Janet Birkmyre

Who is Janet Birkmyre?

Janet Susan Birkmyre is an English track racing cyclist. She took up cycling in 2003 and raced for the first time in 2004. Since then she has twice been an elite British National Champion, winning the National Scratch race in 2012 and National Derny Championships in 2008, she has also won the National Omnium Series seven times. In addition, she has taken 22 World Masters Championship titles, plus 22 European Masters titles and 41 National Masters titles.

Janet has set a number of World Masters Records: in October 2012 she set a new world record for the 500m TT with a time of 37.419. The previous year she set a new world record for the 200m TT 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 with a time of 37.429. Previous to this, in September 2006, she broke the World Masters Record 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.