Beryl Burton

Beryl Burton (12 May 1937 ? 8 May 1996) was an English racing cyclist and arguably one of Britain's greatest ever sportspersons.

International honours

Burton won the women?s world road race championship twice (1960 and 1967) and was runner-up in 1961. On the track, she specialised in the individual pursuit discipline, winning world championship medals almost every year across three decades. She was world champion five times (1959, 1960, 1962, 1963 and 1966), silver-medallist three times (1961, 1964 and 1968), and won bronze in 1967, 1970 and 1973.

Related Topics:
1960 - 1967 - 1961 - Individual pursuit - 1959 - 1962 - 1963 - 1966 - 1964 - 1968 - 1970 - 1973

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