English cyclist (born 1988)
Steven James Burke (born 4 March 1988) is a former English track and road cyclist, who rode for the now disbanded Team Wiggins Le Col cycling team. 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.
Early life.
Burke was born in Burnley and lived in Colne, Lancashire during his early life, attending Park High School and later Nelson and Colne College (which named its sports centre after him). 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.
Career.
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.
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.
Major results.
Track.
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 National Junior Championships
1st Kilo
3rd Points race
3rd Scratch
 1st Team pursuit, UEC European Under-23 Championships
 2nd Team pursuit, UCI World Junior Championships
 1st Team pursuit, UEC European Under-23 Championships
 3rd Team pursuit, UCI World Junior Championships
 UEC European Under-23 Championships
1st Team pursuit
3rd Individual pursuit
 National Championships
1st Scratch
1st Team pursuit
 1st Individual pursuit, National Junior Championships
 3rd Team pursuit, UCI World Cup Classics, Manchester
 National Championships
1st Individual pursuit
3rd Kilo
 3rd Individual pursuit, Olympic Games
 1st Individual pursuit, UEC European Under-23 Championships
 1st Kilo, National Championships
 1st Team pursuit, UEC European Championships
 1st Individual pursuit, National Championships
 1st Team pursuit, Olympic Games
 1st Team pursuit, UCI World Championships
 1st Team pursuit, UEC European Championships
 2nd Team pursuit, UCI World Championships
 UCI World Cup
1st Team pursuit, London
2nd Team pursuit, Guadalajara
 2nd Team pursuit, Commonwealth Games
 2nd Individual pursuit, National Championships
 1st Team pursuit, UEC European Championships
 3rd Kilo, National Championships
 1st Team pursuit, Olympic Games
References.
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