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

racing cyclist Cycle sport is competitive physical activity using bicycles. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, track cycling, BMX, and cycle speedway. Non-racing cycling spo ...

. 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 Forgot ...

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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in Los Angeles, 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. It has an estimated population of 259,965 as of 2022, making it the largest settlement in Staffordshire ...

. 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 three times British track champion,

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won a world silver medal,

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and

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

Palmarès

;1975 :3rd

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;1977 :1st

;1979 :2nd

;1981 :3rd

;1982 :2nd

;1984 :1st

;1985 :2nd Stage 18,

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Swinnerton, Cath 1958 births Living people English female cyclists British female cyclists Olympic cyclists for Great Britain Cyclists at the 1984 Summer Olympics British cycling road race champions People from Fenton, Staffordshire 20th-century English sportswomen