Janet Birkmyre information

Janet Birkmyre
	Birkmyre in 2013
Personal information
Full name	Janet Susan Birkmyre
Born	10 August 1966 (age 57); England
Team information
Discipline	Track
Role	Rider
Professional teams
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 (current)
Major wins
	Multiple World Masters Champion x44; Multiple British Elite National Champion x3; Multiple British Elite National Series Champion x8; Multiple European Masters Champion x28; Multiple British Masters Champion x69

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.

^ British National Track Championships#Senior
^ "Meet the Team – Janet Birkmyre – Track and Road Champion". Planet-X. Archived from the original on 9 June 2008.
^ "Over 40 and fitter than ever: a grown up guide".

[1] British National Track Championships#Senior

[planetx-2] "Meet the Team – Janet Birkmyre – Track and Road Champion". Planet-X. Archived from the original on 9 June 2008.

[Telegraph-3] "Over 40 and fitter than ever: a grown up guide".

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