Janet Birkmyre

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**Janet Birkmyre**
Personal information
Full name	Janet Susan Birkmyre
Date of birth	September 14, 1966(1966-09-14)
Country	England United Kingdom
Team information
Discipline	Track
Role	Rider
Professional team(s)
2005 2006–2007 2008–	Twickenham CC/Natures Kiss Planet X XRT - www.elmycycles.co.uk
Major wins
Multiple World Masters Champion
Infobox last updated on:
4 June 2008

Janet Susan Birkmyre (born 1966 in the Worcester area) is an English track racing cyclist. She took up cycling in 2003, and has since won several World Masters Championship races. In September 2006 she broke the World Masters Record (40-49 category) in the 500m TT in Manchester, with a time of 37.239. Birkmyre also broke the National Tandem Record for 5km on the 16 May 2006 in a new time of 6:45:848.^[1]

[edit] Palmarés

2005: 1st 500m TT, European Masters Track Championships^[2]; 1st Pursuit, European Masters Track Championships^[3]; 3rd 500m TT, British National Track Championships; 3rd Sprint, British National Track Championships; 1st Pursuit, UCI World Masters Track Championships; 1st 500m TT, UCI World Masters Track Championships; 2nd Sprint, UCI World Masters Track Championships^[4]

2006^[1]: 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; 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; 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; 1st Sprint, European Masters Track Championships^[5]