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Birkmyre Achievement
Birkmyre is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Janet Birkmyre (born 1966), English track cyclist * Nicholas Birkmyre (born 1937), British rower *Birkmyre baronets The Birkmyre Baronetcy, of Dalmunzie in the County of Perth, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 29 January 1921 for Sir Archibald Birkmyre. He was a senior partner in the firm of Birkmyre Brothers, jute spin ... {{Short pages monitor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janet Birkmyre
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 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicholas Birkmyre
Nicholas John Birkmyre (born 21 February 1937) is a former rower who competed for Great Britain in the 1960 Olympic games and won Double Sculls Challenge Cup at Henley Royal Regatta four times. Biography Birkmyre was born at Cranleigh, Surrey, and was educated at Radley College. He became a member of Bristol Ariel Rowing Club. In 1959, partnering George Justicz, he was runner up at the Double Sculls Challenge Cup at Henley Royal Regatta. In 1960 the pair won the Double Sculls Challenge Cup and went on to compete in the double sculls at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, where they did not advance beyond the repechage. Birkmyre and Justicz won the double sculls at Henley again in 1961 and won a silver medal at the 1961 European Rowing Championships. They then joined Leander Club and in 1962 won the double sculls at Henley, came fifth in the 1962 World Rowing Championships. He represented England and won a gold medal in the double sculls at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
