Bernadette Swinnerton is a former English

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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

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at the

1969 UCI Road World Championships The 1969 UCI Road World Championships took place on 10 August 1969 in Zolder, Belgium (for professionals), and from 22-24 August 1969 in Brno, Czechoslovakia (for amateurs). Results Medal table External links Men's results*
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she won four

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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 Stoke-on-Trent (often abbreviated to Stoke) is a city and Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area in Staffordshire, England. It has an estimated population of 259,965 as of 2022, making it the largest settlement in Staffordshire ...

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

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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,

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and

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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 The UCI Road World Championships are the annual world championships for bicycle road racing organized by the (UCI). The UCI Road World Championships consist of events for road race and individual time trial, and , a UCI Road World Championships ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Swinnerton, Bernadette 1951 births Living people English female cyclists British female cyclists People from Cheadle, Staffordshire Sportspeople from Staffordshire 20th-century English sportswomen