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English cyclist (born 1988)

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Steven Burke MBE Burke at the October 2015 UEC European Track Championships Personal information Nickname The Colne Cyclone[1] Born (1988-03-04) 4 March 1988 (age 38) Burnley, Lancashire, England Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[2] Weight 74 kg (163 lb; 11.7 st)[2] Team information Current team Team Wiggins Le Col Discipline Track, Road Role Rider Rider type Track Endurance Amateur team 2007 Team 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] 2014 Haribo-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 Great Britain Olympic Games 2012 London Team pursuit 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team pursuit 2008 Beijing Individual pursuit World Championships 2012 Melbourne Team pursuit 2010 Ballerup Team pursuit 2013 Minsk Team pursuit 2015 Yvelines Team pursuit 2016 London Team pursuit 2011 Apeldoorn Team pursuit European Championships 2010 Pruszków Team pursuit 2011 Apeldoorn Team pursuit 2013 Apeldoorn Team pursuit 2016 Yvelines Team pursuit Representing England Commonwealth Games 2014 Glasgow Team pursuit

**Steven James Burke** [MBE](/source/Member_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire) (born 4 March 1988) is a former English [track](/source/Track_cycling) and road cyclist, who rode for the now disbanded [Team Wiggins Le Col](/source/Team_Wiggins_Le_Col) cycling team.[6] He represented Britain at the [2008 Summer Olympics](/source/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](/source/Bradley_Wiggins).

During 2012, Burke was part of the Great Britain team that won the Olympic and [World](/source/2012_UCI_Track_Cycling_World_Championships) Championships, in the Team Pursuit discipline. He was part of the GB Team, that retained the team pursuit title at the [2016 Olympics](/source/2016_Summer_Olympics). Burke was appointed [Member of the Order of the British Empire](/source/Member_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire) (MBE) in the [2013 New Year Honours](/source/2013_New_Year_Honours) on 29 December 2012, for services to cycling.[7]

## Early life

Burke was born in [Burnley](/source/Burnley) and lived in [Colne](/source/Colne), Lancashire during his early life, attending [Park High School](/source/Park_High_School%2C_Colne) and later [Nelson and Colne College](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/British_National_Track_Championships) - 1st Kilo - 3rd Points race - 3rd Scratch

- 1st Team pursuit, [UEC European Under-23 Championships](/source/2006_UEC_European_Track_Championships)

- 2nd Team pursuit, [UCI World Junior Championships](/source/UCI_Junior_Track_Cycling_World_Championships)

**2006**
- 1st Team pursuit, [UEC European Under-23 Championships](/source/2006_UEC_European_Track_Championships)

- 3rd Team pursuit, [UCI World Junior Championships](/source/UCI_Junior_Track_Cycling_World_Championships)

**2007**
- [UEC European Under-23 Championships](/source/2007_UEC_European_Track_Championships) - 1st Team pursuit - 3rd Individual pursuit

- [National Championships](/source/British_National_Track_Championships) - 1st Scratch - 1st Team pursuit

- 1st Individual pursuit, [National Junior Championships](/source/British_National_Track_Championships)

- 3rd Team pursuit, [UCI World Cup Classics](/source/2006%E2%80%932007_UCI_Track_Cycling_World_Cup_Classics), Manchester

**2008**
- [National Championships](/source/British_National_Track_Championships) - 1st Individual pursuit - 3rd Kilo

- 3rd [Individual pursuit](/source/Cycling_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics_-_Men's_individual_pursuit), [Olympic Games](/source/2008_Summer_Olympics)

**2009**
- 1st Individual pursuit, [UEC European Under-23 Championships](/source/2009_UEC_European_Track_Championships)

- 1st Kilo, [National Championships](/source/British_National_Track_Championships)

**2011**
- 1st [Team pursuit](/source/2011_European_Track_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_team_pursuit), [UEC European Championships](/source/2011_European_Track_Championships)

- 1st Individual pursuit, [National Championships](/source/British_National_Track_Championships)

**2012**
- 1st [Team pursuit](/source/Cycling_at_the_2012_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men's_team_pursuit), [Olympic Games](/source/2012_Summer_Olympics)

- 1st [Team pursuit](/source/2012_UCI_Track_Cycling_World_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_team_pursuit), [UCI World Championships](/source/2012_UCI_Track_Cycling_World_Championships)

**2013**
- 1st [Team pursuit](/source/2013_UEC_European_Track_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_team_pursuit), [UEC European Championships](/source/2013_European_Track_Championships)

- 2nd [Team pursuit](/source/2013_UCI_Track_Cycling_World_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_team_pursuit), [UCI World Championships](/source/2013_UCI_Track_Cycling_World_Championships)

**2014**
- [UCI World Cup](/source/2014%E2%80%9315_UCI_Track_Cycling_World_Cup) - 1st Team pursuit, London - 2nd Team pursuit, Guadalajara

- 2nd Team pursuit, [Commonwealth Games](/source/2014_Commonwealth_Games)

- 2nd Individual pursuit, [National Championships](/source/2014_British_National_Track_Championships)

**2015**
- 1st [Team pursuit](/source/2015_UEC_European_Track_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_team_pursuit), [UEC European Championships](/source/2015_UEC_European_Track_Championships)

- 3rd Kilo, [National Championships](/source/British_National_Track_Championships)

**2016**
- 1st [Team pursuit](/source/Cycling_at_the_2016_Summer_Olympics_-_Men's_team_pursuit), [Olympic Games](/source/2016_Summer_Olympics)

## World records

Discipline Record Date Event Velodrome Ref 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]

## See also

- [2012 Summer Olympics and Paralympics gold post boxes](/source/2012_Summer_Olympics_and_Paralympics_gold_post_boxes)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Colne parade for Olympic gold cyclist Steven Burke"](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-19378785). *[bbc.co.uk](/source/Bbc.co.uk)*. 25 August 2012. Retrieved 6 March 2014.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Beijing_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Beijing_2-1) ["Athlete Biography – BURKE Steven"](https://web.archive.org/web/20080908181758/http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/9/225149.shtml). Beijing Olympics official website. Archived from [the original](http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/9/225149.shtml) on 8 September 2008.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Team 100% ME 2007 Cycling Team"](http://www.cyclingnews.com/teams/2007/team-100-me). *[cyclingnews.com](/source/Cyclingnews.com)*. Retrieved 6 March 2014.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-cw_4-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-cw_4-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-cw_4-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-cw_4-3) ["Steven Burke: Rider Profile"](http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest-news/steven-burke-rider-profile-72182). *[Cycling Weekly](/source/Cycling_Weekly)*. 22 December 2010. Retrieved 6 March 2014.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** [Fotheringham, William](/source/William_Fotheringham) (8 January 2014). ["Bradley Wiggins unveils new team to be sponsored by Sky"](https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/jan/08/bradley-wiggins-new-team-sky). *[theguardian.com](/source/Theguardian.com)*. Retrieved 8 January 2015.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-British_Cycling_6-0)** [Steven Burke Biography](http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/web/site/BC/gbr/GBRiderInfo/Burke_Steven_Bio.asp) British Cycling; Accessed 16 August 2008

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["No. 60367"](https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/60367/supplement/24). *[The London Gazette](/source/The_London_Gazette)* (Supplement). 29 December 2012. p. 24.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** [*Family's pride at Colne cyclist's Olympic medal*](http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/sport/cycling/3601899.Family_s_pride_at_Colne_cyclist_s_Olympic_medal/), Lancashire Telegraph, 18 August 2008, retrieved 11 August 2012

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FE_9-0)** ["FE students add to Team GB Olympic medal haul"](http://feweek.co.uk/2016/08/12/fe-students-add-to-team-gb-olympic-medal-haul/). *FE Week*. Retrieved 22 August 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** [*Pendle cycling hero opens college's new facilities*](http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/archive/2008/12/03/Education+%28education%29/3946679.Pendle_cycling_hero_opens_college_s_new_facilities/), Lancashire Telegraph, 3 December 2008, retrieved 11 August 2012

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** [*Family's joy at gold medal win*](http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics_2012/ones_to_watch/9856081.Family_s_joy_at_gold_medal_win/), Lancashire Telegraph, 3 August 2012, retrieved 11 August 2012

1. **[^](#cite_ref-CWbio_12-0)** ["GB RIDER PROFILE: STEVEN BURKE"](http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/olympics/GB_rider_profile_Steven_Burke_article_264589.html). Cycling Weekly. 30 July 2008. Retrieved 16 August 2008.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-WR1_13-0)** ["Track Worlds: Great Britain beat Australia with world record"](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/17608188). *[BBC Sport](/source/BBC_Sport)*. BBC. 4 April 2012. Retrieved 28 June 2015.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-WR2_14-0)** Gallagher, Brendan (2 August 2012). ["London 2012 Olympics: GB pursuit quartet demolish world record in heats"](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/cycling/9447820/London-2012-Olympics-GB-pursuit-quartet-demolish-world-record-in-heats.html). *[The Daily Telegraph](/source/The_Daily_Telegraph)*. Retrieved 28 June 2015.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-WR3_15-0)** Bevan, Chris (3 August 2012). ["Olympics cycling: Team GB defend men's pursuit title"](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/18916652). *[BBC Sport](/source/BBC_Sport)*. BBC. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20150809114806/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/18916652) from the original on 9 August 2015. Retrieved 9 August 2012.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-16)** ["Men's Team Pursuit First Round Results"](https://web.archive.org/web/20160920103842/https://smsprio2016-a.akamaihd.net/_odf-documents/C/T/CTM402800_Results_2016_08_12_b74a4cb2_6fd4_407d_841c_c91e2348f287.pdf) (PDF). *Rio2016.com*. [International Olympic Committee](/source/International_Olympic_Committee). 12 August 2016. Archived from [the original](https://smsprio2016-a.akamaihd.net/_odf-documents/C/T/CTM402800_Results_2016_08_12_b74a4cb2_6fd4_407d_841c_c91e2348f287.pdf) (PDF) on 20 September 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-17)** ["Men's Team Pursuit Final Results"](https://web.archive.org/web/20160920104020/https://smsprio2016-a.akamaihd.net/_odf-documents/C/T/CTM402100_Results_2016_08_12_cdfe0bd1_96fd_4f43_8552_13cb93993524.pdf) (PDF). *Rio2016.com*. [International Olympic Committee](/source/International_Olympic_Committee). 12 August 2016. Archived from [the original](https://smsprio2016-a.akamaihd.net/_odf-documents/C/T/CTM402100_Results_2016_08_12_cdfe0bd1_96fd_4f43_8552_13cb93993524.pdf) (PDF) on 20 September 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2016.

## External links

- [Motorpoint Pro-Cycling](https://web.archive.org/web/20100224070700/http://www.motorpointprocycling.com/)

- [Steven Burke, articles at Pendletoday.co.uk](https://web.archive.org/web/20080821131211/http://www.pendletoday.co.uk/stevenburke)

- [British Cycling interview with Steven Burke, 23 July 2006](https://web.archive.org/web/20081006213851/http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/web/site/BC/gbr/EventReports2006/20060723_Steven_Burke.asp)

v t e Olympic Cycling Champions in Men's Team Pursuit 1908: Jones, Kingsbury, Meredith, Payne (GBR) 1920: Carli, Ferrario, Giorgetti, Magnani (ITA) 1924: De Martini, Dinale, Menegazzi, Zucchetti (ITA) 1928: Facciani, Gaioni, Lusiani, Tasselli (ITA) 1932: Cimatti, Pedretti, Ghilardi, Borsari (ITA) 1936: Charpentier, Goujon, Lapébie, Le Nizerhy (FRA) 1948: Adam, Blusson, Coste, Decanali (FRA) 1952: Campana, De Rossi, Messina, Morettini (ITA) 1956: Domenicali, Faggin, Gandini, Gasparella, Pizzali (ITA) 1960: Arienti, Testa, Vallotto, Vigna (ITA) 1964: Claesges, Henrichs, Link, Streng (EUA) 1968: Frey, Asmussen, Lyngemark, Olsen (DEN) 1972: Schumacher, Colombo, Haritz, Hempel (FRG) 1976: Vonhof, Braun, Lutz, Schumacher (FRG) 1980: Manakov, Movchan, Osokin, Petrakov, Krasnov (URS) 1984: Grenda, Nichols, Turtur, Woods (AUS) 1988: Ekimov, Kasputis, Nelyubin, Umaras (URS) 1992: Steinweg, Walzer, Fulst, Glöckner, Lehmann (GER) 1996: Capelle, Ermenault, Monin, Moreau (FRA) 2000: Fulst, Bartko, Becke, Lehmann, Pollack (GER) 2004: Brown, Lancaster, McGee, Roberts (AUS) 2008: Clancy, Manning, Thomas, Wiggins (GBR) 2012: Clancy, Thomas, Burke, Kennaugh (GBR) 2016: Clancy, Burke, Doull, Wiggins (GBR) 2020: Consonni, Ganna, Lamon, Milan (ITA) 2024: Bleddyn, Welsford, Leahy, O'Brien (AUS)

v t e UCI Track Cycling World Champions – Men's team pursuit 1990s 1993: Australia, Brett Aitken, Stuart O'Grady, Billy Shearsby, Tim O'Shannessey 1994: Germany, Guido Fulst, Andreas Bach, Jens Lehmann, Danilo Hondo 1995: Australia, Bradley McGee, Stuart O'Grady, Rodney McGee, Tim O'Shannessey 1996: Italy, Adler Capelli, Cristiano Citton, Andrea Collinelli, Mauro Trentini 1997: Italy, Cristiano Citton, Mario Benetton, Adler Capelli, Andrea Collinelli 1998: Ukraine, Oleksandr Symonenko, Serhiy Matvyeyev, Oleksandr Fedenko, Oleksandr Klymenko 1999: Germany, Robert Bartko, Jens Lehmann, Daniel Becke, Guido Fulst 2000s 2000: Germany, Guido Fulst, Sebastian Siedler, Daniel Becke, Jens Lehmann 2001: Ukraine, Oleksandr Symonenko, Serhii Cherniavskyi, Lyubomyr Polatayko, Oleksandr Fedenko 2002: Australia, Peter Dawson, Brett Lancaster, Stephen Wooldridge, Luke Roberts 2003: Australia, Graeme Brown, Peter Dawson, Brett Lancaster, Luke Roberts 2004: Australia, Ashley Hutchinson, Luke Roberts, Peter Dawson, Stephen Wooldridge 2005: Great Britain, Steve Cummings, Rob Hayles, Paul Manning, Chris Newton 2006: Australia, Peter Dawson, Matthew Goss, Mark Jamieson, Stephen Wooldridge 2007: Great Britain, Ed Clancy, Geraint Thomas, Paul Manning, Bradley Wiggins 2008: Great Britain, Ed Clancy, Geraint Thomas, Paul Manning, Bradley Wiggins 2009: Denmark, Casper Jørgensen, Jens-Erik Madsen, Michael Færk Christensen, Alex Rasmussen, Michael Mørkøv 2010s 2010: Australia, Jack Bobridge, Rohan Dennis, Michael Hepburn, Cameron Meyer 2011: Australia, Jack Bobridge, Rohan Dennis, Michael Hepburn, Luke Durbridge 2012: Great Britain, Ed Clancy, Peter Kennaugh, Steven Burke, Geraint Thomas, Andy Tennant 2013: Australia, Glenn O'Shea, Alex Edmondson, Mitchell Mulhern, Alexander Morgan 2014: Australia, Glenn O'Shea, Alex Edmondson, Luke Davison, Miles Scotson 2015: New Zealand, Pieter Bulling, Dylan Kennett, Alex Frame, Marc Ryan 2016: Australia, Sam Welsford, Michael Hepburn, Callum Scotson, Miles Scotson, Alexander Porter, Luke Davison 2017: Australia, Sam Welsford, Cameron Meyer, Alexander Porter, Nick Yallouris, Kelland O'Brien, Rohan Wight 2018: Great Britain, Ed Clancy, Kian Emadi, Ethan Hayter, Charlie Tanfield 2019: Australia, Sam Welsford, Leigh Howard, Alexander Porter, Cameron Scott, Kelland O'Brien 2020s 2020: Denmark, Lasse Norman Hansen, Julius Johansen, Frederik Rodenberg, Rasmus Pedersen 2021: Italy, Liam Bertazzo, Simone Consonni, Filippo Ganna, Jonathan Milan, Francesco Lamon 2022: Great Britain, Ethan Hayter, Oliver Wood, Ethan Vernon, Daniel Bigham 2023: Denmark, Niklas Larsen, Carl-Frederik Bévort, Lasse Norman Leth, Rasmus Pedersen, Frederik Rodenberg 2024: Denmark, Tobias Hansen, Carl-Frederik Bévort, Niklas Larsen, Rasmus Pedersen, Frederik Rodenberg 2025: Denmark, Tobias Hansen, Niklas Larsen, Rasmus Pedersen, Frederik Rodenberg, Lasse Norman Leth Riders in italics took part in the qualifying rounds.

v t e UEC European Track Champions – Men’s team pursuit Summary 2010: Burke, Clancy, Queally, Tennant 2011: Burke, Clancy, Kennaugh, Tennant 2012: Ershov, Markov, Serov, Kaykov 2013: Burke, Clancy, Doull, Tennant 2014: Dibben, Clancy, Doull, Tennant 2015: Dibben, Wiggins, Doull, Tennant, Burke, Gibson 2016: Denis, Ermenault, Maitre, Chavanel, Thomas 2017: Denis, Ermenault, Maitre, Pijourlet 2018: Viviani, Bertazzo, Ganna, Lamon 2019: LN Hansen, Pedersen, Madsen, Johansen 2020: Dubchenko, Gonov, Bersenev, Evtushenko 2021: Malmberg, Pedersen, T Hansen, Bévort 2022: Denis, Lafargue, Tabellion, Thomas, Boudat 2023: Ganna, Lamon, Milan, Moro, Consonni 2024: Bigham, Hayter, C Tanfield, Vernon, Wood 2025: Hansen, Larsen, Leth, Skivild 2026: Leth, Rodenberg, Pedersen, Hansen, Skivild Riders in italics rode in heats only

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