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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 44 World Masters Championship titles, plus 28 European Masters titles and 69 National Masters titles.
Janet has set a number of World Masters Records. Most recently, in 2019 she set a new record for the 500m TT (50-54) with a time of 37.026. 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 16 May 2006 in a new time of 6:45:848.
[2] Janet also currently holds nine National Masters track records.
British cycling
Janet was featured in the Telegraph Weekend "Over 40 and fitter than ever: a grown up guide"
[3]
Janet's father is
Nicholas John Birkmyre a former rower who represented Great Britain with George Justicz in double sculls.
Palmarès
2023
1st
Scratch, UCI World Masters Track Championships
1st
Points, UCI World Masters Track Championships
1st
500m TT, UCI World Masters Track Championships
1st
Individual Pursuit, UCI World Masters Track Championships
1st
Team Pursuit, UCI World Masters Track Championships
1st
Team Sprint, UCI World Masters Track Championships
1st
500m TT, British National Masters Track Championships
1st
Points, British National Masters Track Championships
1st
Scratch, British National Masters Track Championships
1st BMCR Criterium Championships
1st BMCR Road Race Championships
2022
1st
500m TT, British National Masters Track Championships
1st
Points, British National Masters Track Championships
1st
Scratch, British National Masters Track Championships
1st BMCR Track Championship x5: keirin, scratch, points, IP, 500m
1st BMCR Criterium Championships
1st BMCR Road Race Championships
1st BMCR Mountain Bike Championships
2021
1st
Points, British National Masters Track Championships
1st
Scratch, British National Masters Track Championships
1st BMCR Track Championship x4: scratch, points, IP, 500m
1st BMCR Criterium Championships
2020
1st BMCR Track Omnium Championships
2019
1st
Team Pursuit, UCI World Masters Track Championships
2nd Scratch, UCI World Masters Track Championships
2nd Points, UCI World Masters Track Championships
2nd 500m TT, UCI World Masters Track Championships
2nd Team Sprint, UCI World Masters Track Championships
2nd Individual Pursuit, UCI World Masters Track Championships
1st
500m TT, British National Masters Track Championships (new World Masters Record)
1st
Points, British National Masters Track Championships
1st
Pursuit, British National Masters Track Championships
1st
Scratch, British National Masters Track Championships
2018
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 LVRC Omnium Championship
1st LVRC Track Champion winning points, scratch and IP
2017
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
Team Pursuit, European Masters Track Championships
1st
Team Sprint, European Masters Track Championships
3rd National Team Time Trial 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
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 Champion
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
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
500 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 Champion
2nd
British National Derny Championships
2012
1st
Scratch race,
British National Track Championships
[4]
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 Champion
1st
Sprint, British National Masters Track Championships
1st
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 Champion
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 Champion
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 Champion
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
Elite 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 Champion
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
[5]
1st
Pursuit, UCI World Masters Track Championships
[6]
2nd Sprint, UCI World Masters Track Championships
[7]
Elite National Championships
3rd 500m TT,
British National Track Championships
3rd Sprint,
British National Track Championships
1st
Overall National Women's Omnium Series Champion
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
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