Bernadette Swinnerton is a former English racing cyclist. She came second in the 1969 Road World Championship road race in Czechoslovakia, 1m 10s behind

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Cycling

In addition to the

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at the 1969 UCI Road World Championships she won four British National Track Championships in the

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. She was also National grass track champion in 1968, 1970, 1971.

Family

Bernardette Swinnerton was born in Fenton,

Stoke-on-Trent Stoke-on-Trent (often abbreviated to Stoke) is a city and Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area in Staffordshire, England, with an area of . In 2019, the city had an estimated population of 256,375. It is the largest settlement ...

during 1951, the eldest of seven children. The Swinnerton family were a cycling family, Swinnerton Cycles was founded in 1915, in Victoria Road, Fenton,

. Roy Swinnerton (1925-2013 and a national grass champion in 1956) and his wife Doris (née Salt) took over the shop in 1956 and set up a cycling club called Stoke ACCS during 1970. Bernadette's brother Paul was a three times British track champion, her sister Catherine was a two times British road race champion,

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, Mark and Bernard were all British internationals and Frances also competed for the club.

Career

Bernardette Swinnerton retired after 40 years of teaching, spending the last 17 years of her career as a headteacher in Blythe Bridge, Stoke-on-Trent. She has 3 children and 4 grandchildren. Brno. Czechoslovakia ;1969 :2nd Road race, UCI Road World Championships

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Swinnerton, Bernadette 1951 births Living people English female cyclists People from Cheadle, Staffordshire Sportspeople from Staffordshire