2014: 1st Pursuit, UCI World Masters Track Championships; 1st Scratch, UCI World Masters Track Championships; 1st Points, UCI World Masters Track Championships; 1st Team Sprint, UCI World Masters Track Championships; 1st Team Pursuit, UCI World Masters Track Championships; 2nd 500m TT, UCI World Masters Track Championships; 1st Sprint, British National Masters Track Championships; 1st 500m TT, British National Masters Track Championships; 1st Points, British National Masters Track Championships; 1st Pursuit, British National Masters Track Championships; 1st Scratch, British National Masters Track Championships; 3rd British National Derny Championships

2013: 1st Pursuit, UCI World Masters Track Championships; 1st Scratch, UCI World Masters Track Championships; 1st Points, UCI World Masters Track Championships; 1st Team Sprint, UCI World Masters Track Championships; 1st Team Pursuit, UCI World Masters Track Championships; 1st Sprint, British National Masters Track Championships; 1st 500m TT, British National Masters Track Championships; 1st Points, British National Masters Track Championships; 1st Pursuit, British National Masters Track Championships; 1st Scratch, British National Masters Track Championships; 1st 500 TT, European Masters Track Championships; 1st Pursuit, European Masters Track Championships; 1st Points, European Masters Track Championships; 1st Sprint, European Masters Track Championships; 1st Scratch, European Masters Track Championships; 1st Overall National Women's Omnium Series; 2nd British National Derny Championships

2012: 1st Scratch race, British National Track Championships^[3]; 1st Pursuit, UCI World Masters Track Championships; 1st 500m TT, UCI World Masters Track Championships; 1st Sprint, UCI World Masters Track Championships; 1st Scratch, UCI World Masters Track Championships; 1st Team Sprint, UCI World Masters Track Championships; 2nd Points, UCI World Masters Track Championships; 1st Sprint, British National Masters Track Championships; 3rd 500m TT, British National Masters Track Championships; 1st Points, British National Masters Track Championships; 1st Pursuit, British National Masters Track Championships; 1st Scratch, British National Masters Track Championships

2011: 3rd British National Team Sprint Championships; 1st Points race, UCI World Masters Track Championships; 1st 500m TT, UCI World Masters Track Championships; 1st Sprint, UCI World Masters Track Championships; 1st Scratch, UCI World Masters Track Championships; 1st Team Sprint, UCI World Masters Track Championships; 3rd Pursuit, UCI World Masters Track Championships; 1st 500 TT, European Masters Track Championships; 1st Pursuit, European Masters Track Championships; 1st Points, European Masters Track Championships; 1st Sprint, European Masters Track Championships; 1st Scratch, European Masters Track Championships; 1st Overall National Women's Omnium Series; 1st Sprint, British National Masters Track Championships; 1st 500m TT, British National Masters Track Championships; 1st Points, British National Masters Track Championships; 2nd Pursuit, British National Masters Track Championships; 3rd Scratch, British National Masters Track Championships

2010: 2nd British National Team Pursuit Championships; 3rd British National Derny Championships; 1st Points race, UCI World Masters Track Championships; 1st 500m TT, UCI World Masters Track Championships; 1st Sprint, UCI World Masters Track Championships; 1st Scratch, UCI World Masters Track Championships; 1st Pursuit, UCI World Masters Track Championships; 1st 500 TT, European Masters Track Championships; 1st Pursuit, European Masters Track Championships; 1st Points, European Masters Track Championships; 1st Sprint, European Masters Track Championships; 1st Sprint, British National Masters Track Championships; 1st Scratch, British National Masters Track Championships; 1st Pursuit, British National Masters Track Championships; 1st Points, British National Masters Track Championships; 2nd 500m TT, British National Masters Track Championships

2009: 3rd British National Team Sprint Championships; 1st 500 TT, European Masters Track Championships; 1st Pursuit, European Masters Track Championships; 1st Points, European Masters Track Championships; 1st Sprint, European Masters Track Championships; 1st Overall National Women's Omnium Series; 1st 500 TT, British National Masters Track Championships; 1st Scratch, British National Masters Track Championships; 2nd Sprint, British National Masters Track Championships; 2nd Pursuit, British National Masters Track Championships; 3rd Points, British National Masters Track Championships

2008: 1st British National Derny Championships; 1st 500 TT, European Masters Track Championships; 1st Pursuit, European Masters Track Championships; 1st Points, European Masters Track Championships; 1st Sprint, European Masters Track Championships; 1st Overall National Women's Omnium Series; 1st 500 TT, British National Masters Track Championships; 1st Scratch, British National Masters Track Championships; 1st Pursuit, British National Masters Track Championships; 1st Points, British National Masters Track Championships; 1st Sprint, British National Masters Track Championships

2007: 2nd Scratch race, British National Track Championships; 4th 500m TT, British National Track Championships; 5th Keirin British National Track Championships; 6th British National Derny Championships; 1st Overall National Women's Omnium Series; 2nd Road Race UCI World Masters Championships, Austria; 1st Tour of Britain Support Race, Women's Grand Prix, Crystal Palace; 1st Tour de France Support Race, Hyde Park; 1st 500 TT, British National Masters Track Championships; 1st Scratch, British National Masters Track Championships; 1st Pursuit, British National Masters Track Championships; 1st Points, British National Masters Track Championships; 1st Sprint, British National Masters Track Championships

2006^[2]: 1st Points race, UCI World Masters Track Championships; 1st 500m TT, UCI World Masters Track Championships; 1st Sprint, UCI World Masters Track Championships; 2nd Pursuit, UCI World Masters Track Championships; National Championships; 6th British National Derny Championships; 4th British National Circuit Race Championships; 3rd 500m TT, British National Track Championships; 6th Scratch Race, British National Track Championships; 6th Keirin British National Track Championships; 1st Overall National Women's Omnium Series; 1st 500 TT, British National Masters Track Championships; 1st Scratch, British National Masters Track Championships; 1st Pursuit, British National Masters Track Championships; 1st Points, British National Masters Track Championships; 3rd Sprint, British National Masters Track Championships; 2nd Essex Giro, National Women's Road Race Series

2005: 1st 500m TT, UCI World Masters Track Championships^[4]; 1st Pursuit, UCI World Masters Track Championships^[5]; 2nd Sprint, UCI World Masters Track Championships^[6]; National Championships; 3rd 500m TT, British National Track Championships; 3rd Sprint, British National Track Championships; 1st Overall National Women's Omnium Series; 1st 500 TT, British National Masters Track Championships; 1st Scratch, British National Masters Track Championships; 1st Points, British National Masters Track Championships; 1st Sprint, British National Masters Track Championships; 2nd Pursuit, British National Masters Track Championships

References

↑ British National Track Championships#Senior
1 2 "Meet the Team - Janet Birkmyre - Track and Road Champion". Planet-X.
↑ "British National Track Championships 2012: Communique No. 055" (PDF). Retrieved 12 October 2012.
↑ "European Masters Track Championships, 2005 results".
↑ "European Masters Track Championships, 2005 results".
↑ "World Masters Track Championships, 2005 results".

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