Bernadette Swinnerton is a former
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racing cyclist
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. She came second in the 1969
Road World Championship road race in Czechoslovakia, 1m 10s behind
Audrey McElmury.
Cycling
In addition to the
silver medal at the
1969 UCI Road World Championships she won four
British National Track Championships
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in the
sprint event. She was also National grass track champion in 1968, 1970, 1971.
Family
Bernardette Swinnerton was born in
Fenton,
Stoke-on-Trent during 1951, the eldest of seven children. The Swinnerton family were a cycling family, Swinnerton Cycles was founded in 1915, in Victoria Road,
Fenton,
Stoke-on-Trent. 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
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was a three times British track champion, her sister
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was a two times British road race champion,
Margaret,
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and
Bernard
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were all British internationals and Frances also competed for the club.
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Career
Bernardette Swinnerton retired after 40 years of teaching, spending the last 17 years of her career as a headteacher in Blythe Bridge
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, Stoke-on-Trent. She has 3 children and 4 grandchildren.
Brno. Czechoslovakia
;1969
:2nd Road race, UCI Road World Championships
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1951 births
Living people
English female cyclists
People from Cheadle, Staffordshire
Sportspeople from Staffordshire