Catherine Swinnerton (born 12 May 1958) is an English former

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. Born in

Fenton, Staffordshire Fenton is one of the six towns that amalgamated with Hanley, Tunstall, Burslem, Longton and Stoke-upon-Trent to form the county borough of Stoke-on-Trent in 1910, later raised to city status in 1925. Fenton is often referred to as "the Forgo ...

as one of seven children, Swinnerton is part of a cycling family, and founders of Swinnerton Cycles in Fenton.

Career

She competed in the road race at the

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, where she finished 13th. She was twice British National Road Race Champion, winning in 1977 and 1984.

Family

The Swinnerton family were a cycling family, Swinnerton Cycles was founded in 1915, in Victoria Road, 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 ...

. 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. Catherine's twin brother

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was a two times British track champion,

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won a world silver medal,

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

Palmarès

;1975 :3rd British National Road Race Championships ;1977 :1st British National Road Race Championships ;1979 :2nd British National Road Race Championships ;1981 :3rd British National Road Race Championships ;1982 :2nd British National Road Race Championships ;1984 :1st British National Road Race Championships ;1985 :2nd Stage 18, Grande Boucle

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Swinnerton, Cath 1958 births Living people English female cyclists Olympic cyclists of Great Britain Cyclists at the 1984 Summer Olympics British cycling road race champions People from Fenton, Staffordshire