Steven Burke

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 36) 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 (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.

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]

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]

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.

• 2012 Summer Olympics and Paralympics gold post boxes

• Motorpoint Pro-Cycling
• Steven Burke, articles at Pendletoday.co.uk
• British Cycling interview with Steven Burke, 23 July 2006